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Long-form reviews, first rides, buying guides and the technology shaping motorcycling — written for riders everywhere.
Lighter, punchier and cleverer than the icon it replaces, the R 1300 GS wraps a 145 hp boxer, radar cruise and adaptive ride height into the most complete globe-crosser BMW has ever built.
The Ducati Scrambler is one of the easiest bikes in the world to fall for on looks alone, and one of the easiest to buy badly. Here is exactly what breaks, what it should really cost, and where to put your hands before any money changes hands.
Hana Kobayashi · Jun 22, 2026
Buying the cheapest 125 on the forecourt feels like the smart move — until the insurance quote, the fuel bill and the resale offer arrive and quietly prove you wrong. Here is the three-year maths that should change your mind before you sign anything.
Hana Kobayashi · Jun 22, 2026
Kawasaki hasn't reinvented the Ninja 1000SX for 2026 -- it's sharpened it. Here's what actually changed, and why that restraint is the smartest thing about it.
Marcus Vale · Jun 21, 2026
Everyone wants a clean winner in the bagger wars, but ride these two back to back and every strength comes paired with a real, unglamorous weakness — liquid-cooled muscle against air-cooled soul, a frame-mounted fairing against a fork-mounted one, and two very different ideas of what a thousand-mile day should feel like.
Elena Rossi · Jun 21, 2026
Two of the sharpest A2-licence naked bikes on sale tackle the same brief in opposite ways — Triumph's thumping single against Honda's smoother, higher-ceiling twin. We rode both back-to-back to work out which one you should actually buy.
Elena Rossi · Jun 19, 2026
Both will swallow a continent, but a heavyweight tourer and an adventure-sport bike solve the problem of "big motorcycle" in almost opposite ways — here is how to pick the right philosophy, not just the right spec sheet.
Diego Marroquín · Jun 19, 2026
Ducati's Panigale V4 distils Borgo Panigale's Grand Prix obsession into a road plate, pairing a 214 hp Desmosedici Stradale with real aero winglets and electronics that flatter mortals and terrify rivals alike.
Marcus Vale · Jun 18, 2026
Cold hands, salted roads and eight hours of darkness either side of your commute don't have to mean parking up until spring. Here's how to spec a bike that treats a British winter as routine, not an ordeal.
Sam Whitlock · Jun 17, 2026
Harley's liquid-cooled, sporty new Sportster takes on Honda's torquey, DCT-equipped Rebel 1100 in a cruiser comparison that boils down to a simple question: how much are you willing to pay for a badge?
Elena Rossi · Jun 15, 2026
Forget the autobahn fantasies and the trackday spec sheets — on a damp, tight British B-road at low average speed, only one engine configuration actually makes sense, and after testing all four back to back, I'm naming it.
Marcus Vale · Jun 13, 2026
Two parallel-twins, two completely different philosophies, one price bracket. I rode both back to back to find out which middleweight naked actually deserves your deposit.
Elena Rossi · Jun 10, 2026
BMW's first M-badged superbike answers Italian drama with Teutonic ballistics: 212 hp of ShiftCam inline-four, carbon wheels, factory winglets and a top speed north of 300 km/h that rewrites your sense of fast.
Marcus Vale · Jun 9, 2026
Legal tread depth is not the same thing as safe wet grip — and the gap between the two has put more riders on the ground than most will ever admit.
Sam Whitlock · Jun 8, 2026
Sluggish low-speed pickup has three usual suspects — a starved engine, a slipping clutch, or lazy fuelling — and guessing wrong means paying twice. Here is the exact order to check them in, cheapest first.
Sam Whitlock · Jun 6, 2026
Yamaha's MT-09 remains the mischievous heart of the naked class: an addictive 890 cc CP3 triple, sub-190 kg agility and a full IMU electronics suite, all for a price that shames pricier rivals.
Elena Rossi · May 22, 2026
The first real wave of premium electric motorcycles is now old enough to show up on the used market — and depreciating hard enough to reward anyone who knows what to check before signing. Here's the buyer's guide the battery, the software and the charging port actually deserve.
Priya Anand · May 20, 2026
The BMW GS is sold as the one motorcycle that does everything. After a year running an R1300GS through UK traffic, tyres and dealer invoices, I can tell you which parts of that promise are true — and which ones cost a great deal more than the brochure lets on.
