Bike Tests
DAKAR DAILY: YAMAHA TÉNÉRÉ 700
The Ténéré moniker has set the bar high over the years. Does the new 700 fill the very capable shoes of those which came before it?
TANKS A LOT: HUSQVARNA 701 ENDURO LR
If you want enduro bike manners with adventure bike mileage, Husqvarna will let you have your cake and eat it
THE SPECTRUM OF ADVENTURE: 2015 ADVENTURE BIKE TEST
We took a vast array of different adventure bikes into Victoria’s high country to sample the spectrum, and be bitten by the spirit
THE BIKE THAT KEANU BUILT
New for 2020, the ARCH KRGT-1 wants to be the top dog of power cruisers
JOURNEYMAN: SUZUKI V-STROM 1050 XT
As Suzuki's V-Strom morphs closer to being the full house Adventure bike it will inevitably become, how close is it in 2020?
THE EVIL TWIN: KTM 890 DUKE R
KTM hit the reset button to re-develop the 890 Duke R and the result just may be the best model in the Austrian brand’s road bike range
GREAT ESCAPER: TRIUMPH SCRAMBLER XE
Just like Steve McQueen, the Scrambler 1200 XE provides surprisingly high off-road abilities in a ridiculously cool package
DUKES OF WELLINGTON: HANDBUILT WORD BEATERS
Nitro-burning Ducatis, a short-stroke Pantah that revved to over 14,000rpm, one of the very first 851 Superbike engines housed in a custom frame. Things got a little crazy in New Zealand in the 1980s
SPORTS COAT: DUCATI SUPERSPORT
Ducati’s SuperSport offers the versatility of its Monster range in a fully clothed homage to its sportier V4-powered sibling
HOT ROD: 2020 YAMAHA XSR900
If the MT-09 is Yamaha’s boy naked, then the XSR is the sophisticated gentleman’s version
CODE BLUE: 2020 YAMAHA YZF-R1 & YZF-R1M
It’s not the major overhaul some were expecting, but the electronic changes to the 2020 YZF-R1 are positive and purposeful
BACK TO THE FUTURE: 1985 SUZUKI GSX-R750 SUPERSTOCK RACER
The groundbreaking Suzuki GSX-R750 was the world’s first superbike. So we took Mick Grant’s racing version for a blast – 30 years after it won the British Superstock title