BeMoto Blog Posts

  • 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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  • 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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  • 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...

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