BeMoto Blog Posts

The original Scrambler, launched in late 2014, was a middleweight 803cc roadster, with a basic chassis and moderate engine performance, plus a huge truckload of accessories, merchandise and annoyingly-upbeat advertising campaigns...

Bought in 2003, Lyndon has been slowly bringing the bike up to date with carefully selected modifications, starting with an Ohlins steering damper then snowballing from there – he’s a self-confessed SP-1 obsessive. “I collect anything SP-1 related and have a collection of stuff including a laser-etched paperweight"...

People often assume engine designers must get frustrated by being asked to make their engines super-efficient or super-powerful, then told to plug them up with a catalytic converter, and make them whisper-quiet too. But that’s a misunderstanding of what an engine designer does...

​Dirt Quake is a motorcycle race for racing virgins. It’s a back door to a world thought of as prohibitively expensive, intimidating and, at times, excessively macho. Dirt Quake is none of those things...

​Fancy buying a dirt bike but have no experience in the off-road world? Not sure of the difference between a trials, trail, enduro or motocross bikes? For many first time dirt bike buyers the question on what bike to buy can be daunting...

You’ve got a pristine bike in the garage but you’ve also got the trackday bug. The sensible thing to do would be to buy a trackday bike that doesn’t risk your pride and joy but will hold its own in all groups on the day. The good news is there are bargains to be had if you’re after a bike that’s mechanically sound but features the odd battle scar...

It looked like nothing less than a road-legal 250GP machine, with upside-down forks, enormous gull-arm swingarm, huge expansion chambers and dual-stinger silencers. A full fairing yelled out the Suzuki engineers' plan – "Made with the Grand Prix spirit", no less...

KTM's high tech 1290 GT isn't the cheapest or most luxurious sports tourer, but it's probably the fastest and definitely the most fun. The result is a top-spec, hellishly rapid, sporty-handling sports tourer that KTM say is at home in the corners as it is on the straights...