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The 2009 Yamaha R1 is without doubt the most user-friendly 1000cc sports bike to date.

If the SMT is a more rounded kind of KTM supermoto, then the SMR is the Austrian factory doing what they love best – balls out. This is KTM’s V-twin supermoto concept tweaked to the ‘nth degree, and they are clearly pleased with the result.

Did anyone really think Aprilia could pull off a four-stroke masterstroke and build a world-beating V-four powered superbike? I know I didn’t.

Calling a bike the 796 when its capacity is 803cc could be viewed as a triumph of marketing over logic, but in other respects the new Hypermotard makes perfect sense.

Let’s get straight down to it. The Hypermotard 1100 EVO has shed a shed-load of weight. The more compact engine is 5.2kg lighter and the chassis loses 1.2kg. Ducati has also upped the compression ratio from 10.5:1 to 11.3:1. The result? A net gain of 5bhp from the same 1078cc capacity as the previous model. Torque remains the same.

Last year Aprilia's Tuono and Triumph's Speed Triple topped the street bike sales charts in the UK. What makes these bikes catch rider's imaginations

The new Moto Guzzi V7 Classic could be the perfect bike if you are looking for a classic but don’t want to get your hands dirty.

Bimota, sadly now without a UK importer, continue making some of the prettiest bikes in the world. The 1098-powered DB7 is divine...

Barry Tavner's track record with bikes is dismal. Did this KTM ever make it through the year without being written off or stolen? Find out..

James Whitham's review of the Ducati Monster 696. What's it like to live with?

Jon Urry is a lovely chap and he's quite tidy on a motorcycle y'know? He reviews this Street Triple for a year for your delectation

Naughty Johnny Cantlie pinches a Pan Euro from Honda for a quick review

When you absolutely, positively, have to go completely stark raving mad this weekend there is only one path to take

The Street Triple is already Triumph's best selling bike ever, but will this hotted-up version cause more sales to flood in?

The pool of great-looking alternative sports machines continues to grow, welcome then, to the Shiver and Street Triple

The Adventure gets an electronic kick up the arse for 2008 with the most sophisticated suspension system fitted to a production bike

Mildly revised for 2008 with new wheels and handlebars, TWO puts Triumph's mighty naked through its paces

Thinking of buying a 1098R Ducati? Check out our first ride report of the ultimate factory superbike for the road

A classic headbanger's bike, the SRAD and 750Y models of the legendary GSX-R were once giant killers. But how do they stand the ravages of time?

Mr Tavner styles it on the KTM 950SM, designer stubble optional