Motorcycle Reviews
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Ducati’s Gentleman Thug: Hypermotard 950 SP
I STILL remember seeing my first Supermoto... It was a Kawasaki KX500. Fast forward 25 years, and here I am, in Gran Canaria, about to ride the latest version of Ducati’s Hypermotard - a thug in gentlemans clothing...
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BMW S1000RR 2019 Review
IT’S hard to believe now. But BMW used to have a terrible reputation for performance. It wasn’t till 2009 that they launched a proper sports bike – the S1000RR - 10 years later we’re at the Estoril circuit, to try the very latest 2019 model...
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First ride: 2019 Yamaha YZF-R125
We love riding (almost!) all bikes, (almost!) all the time. But an artificially-strangled small-bore engine is always going to put a bit of a dampener on proceedings. Would that be the case with this new 2019 Yamaha YZF-R125?
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2019 First Ride – BMW R1250 GS Adventure
We all know how successful BMW’s big GS Boxer range has been over the past 20-odd years, helped by Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman’s made-for-television adventures. And now, w're in Almeria, Spain, to check out the latest iteration - the 2019 R1250 GS Adventure...
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MIDDLEWEIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT: KTM 790 Duke Review
If you’re in the market for a naked ‘mid-capacity’ bike there’s never been a better time to buy. The 799cc, LC8c parallel twin power package plugs the gap in KTM's range between the marmite 690 DUKE and 1290 SUPER DUKE R ‘Beast’...
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2018 Triumph Tiger 1200 Review
The Daytona 675R shuffled off last year, leaving a big flagship-shaped hole in Triumph's range. And here, arguably, is what fills that gap. The new Tiger 1200 is the priciest, most powerful, most high-tech Triumph and it's had a radical makeover...
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Yamaha MT-07 2018 Review
Launched four years ago on the crest of Yamaha's new wave of sweet roadsters, the MT-07 was, on the face of it, a middle-of-the-road budget naked, with decent specs on paper and attractive styling. The script has turned out slightly different though...
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2018 Ducati Panigale V4 Review
Ducati's done exactly what they said they wanted to do – make a big four that feels like a twin low-down, yet also batters you to hell with its screaming top end rush and power delivery more akin to a turbo bike than anything normally aspirated…