Diego Marroquín · May 18, 2026
Kawasaki's slick, four-cylinder homage to the Z1 takes on Triumph's parallel-twin Speed Twin 1200 in a modern-classic scrap that boils down to a simple question: do you want your nostalgia to sound like a howl or feel like a heartbeat?
Elena Rossi · May 15, 2026
Baggers don't ride, brake or carry weight like anything else on two wheels, and their tyres shouldn't be chosen like anything else's either. Here's what actually changes once you're hauling two people and full luggage on a Road Glide or Challenger-style tourer.
Sam Whitlock · May 14, 2026
With a Moto2-derived 765 cc triple, Öhlins damping and Brembo Stylema stoppers, the Street Triple RS is the roadster every rival is measured against — sharp, sonorous and shockingly complete.
Elena Rossi · May 13, 2026
Everyone still repeats the same tired line about CFMoto — cheap, Chinese, unreliable — as if nothing has changed since 2015. I went looking for the evidence behind that assumption, and what I found was a lot less damning than the reputation suggests.
Marcus Vale · May 11, 2026
Kawasaki's friendly, evolved parallel-twin squares up to Aprilia's purpose-built, race-bred RS 457 in an A2 sportsbike face-off where a steel frame meets a trellis, and the right winner depends entirely on what kind of new rider you actually are.
Elena Rossi · May 11, 2026
Royal Enfield's rally-bred Himalayan 450 goes off-road-first against KTM's road-sharp 390 Adventure in a small-ADV scrap where Sherpa-engine grit meets LC4c urgency — and the winner depends entirely on how much dirt you actually plan to see.
Diego Marroquín · May 10, 2026
Blame the internet forums, not the electronics: cornering ABS has quietly saved more riders than almost any other piece of kit in motorcycling history. Here's how it actually works, why the real-world record is overwhelmingly good, and the rare moments it can genuinely catch you out.
Sam Whitlock · May 10, 2026
Corrugations, forty-degree heat and three hundred kilometres between fuel stops have a habit of separating adventure bikes that are actually built for the job from ones merely dressed for it — and after testing most of the current crop out here, I have strong opinions about which is which.
Diego Marroquín · May 10, 2026
Yamaha barely touched the Ténéré 700 for 2026, and that is exactly why it remains one of the smartest adventure bikes you can buy. A torquey CP2 twin and a genuinely rally-bred chassis still make more sense than rivals that keep chasing bigger numbers instead of a better ride.
Diego Marroquín · May 10, 2026
Every part-exchange number a dealer writes on a whiteboard is a starting position dressed up to look final, and once you know how it's built — and which used Triumphs the market has quietly turned against — you hold most of the leverage in that room.
Hana Kobayashi · May 10, 2026
The Yamaha MT-07 built its reputation years before the Suzuki GSX-8S, Honda CB750 Hornet and a sharpened Kawasaki Z650 turned up to challenge it. After riding all four back to back, I can tell you whether that reputation still holds — and it isn't quite the open-and-shut case nostalgia suggests.
Marcus Vale · May 8, 2026
The Z900 is the enthusiast's bargain: a silky 948 cc inline-four wrapped in aggressive Sugomi styling, with real-world pace and everyday manners at a price the premium nakeds simply cannot touch.
Elena Rossi · May 4, 2026
Rally-bred and famously dependable, Honda's Africa Twin pairs a torquey 1084 cc twin with genuine off-road ability and an optional DCT gearbox, making it the thinking overlander's long-haul companion.
