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CLASS ACT: 2007-2013 SUZUKI BANDIT 1250

The Suzuki Bandit 1250 was introduced in 2007 following the original Bandit 1200 model that was released in 1996. From the beginning Suzuki’s big Bandit was a great…
Adventure

GREAT EXPECTATIONS: 2019 MOTO GUZZI V85TT

It’s not often a manufacturer underestimates its own machine, but with the new V85TT, I reckon Moto Guzzi is aiming a little low with its claims the…
Pre-2000

THE GAME PLAYER: 2015 ARIEL ACE 1200 SPORT

It’s been six years since the return to the global marketplace for yet another historic Made in England marque: Ariel. The company’s history stretches right back to 1870, when…
Bike reviews

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…