Bike Reviews

COST-EFFECTIVE CLASSICS: Yamaha TDM850

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Mark Lancaster

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24th June 2024

It’s a big bore parallel twin… before they became popular again! We’ll get the acid drop rebuke out of the way first – TDM is very much not a contraction of tedium. This sarcastic moniker has plagued the big twin from the off by people who simply didn’t ‘get’ the bike. The TDM has often…
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RIDE BETTER with the Yamaha Off-Road Experience

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Mark Lancaster

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14th June 2024

If you want to learn how to ride a Yamaha’s Tenere 700 off-road, there’s only one place to go. The Yamaha Off-Road Experience. It was founded by multiple-British Enduro Champion Geraint Jones on his family farm up in the Cambrian Mountains a whopping 30 years ago – and now it’s run by his two sons…
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ROAD TEST: Harley-Davidson Sportster S

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Mark Lancaster

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12th June 2024

A grunty V-twin motor, fat tyres and feet-forward pegs. It could only be a Harley. Matt Hull does some serious rumbling on the Sportster, here’s Matt’s musings… Life is now about what you look like. What social media will judge you on. How ‘friends’ you’ve never met see your position in society. To hell with…
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ROAD TEST: Harley-Davidson Pan America

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Mark Lancaster

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11th June 2024

Breaking convention, H-D surprised us all with its refined, robust and well-rounded adventure bike. Ross Mowbray tried it out. Here’s what he thought: The world’s an ever-changing place, and motorcycling reflects that. Manufacturers are constantly navigating the peaks and troughs of what’s ‘on trend’ and what punters want to buy. That’s why Harley-Davidson can no…
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TEST: Yamaha MT-09

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Mark Lancaster

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31st May 2024

Bruce Wilson takes a close look at Yamaha’s hugely popular 900cc hyper-naked… Yamaha’s MT-09 is a special bike. Its big torque, big wheelies, and a practical, comfy riding position have helped sell the dream to the masses in a way the factory could have probably never imagined. A decade and over 200,000 bikes later, there’s…
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LONG TERMER: Suzuki GSX-8S

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Mark Lancaster

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30th May 2024

Stuart Baker gives his final thoughts on the GSX before it goes back… It’s time to bid a fond farewell to the fabulous Suzuki GSX-8S – a bike which proved to be far more than the sum of its parts on the spec sheet. A budget 776cc parallel twin didn’t exactly get me excited, so…
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LONG-TERMER: Yamaha Tenere World Raid

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Mark Lancaster

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28th May 2024

Dave Manning gives us an update on the big adventure bike… I used to think that the low average mileage clocked up by so many British riders was just down to the fact that they weren’t using their bikes on the daily commute to work. And, four years ago, the situation changed quite drastically for…
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TEST RIDE: Ducati Scrambler Icon 800

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Ross Mowbray

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21st May 2024

Ross Mowbray sees what he makes of Ducati’s base model Scrambler, the Icon 800 – can it keep up with the rest of the range?
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LONG-TERMER: Mossy bids farewell to the V-Strom

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Mark Lancaster

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15th May 2024

Chris Moss has had the Suzuki V-Strom 800DE for 11 months now. He’s saying goodbye to it, though. Here are his final thoughts! After doing so much together in 11 months and 11,000 miles, bidding farewell to the trusty V-Strom 800DE hasn’t been easy. I shouldn’t feel so sad about the split really. Very soon…
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TESTED: Honda CRF300L

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Mark Lancaster

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10th May 2024

Chris Moss runs the rule over the CRF and editor Ross gives his verdict: I’d had to wait until the end of the first day to get on the Honda, but the timing turned out to be perfect. Darkening skies, with rain imminent, meant the prospect of riding the last 80-mile leg to the hotel…
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