Diego Marroquín · Apr 25, 2026
Look, if you’re tired of getting dropped on steep local climbs, the 2026 Pivot LES SL Drop Bar completely makes a mockery of traditional ascending. Listen. We all know gravel rigs ride like absolute garbage the second you hit blown-out, rocky singletrack. Your hands go numb. Lower back starts screaming. It sucks. But this specific…
AP · Apr 21, 2026
I live for the steepest, nastiest downhill tracks the Pacific Northwest can offer. You need a machine that erases the agonizing climb but descends with pure downhill authority. The Pivot Shuttle LT delivers exactly that. It completely transforms how you attack aggressive enduro trails. You feel a massive surge of momentum when that Shimano motor…
AP · Apr 20, 2026
I spend half my life staring at suspension linkages and the other half grinding up steep, nasty fire roads. You know the drill. Finding a machine that climbs effortlessly but descends like a dedicated enduro sled is the absolute dream. The Pivot Shuttle AM delivers exactly that elusive combination. It completely erases the suffering of…
AP · Apr 20, 2026
I spend my winters chasing traction on the absolute nastiest, root-infested singletracks the Pacific Northwest can offer. When you are pedaling under your own power through that kind of slop, you need a machine that climbs with pure, unfiltered analog efficiency. The Pivot Switchblade is that exact machine. It points uphill beautifully thanks to a…
AP · Apr 20, 2026
I spend my winters chasing traction in the deepest, wettest ruts the Pacific Northwest can throw at a rider. You need a machine that actively works with you when the trail turns into a vertical slip-and-slide. The Santa Cruz Vala 90 is exactly that machine. This entirely new platform completely reshapes how I view full-power…
AP · Apr 19, 2026
Drop into a steep, rain-soaked chute in Bellingham, and you instantly find out if your frame is made of glass or granite. The smell of pulverized pine needles hits your lungs just as the front tire violently smashes into a wet root matrix. But here is the crazy part. I didn’t even tap my brakes,…
AP · Apr 19, 2026
There is a massive lie circulating in the mountain bike industry right now. Brands want you to believe you need a 140mm-travel enduro couch to survive basic singletrack. But after spending three months thrashing the new Pivot Mach 4 SL through the slick, root-choked forests of the Pacific Northwest, I am calling their bluff. This…
AP · Apr 19, 2026
I am so sick of watching people burn their lives away sitting in morning gridlock. Stop staring at the bumper in front of you. Grab the handlebars of a proper, high-torque commuter machine and start dominating the bike lane. The Engine Room: Bosch Performance Line & 10-Speed Deore Specification The Hard Facts Frame Material Sloping…
AP · Apr 18, 2026
The smell of damp pine needles and the deafening clatter of loose shale under your tires is exactly why you buy a high-end mountain bike. You want to drop into a blind, chunky descent knowing your frame will absolutely bail you out of a terrible line choice. According to every piece of geometry data and…
AP · Apr 18, 2026
The Himalayan 450 drags accessible adventure riding into the modern age with a willing Sherpa single, genuine off-road travel and TFT navigation, all for a price that reads like a misprint.
Diego Marroquín · Apr 16, 2026
Aprilia's Tuono 660 proves handling beats horsepower, wrapping a characterful 95 hp twin, a full IMU electronics suite and 183 kg of sublime agility into the most thrilling middleweight naked on sale.
Marcus Vale · Apr 7, 2026
Everyone wants to talk about how a 208-hp naked bike rides on an empty mountain road. Almost nobody talks about what it costs to own one in real traffic, on a real budget, every ordinary day in between — so I did.
Marcus Vale · Apr 1, 2026
The Multistrada V4 performs an improbable magic trick: a 170 hp Granturismo V4 with radar cruise, semi-active suspension and 60,000 km valve intervals that tours in luxury yet still hunts apexes with glee.
Diego Marroquín · Mar 29, 2026
Bologna's operatic V4 drama collides with Munich's data-driven precision in a superbike duel where roughly 215 hp meets 212, and the winner depends entirely on whether you chase lap times or goosebumps.
Marcus Vale · Mar 20, 2026
Yamaha's torque-rich, bargain-priced CP3 triple squares up to Triumph's Moto2-bred, Öhlins-shod Street Triple 765 RS in a middleweight naked scrap that pits raw everyday value against genuine precision engineering.
Elena Rossi · Mar 11, 2026
The all-conquering BMW R 1300 GS meets Honda's rugged, honest Africa Twin in a big-adventure showdown that weighs cutting-edge tech and boxer muscle against genuine off-road purity and unbeatable value.
Diego Marroquín · Mar 2, 2026
Two litre-class legends refuse to fade: Yamaha's crossplane R1 and Suzuki's VVT-equipped GSX-R1000R deliver around 200 hp apiece, proving character and value still matter in an age of electronic superbikes.
Marcus Vale · Feb 21, 2026
TVS didn't just tease the Apache RTX 300 — it already put the thing on sale in India for under two lakh rupees. Now the spec sheet, the pricing logic, and a very real European debut suggest this budget ADV is about to matter well beyond its home market.
