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SHAKE UP!

CFmoto have just notched up a landmark victory in becoming the first Chinese manufacturer to scoop a gong in MCN’S prestigious annual awards, winning the A2 category with the 450MT. They’ve been punching hard with the 800MT-X too, and the arrival of...

THE RIGHT STUFF

The relatively fresh sport bike category has a very different meaning these days, primarily offering newer riders a stepping stone from smaller bikes before hopping into the Next Generation supersport class, but it’s not just younger pilots jumping...

TIME TO CHANGE?

Electric motorcycles face an uphill struggle convincing UK motorcyclists. While the argument for electric cars and short-journey electric bikes has been won, it’s so far been impossible to cram enough battery into a conventional chassis for a...

EVERYDAY EXOTICS

Motorcycling’s extreme machines have always slammed into the boundaries of performance, technology and price like bejewelled battering rams. Unaffordable, unobtainable and unfathomable, they show how limitless biking can be. Think NR750, Desmosedici,...

SIDECAR LIFELINE

An eagerly anticipated announcement on the future of sidecar racing at the Isle of Man TT had a something of a stuttering start last week. Despite being in receipt of 460 submissions to a panel of competitors, technical experts and race bosses who...

SECRET WEAPON

Pictures have emerged of what appears to be a new BMW S1000RR being put through its paces at the Nürburgring Nordschleife in Germany. The bike captured in these images has a redesigned front fairing with even bigger wings than before, and that’s...

GLOBAL PLAYER

Rotary race-winning bikes of the 1990s aside, it’s been more than 50 years since a motorcycle with the iconic Norton name on the tank could be considered a genuine success, particularly in commercial terms. That accolade goes to the original Commando,...

BULLET PROOF

There’s something rather apt about breezing along country lanes aboard the new Royal Enfield Bullet 650. With hedgerows flitting past on either side, golden fields rolling into the distance and a canopy of unsullied blue above, it captures a snapshot...

THE FULL ENGLISH

Athunderous bellow, like the sound of a brontosaurus standing on its own tail, ruptures the tranquillity of the sleepy village; subsonic waves loosen mortar and shake roof tiles. Then, just as suddenly, it stops, leaving only an echo bouncing down the...

MOTOGP’S NEW BREED

The premier class has never seen a technical change like it – not even when the 500cc two-strokes were replaced by 990cc four-strokes in 2002. The championship’s new tech regs, which apply from 2027-2031, reduce engine capacity, shrink downforce...

PUNCHING ABOVE

GS CHALLENGE

VERSUS CFMOTO KAWASAKI MOTO MORINI QJ MOTOR

SILVER LININGS

GOLD & OLDIE

RULING CLASS

If you want to cover big distances in style and comfort, with a surfeit of performance and prowess to entertain when the mood takes you, then a full-fat litre-plus adventure bike is the only way to travel. We took three of the best on a 48-hour tour of...

NORTON RETURNS

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MILLYARD ‘THE CARB FLOAT WAS MADE OF WOOD’

One thing I’ve started using more recently is an ultrasonic cleaner for carburettors, and it’s a really handy bit of kit to have. You basically fill it with a cleaning solution, drop your carb bodies and components in, switch it on and let it do its...

SEVENTH WONDER

The junior supersport (or sportbike) category has evolved massively over recent times. There’s now a variety of machinery on offer to the tune of twins, triples and inline fours, that cover a spectrum from laid-back sports-touring-like riding...

PERFECT BLEND

The designers at Hinckley have done a sterling job in spawning a whole family from the Speed 400. In addition to the standard retro, we’ve had two Scramblers and the groovy new Tracker, so to round off the gang they’ve resurrected the Thruxton moniker...

Slicker in the city – save up to 51% on urban kit

There is a time and a place for allsinging, all-dancing riding gear, loaded with technical fabrics and boasting so many pockets that it makes your expensive pannier set nigh-on obsolete. Like on a tour of Europe, for example, or a long ride deep into...

FEELGOOD FACTOR

Think of Triumph’s new £12,895 Street Triple 765 RX as an all-singing Street Triple 765 RS (£11,999) with a racier front end. That means you get fully adjustable NIX30 Öhlins forks, sharper geometry, a milled ali top yoke and clip-on ’bars. It’s the...

High-revvin’ heaven

From being almost extinct five years ago, sportsbikes have been making a comeback, with fresh models in almost every section – particularly mid-size and small capacities. Now small capacity sportsbikes have had an injection of the exotic with news that...

ULTIMATE ADVENTURE

TOTAL TIGER

If there’s anything the Tiger was lacking, it was grunt lower in the rev range for hauling passengers, loaded panniers or making relaxed progress. While eager to spin up and please at higher engine speeds, it could feel a tad frantic at times, but...

TAKING CHARGE

Whooshing along at speed in a cocoon of calm and quietness is an experience like no other. It isn’t better than a machine with an internal combustion engine, but it isn’t worse either – it’s just different. The £12,999 WN7, available in dealers in...

3-IN-1

SMART MOVE

Ducati have acted on their recent promise of fresh metal to mark their 100th birthday with this new Formula 73 retro twin, priced at £15,095. Limited to 873 units and available in dealerships from spring, it arrives just weeks after our exclusive...

BREED APART

Ducati struck gold when they unveiled the Monster back in 1992, hitting upon a formula that resonated with the buying public to such an extent that they’ve shifted more than 380,000 units across four generations. For many, it was affordable exotica, a...

STREET SPIRIT

The new £9195 Trident 800, available in dealers next month, is fast and fun, but most of all, a cinch to ride. In many ways, it’s the spiritual successor to the original 2007 Street Triple. You see, the old Street Triple used to be the go-anywhere,...

ROAD HOG!

TRIPLE TOPS

Triumph are making significant updates to their Tiger Sport and Trident 660 models for 2026, including a spicier engine promising enhanced power and torque. Bikes are set to arrive in dealers from March, with the Trident starting at £8095 OTR (up by...

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