Bike Tests
Custom cool - VTR Customs BMW R 80 RT Polizia 1.9
There’s a perverse pleasure at play when you take an ex-police bike a turn it into supercharged NOS-fed drag racer
Aussie launch 2019 Yamaha WR450F
The MX-inspired WR450F is only getting faster – and giving you more good reason to become a phone zombie
Harley-Davidson VRSC 2001-2017
Design input from Porsche and liquid cooling?! The V-Rod’s launch turned the world of old-school Harley on its air-cooled head
Quickspin - BMW HP4 Race
Unless you’ve got a signed MotoGP or WorldSBK contract in your pocket, you will never ride anything better around a track than this
First ride - Honda CB1000R
It’s taken a while, but Honda’s got back into the supernaked battle with what it reckons is the ultimate espresso motorcycle
Classified Moto's Junior Honda CT70 scrambler
Having both custom bikes and a custom shop, John Ryland is 2-for-2 in the dreams-made-real stakes. But he had one left
MV AGUSTA BRUTALE 800RR
The MV Agusta Brutale 800RR is the alpha male of the middleweight nakedbike class. Its inline three-cylinder DOHC engine has 798cc, not the largest on test – that honour goes to the 799cc KTM – but it is by far the most powerful, pumping out 103kW and 87Nm. Almost everythi
BMW F 850 GS
The new BMW F 850 GS is something special. BMW have certainly made the focus of this bike to be far more off road oriented than previous years. It's ability through some of the toughest adventure trails I've ridden were undoubtedly impressive... yet you could tour in style
RACER TEST - ELF5
In a time when having the courage for nonconformity paid off, French-based ELF produced a series of eccentric yet competitive 500cc GP machines. This is the last of the line
First ride - 2018 Yamaha Tracer 900 and Tracer 900GT
Yamaha’s updated Tracer 900 and up-spec Tracer 900GT bring more value to its top bang-for-buck sports-tourer
World launch - Royal Enfield Continental GT 650 and Interceptor 650
Since taking control of the company, Royal Enfield’s CEO Siddartha Lal has rebuilt the once very British brand from a 30,000 units per annum basket case to an 820,000 units per annum powerhouse. Sid, as he’s known to everyone, is not your average CEO. His laid-back and approa
First ride - 2019 KTM 1290 Super Duke GT
The 2019 Super Duke GT is even more fun to ride than before. It’s sharper, stronger and more refined in every way – a fact underlined by the outgoing 2018 GT which my riding companion Luke Brackenbury, KTM’s PR Manager, had brought along to compare and contrast with the new