Feature Articles
Siblings tested: kawasaki's naked street brethren Z750 and z1000. much difference?
3 September 2010
Let’s be honest, the vast majority of today’s motorcycles have more performance than most riders’ have the ability to exploit.
Open road: Lead from the front
3 September 2010.
China is a whole new world, no matter what the inaccurate map might say...
Open road: Getting your bike right
6 August 2010.
Essential bike modifications for touring - Our golden rule is to modify your bike to protect it and not pretty it or have something for the sake of it. Striking the right balance between changing bits that are practical and overloading the bike with unnecessary tricks needn’t be hard to achieve.
The Horex 1200 VR6: The full story
6 August 2010.
A supercharged, six-cylinder triple-camshaft 1200cc roadster, with radial valves, 200bhp, belt final drive and Öhlins suspension, speed-limited to a maximum of 155mph! That’s the Horex VR6, one of the most astonishing and exciting new motorcycles to appear this millennium.
Tested: Simple pleasure
2 July 2010.
The new Triumph Sprint GT looks like it will set the bar for performance and value for money the other sports-tourers will have to beat.
Open road: Fit to ride?
2 July 2010.
So you’ve got the bike, you’ve planned your route and you’re wearing all the right spangly-new kit. The adventure of a lifetime is just around the corner, it’d be a real shame to get ill and ruin it wouldn’t it? Even worse if that were to happen while you were putting in the miles in some foreign country...
I love an Alfred Hitchcock film but...
2 July 2010.
We had a letter into MSL Towers the other day from a reader of this magazine berating me for complaining about potholes. The gist of it was that if I wasn’t riding with my eyes closed then there should be no reason for me to be caught out by any left over from our Tarmac tearing winter.
Open road: Park Long Way Down
4 June 2010.
I had to wave Kevin off from the Ace Café last weekend. He’s leading the Silk Road Expedition to Beijing. The plan was for me to travel down to Istanbul with everyone and then head back to Wales.
Tested: Yamaha's 2011 FZ8 and FAZER8 - Best of both worlds?
4 June 2010.
To understand why these bikes are a pretty big deal for Yamaha, consider this. The Japanese company has built a cool quarter million copies of its mid-sized real world roadsters ever since the Fazer 600 was launched back in 1998.
Ducati Meccanica Vintage 2: Retro Et Modern
7 May 2010.
Whenever a leading motorcycle designer, one of the men responsible for creating the two-wheeled works of art which eventually end up on a manufacturer’s production lines, concocts a bike just for himself to use – one that suits his own specific needs, or just something he felt like making for his own satisfaction – it’s usually something pretty special.
Current Issue: October 2010
Victory Cross - 2011 model
It goes, it stops, it handles (and it's cooler than a harley)
The Moto Guzzi BB1
Now that's a naked muscle bike!
Improve your riding
Mastering junctions
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Nearly £6000 of teng tools!
Plus... Mavizen: The electric superbike you can buy... 200 Miles from a tankful: We show you how... KTM's 990SMT: The perfect all-rounder?... How it works: Your bike's frame... How to pick the perfect boot...
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