Marcus Vale · Feb 18, 2026
Kawasaki's smooth, sonorous inline-four Z900 takes on Yamaha's punchy, characterful MT-09 triple in a value-naked duel where a hundred-odd horsepower, low weight and everyday usability are the real prizes.
Elena Rossi · Feb 12, 2026
Chasing the lowest sticker price on a LAMS-legal bike feels like the smart move — right up until the resale numbers land. After watching new riders make this mistake on repeat, I'm convinced the cheapest bike in an Australian showroom is nearly always the most expensive one you'll ever own.
Hana Kobayashi · Feb 11, 2026
Triumph's nimble, characterful Tiger 900 triple confronts Ducati's radar-equipped, 170 hp Multistrada V4 in a middleweight-versus-heavyweight adventure clash about ambition, budget and the roads you actually ride.
Diego Marroquín · Feb 3, 2026
Honda's sweet-revving inline-four CBR650R meets Aprilia's light, electronics-rich Tuono 660 twin in a battle over what accessible sport really means — reliable everyday charm or premium, sharp-edged performance thrills.
Elena Rossi · Jan 25, 2026
The affordable, characterful Royal Enfield Himalayan 450 goes toe to toe with the polished, powerful Triumph Tiger 900 in an adventure comparison that asks whether more money really buys more genuine adventure.
Diego Marroquín · Jan 16, 2026
The silent, torque-laden Zero SR/F confronts Aprilia's characterful, screaming Tuono 660 in an electric-versus-petrol naked showdown that pits instant thrust and low running costs against range, sound and value.
Priya Anand · Jan 7, 2026
Using the friendly Honda CBR650R and the ferocious Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R as bookends, we unpack the real-world gulf between accessible supersport and full-blown superbike to help you buy the right weapon.
Marcus Vale · Dec 29, 2025
Your first bike sets the tone for everything that follows, so choose with your head as well as your heart — here is how to pick, inspect and buy the machine that will actually get you riding.
Hana Kobayashi · Dec 20, 2025
From continent-crushing flagships to featherweight trail bikes, the adventure class has never been broader — this guide helps you match capacity, weight and budget to the roads you will genuinely ride.
Diego Marroquín · Dec 11, 2025
The right protective kit is the cheapest insurance you will ever buy — here is how helmets, jackets, gloves, trousers and boots earn their keep, and how to read the safety standards that matter.
Hana Kobayashi · Dec 2, 2025
A neglected chain robs power, wears sprockets and can even lock a wheel — yet fifteen minutes of care every few hundred kilometres keeps your drivetrain smooth, safe and long-lived.
Sam Whitlock · Nov 23, 2025
Two palm-sized contact patches carry your life on every ride, so understanding tyre compounds, profiles and pressures is the most valuable maintenance knowledge a rider can own.
Sam Whitlock · Nov 14, 2025
Wet roads reward smoothness and punish panic, so learning to read reduced grip, keep your vision clear and stay relaxed turns a stressful downpour into just another confident ride.
Hana Kobayashi · Nov 5, 2025
A modern litre-class superbike is a road-legal race weapon, so choosing your first one wisely — electronics, ergonomics and honest self-assessment — is the difference between exhilaration and disaster.
Marcus Vale · Oct 27, 2025
Ultra Low Emission Zones have quietly reshaped how — and on what — British riders can commute, and most of us are still guessing at the details. Here is exactly what qualifies, what does not, and why the answer might already be sitting in your logbook.
Priya Anand · Oct 26, 2025
Generic chain guides are written for damp, temperate roads — not <strong>45°C bitumen</strong>, bulldust corrugations and six hundred kilometres between towns. Here is how heat, dust and distance rewrite the maintenance schedule for Australian conditions.
Sam Whitlock · Oct 21, 2025
A motorcycle that fits you is safer, more comfortable and more confidence-inspiring, so understanding seat height, reach and the riding triangle is essential before you ever sign for a bike.
Elena Rossi · Oct 18, 2025
A few hours of preparation before the cold sets in protects your battery, fuel, tyres and finish, so your bike fires up healthy and ready when the first warm day of spring arrives.
Sam Whitlock · Oct 9, 2025
A track day is the safest, most exhilarating way to explore your bike and your skill, and a little preparation of machine, gear and mindset turns nerves into the best riding day of your year.
