BeMoto Blog Posts
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SMOKING SKILLS: HONDA CR500 SUPERMOTO
Customer CR500 Supermoto Special. Those two letters and three numbers are enough to scare most riders who have dared to tackle the big-bore, single-cylinder two-dinger. Starting one is difficult, holding one wide-open is insanity...
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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 Motorcycle Race Calendars
It's not long now until the first event on the major bike racing calendar kicks off at Phillip Island, Australia on 22 - 24 February 2019 with World Superbikes; followed by the Qatar GP in March and BSB in April...
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The trike first-timer
As Steve, co-owner of Casarva Trikes, talks about the spec of the borrowed trike I’m about to ride - I can’t hold it in any longer and drop the bombshell; that despite 34 years of riding motorcycles, I’ve never swung a leg over a trike...
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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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RIDDEN: 2019 Triumph Moto2 Development Bike
LIFE’S full of surprises. About 18 months ago I phoned a Triumph PR man to ask about a rumour – obviously nonsense – that the Hinckley firm was about to sign a deal to supply the engines for Moto2 from 2019... and here we are, Triumph is set for one of the most exciting stories in its history...
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2020 Honda NR1000 V4 Oval Piston
Back in 1992, £38,000 was a hell of a lot of money – in fact it was just £12,000 shy of buying your average house. What £38k could also get you is Honda’s technical and aesthetical marvel, the NR750...