BIKE TESTS
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
TRIUMPH STREET TRIPLE 765 RS
According to a show of hands, the Triumph Street Triple 765 RS does not have the looks to match some of the other bikes on our test, ( Suzuki SV650X, Honda’s CB650F, Kawasaki’s Z650L ,Yamaha’s MT-07 HO , Ducati Monster 659 KTM 790 Duke ) but as far as the riding exp
KTM 790 DUKE
There was a collective sigh of disappointment when KTM dropped its single-cylinder 690 Duke from its line-up. Of all the Dukes, the 690 retained the strongest DNA link with the Austrian company’s original game changer, the 620 Duke. But KTM had something better in mind for us,
FIRST RIDE - Triumph’s 765cc Moto2 racer
On an inappropriate track and in a more or less a stock package, we’re let loose with Triumph’s 765cc triple-cylinder Moto2 engine and still fall in love
Living with Yamaha NMax 155
In seven days I spent less on fuel than I would have on a single return train ticket
DUCATI MONSTER 659
It’s been 25 years since Miguel Galluzzi left show-goers opened mouth when he whipped the covers off the first-ever M900 Monster at the 1993 Milan Show. And in the two and a half decades since, an almost countless number on Ducati models bearing the Monster moniker have graced