Marcus Vale · Sep 30, 2025
For two decades the electric motorcycle was a promise perpetually deferred; today, machines like the Zero SR/F prove the technology has stopped apologising and started out-performing the petrol bikes parked beside it.
Priya Anand · Sep 21, 2025
Strip away the ideology and the showroom sticker, and the electric-versus-petrol question comes down to arithmetic — so we ran the numbers on energy, servicing, depreciation and the true cost of every kilometre ridden.
Priya Anand · Sep 12, 2025
Range anxiety is the reflex objection to every electric motorcycle, but a week aboard a Zero SR/F suggests the fear says far more about our petrol-era habits than about the bikes themselves.
Priya Anand · Sep 3, 2025
The next ten years will decide whether electric motorcycles remain a premium curiosity or become the quiet default — and the batteries, the charging standards and the legacy brands are already telling us how it ends.
Priya Anand · Aug 25, 2025
Charging is where the electric-motorcycle dream meets the messy real world of plugs, tariffs and car-shaped bays — but bikes have one quiet advantage that most of the doom-mongering conveniently forgets.
Priya Anand · Aug 16, 2025
The electronics and aerodynamics that once separated factory prototypes from the rest of us now sit on showroom superbikes — here is how the paddock quietly rewired the bike in your garage.
Sam Whitlock · Aug 7, 2025
One championship races unobtainable prototypes, the other races bikes you can almost buy — but the real gulf between MotoGP and WorldSBK is deeper, stranger and far more interesting than that.
Sam Whitlock · Jul 29, 2025
Those ungainly carbon fins bolted to the front of a MotoGP bike look like an afterthought, but they are precision aerodynamic tools reshaping how the fastest motorcycles on earth accelerate, brake and turn.
Sam Whitlock · Jul 20, 2025
Born in 1988 as a home for the road bikes fans could actually buy, the Superbike World Championship grew into a golden theatre of twin-versus-four warfare and record-shattering champions.
Sam Whitlock · Jul 11, 2025
For more than a century riders have hurled themselves around 37 miles of ordinary public road at terrifying speed, chasing glory on a course that has claimed hundreds of lives and forgives nothing.
Sam Whitlock · Jul 2, 2025
After eight months and thousands of test miles, we name the three motorcycles that defined a vintage year — and the deep supporting cast proving 2025 has real substance, not just headline horsepower.
Elena Rossi · Jun 23, 2025
Milan’s halls were louder and bolder than they have been in years, and beneath the concept-bike theatre a clear direction emerged — here are the machines and the ideas that genuinely mattered.
Elena Rossi · Jun 14, 2025
Radar-assisted cruise control has jumped from flagship tourers to the mainstream in barely three years, and the reasons behind its rapid spread say more about the future of riding than any spec sheet.
Priya Anand · Jun 5, 2025
Away from the horsepower headlines, a generation of electronic safety systems is doing the unglamorous work of keeping riders upright — and the data behind them is finally impossible to ignore.
Priya Anand · May 27, 2025
The pandemic-era boom that sent second-hand values soaring has finally broken, and the correction is reshaping what riders can afford — here is where the bargains are hiding and where the pain is worst.
Hana Kobayashi · May 18, 2025
The A2 category no longer means settling for a stripped-out beginner bike — today’s restricted machines are stylish, genuinely capable and built to grow with you, and this is where new riders should look first.
Hana Kobayashi · May 9, 2025
In a market obsessed with fairings, screens and adventure-bike posturing, the humble naked bike quietly does everything better — and I am increasingly convinced it is the only motorcycle most of us actually need.
Elena Rossi · Apr 30, 2025
Everyone keeps asking when I will upgrade to something with riding modes and a colour screen, and my answer never changes — the simplest bike I own is the one that makes me feel most alive.
Diego Marroquín · Apr 21, 2025
After thirty years of testing bikes for a living, I can tell you the number on the spec sheet almost never predicts which machine puts the biggest grin on your face — and I have the evidence.
Marcus Vale · Apr 12, 2025
The industry has sold us the fantasy of a single machine that conquers commutes, canyons and continents equally well, and after a lifetime chasing it across four continents I am here to tell you it does not exist.
Diego Marroquín · Apr 3, 2025
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