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FREDDIE SPENCER'S 1985 HONDA NSR500

Even though I was a pretty fit guy, doing two big races the same day was really tough,” begins Freddie. “But there were other things besides the…
Bike reviews

A CENTURY IN THE MAKING: BROUGH SUPERIOR ANNIVERSARY

It is a century since George Brough didn’t, coin the cherished ‘Rolls-Royce of Motorcycles’ slogan that he used to promote the prestigious range of high performance motorcycles. He didn’t…
Used bike

MAGNUM FORCE: KAWASAKI ZX-12R 2000-2007

Whether you’re talking Kawasaki’s early hairy-chested H2 Mach IV or even its Z1 900 – or certainly its new supercharged H2R – the Japanese manufacturer always seems comfortable with…
Bike reviews

125CC 1338KM 24 HOURS

On 30 September 1954, KTM founder Hans Trunkenpolz sat on a 125cc motorcycle in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Facing a daunting non-stop 1300-kilometre ride, the…
Retro

TWO-STROKE R6?

There is a school of thought that says less is more, and the very best compliment after building your own bike could be it’s not immediately obvious what has…
Used bike

UNSUNG HERO: 2002-2013 YAMAHA TDM900

The middleweight soft-roader category of two- and three-cylinder-powered sporty roadbikes having some unsealed-road ability has become quite crowded. Established contenders from BMW, Suzuki, Triumph and Ducati had had to…
Cruiser

BACK IN BLACK: HARLEY-DAVIDSON LOWRIDER S

There’s a tune running round my head and I can’t shift it: Low. Ri. Der. Ride a little higher… But I’ll just have to hum it as…
Adventure

MOUNTAINS INTO MOLEHILLS: 2020 ROYAL ENFIELD HIMALAYAN

On paper, and unless you’re an inner-city hipster who may scale the occasional gutter, Royal Enfield’s 2020 Himalayan doesn’t promise particularly much. Certainly not in this climate…
Sportsbike

READY TO RACE: 2012 KTM 1190 RC8 R

Casting my mind back to the first sampling of the then eagerly awaited RC8; a customer at the bike shop I worked at rocks up full of…
Used bike

HOTROD HOG: HARLEY-DAVIDSON VRSC 2001-2017

Harley-Davidson stormed into the new millennium with a radical new model almost ready for release. The subsequent 2001 launch of the new VRSC (V-twin Racing Street Custom)…
Bike reviews

STEALTH TRADING: DUCATI MONSTER 821 STEALTH

Ducati’s ‘everybody’ bike, the Monster, comes in a mind-boggling array of configurations, engine sizes and styles – there’s something for most riders in the line up, if…
Retro

EL BASTARDO

Take a look at your bike; now imagine taking an angle grinder to it. Imagine the man hours of development that made your bike what it is, and then…