first ride

Commuting on a Honda CBR250R

I swap my GSX-R600 for Honda's toddler-class sportsbike

First Ride: Victory Cross Country review

A luxurious trip to a café in Dungeness

First ride: Aprilia RS4 125

For the first time on a sports 125, Aprilia now have a bike that features a four-stroke engine

First Ride: Moto Guzzi Norge GT 8V

A grand turismo intended to have all the fun of a naked sportsbike but with all the protection of a tourer.

Piaggio MP3 Yourban review

MF tests the new MP3 with the slightly bewildering name

First Ride: 2009 Harley-Davidson Road King Classic

Harley’s touring range, the most important bikes in the company’s vast and baffling line-up, have been given a thorough going-over for 2009. Big-mile ability and charm? Believe

2009 Honda Fireblade CBR1000RR C-ABS review

In the age when Valentino Rossi openly disapproves of all electronic aids in MotoGP, Honda launches a totally new ABS-system, developed specifically for sportsbikes. Meet the 2009 Fireblade CBR1000RR C-ABS.

First ride: 2007 KTM 950 Super Enduro

After KTM's Super Duke and monster 950 Supermoto comes the 950 Super Enduro. Does the world really need a dirt bike this big?

2011 Triumph Speed Triple launch

Feast your eyes on Triumph's all-new naked

Niall's Spin: Ducati ST3

Niall looks back at Ducati's mellow and now defunct entry in to the world of sports tourers

First Ride: 2006 Ducati ST3

Ducati's sports tourer gets ABS and some flashy suspension for '06. But is it a credible alternative to similar offerings from Triumph and Honda?

First Ride: 2008 BMW F800GS

The world becomes a smaller place as BMW’s iconic cross-continental all-road battleship welcomes a new mini member into its family.

First Ride: 2001 Suzuki VL800 Intruder Volusia

With Suzuki's new 800 Volusia weighing in at just over five grand, one-armed banditos all over the country could be cracking open the piggybank. Or will they? Niall Mackenzie's not so convinced...

2003 Suzuki SV650 review

Its faired brother is more suited to motorway miles, but how does the naked 2003 SV650 handle rush hour traffic?

First Ride: Buell XB12R and XB12S review

Having run out of weather related names Buell decided to stick with its current monikers for the latest offerings. We put them through their paces

First Ride: Benelli Tornado Tre

Benelli boss Andrea Merloni describes the Tornado as his 'crazy project'. After four years in development this bike will either make or break his company.

Honda CBR600RR C-ABS launch test review

Honda’s mostly-under-the-skin revised CBR600RR has one very significant addition for 2009 - an ABS braking system. But can ABS really sit comfortably on a supersport bike?

2011 Triumph 1050 Sprint GT road test review

More powerful (but a bit too revvy), longer wheelbase with single-sided swingarm, very stable, geared more for touring than its predecessor and overall a very decent tour bus

2010 Suzuki GSX1250FA road test review

A new big sports tourer from the nice people at Suzuki. It’s like a Bandit ,but rest assured: in no way, shape or form is this a Bandit. It’s a GSX1250FA alright? A GSX1250FA. Got it?

Aprilia 750 GT first ride review

Strangely underwhelming Shiver gains a fairing in an attempt to boost versatility and buyer appeal. But does a bit of plastic up front turn a naked into a tourer?

Moto Guzzi Stelvio NTX first ride review

Plucky Italians go chasing a slice of the big-money BMW GS Adventure pie with a re-worked Stelvio. But does the pricer, torquier NTX stand a chance?

Samurai Type 5 first ride road test

It is arguably that you cannot put a price on coolness, but could the £27k Samurai Type 5 cruiser be the answer

2011 Ducati Monster 796 Gladiatorial first ride review

Improved riding position and mid-capacity engine make new Monster 796 a very rounded entry-level proposition

2010 Yamaha Super Ténéré launch test review

Built to rival BMW’s über-selling GS, but missing the mark in many areas, not least price. Not Yamaha’s best Super Ten

MV Agusta Brutale 1090RR first ride review

Introducing two new Brutales from the Italian masters of style, courtesy of Harley-Davidson

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