Motorcycle Reviews
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2019 Aprilia RSV4 1100 Factory Review
Power is, as they say, nothing without control. And that’s never been more true than nowadays in the litre-class superbike sector, making more than 200bhp. And for 2019, Aprilia’s joined the band with a new RSV4 1100 Factory...
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2019 Kawasaki Versys 1000 – first ride
Kawasaki’s pulled out all the stops for its top-spec adventure tourer. The PR blurb speaks of taking on ‘any road’, which is fair enough. But unlike, say, the Africa Twin, or the R1250 GS Adventure, the Versys isn’t really intended for serious off road use...
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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...