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YCF50E- A Mini game changer

While us grown-ups stand around arguing over the place of electric bikes, the little ones are moaning “I’m bored!” and tugging at our sleeves demanding something to do. Now,…
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The first superbike

BMW still suffered from a stuffy pipe-and-slippers image as a new race category called Superbike was introduced in America. So when the first race came around at Daytona in March…
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Bike Test – Suzuki DR-Z400SM

In the often ill-defined world of Super Motard, the Suzuki DR-Z400SM stands out as the longest-running example with true dirt bike credentials, having been in production and virtually unchanged since…
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Quickspin -Kawasaki Ninja 300

Back in the dark ages, when I obtained my motorcycle licence, new riders were restricted to a 250cc capacity. Like most, I did (almost all of) my time on a…
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YAMAHA XSR900

For a start, hipsters ride bikes for different reasons to most of you reading this, and a great deal of their attraction to two wheels is building one themselves out…
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Quickspin- SUZUKI GSX- S1000

Dear old Nan used to say, “Never judge a book by it’s cover” She was right. At first glance it looks like some sort of wasp-like…
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Yamaha TDM900 2002-2014

Sam Maclachlan was on the money in a recent column (Vol 65 No 21) when he urged riders to stop using half-baked excuses for leaving their bikes at home. His…
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Believe The Hype? Yamaha MT-10

With Yamaha’s release of the MT-09 a few years ago the Japanese company has been slowly adding more and more MT models to create one big MT family. And with…
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Believe The Hype? 2016 Triumph Explorer 1200 XCA

Triumph has been working hard over the past five years to earn its slice of the lucrative over-1000cc adventure bike market, yet despite this, the Tiger Explorer 1200 still wouldn’t…
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Honda CBR1000RR vs 2016 Suzuki GSX-R1000

Why these two? When it comes to bang for your buck and proven race-winning performance, few machines can outpace the litre bikes from two of Japan’s big four. Both…
Retro

Custom Cool KTM 690

Since the start of this ‘new wave’ of custom bike building in the late nineties, it’s been the good old British café racers that have fuelled the scene’s appetite for…
Road

We dynotune our long termer MT-07LA

Being the bike newbie in the office, my first response to most information is to nod. So when they told me the MT-07 was getting taken for a dynotune to…