MoreBikes December 2024

DAY RIDE: Antrim Coast Road

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Mark Lancaster

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10th December 2024

Mikko Nieminen reports… Pics: Geoff Hill and Mikko Nieminen The Antrim Coast Road is one of the top rides in the UK, but I would be lying if I said that this was a great winter ride from start to finish. Not because the coast road itself isn’t great (it really is!), but because I had…
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TESTED: Yamaha MT-09 Y-AMT

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Mark Lancaster

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9th December 2024

Bikes with auto gearboxes seem to be the ‘in thing’ right now, with recent additions to the market coming from BMW, KTM, Honda and, now, Yamaha. John McAvoy gave the latter brand’s new, fancy Y-AMT system a spin to see whether it’s the gamechanger we’re looking for. This isn’t the first time that Yamaha have…
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BMW R 1300 GSA: Is bigger better?

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Mark Lancaster

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7th December 2024

Bruce Wilson finds out… With a monstrous 30-litre tank, 269 kilos of Bavarian bulk, and more gadgets than a Bond car, the new BMW R 1300 GSA isn’t exactly lacking. It’s packed with power, tech, and a devilish ability to tackle trails and twisties alike. But is this heavyweight really the king of adventure? That…
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KIT TESTED: Halvarssons Racken Jacket and Rinn Pants

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Mark Lancaster

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5th December 2024

Mike tells us what we need to know… I’m sure most of us have been caught out by a sudden change in the weather, watching as thunder clouds roll in, with no escape route. Perhaps that is why those bikers who enjoy touring so often opt for textiles. They keep you dry; they keep you…
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DUCATI: Next-gen V2 motor

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Mark Lancaster

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4th December 2024

Released just before the EICMA show; the new mid-power Ducati V2 engine for the foreseeable future. The big news is the firm’s dropped the desmodromic valves, and is using common old coil springs for its valve control. What next – hairpin springs? Anyway, what we lose in unique engine tech, we regain in easier servicing,…
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YAMAHA: 2025 MT-07 and Tracer 9

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Mark Lancaster

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3rd December 2024

MT-07 Yamaha’s MT-07 sits at the heart of a tasty middleweight range: Its engine and basic chassis layout forms the basis for the R7, XSR700, Tracer 700 and Ténéré models. And for 2025, the tuning-fork firm has given the neat roadster a chassis and tech upgrade, as well as the Y-AMT automatic transmission option. There’s…
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KAWASAKI: 2025 Z900

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Mark Lancaster

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2nd December 2024

It’s often overlooked for its fancier retro sister, the Z900 RS, but Kawasaki’s Z900 is a big hit with its owners, and sits nicely inbetween the mental supercharged Z H2 and the smaller Z650 twin naked. It’s been overlooked a bit by Kawasaki too arguably: But no longer. For 2025, the 124bhp inline-four 948cc motor…
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TRIUMPH: Their tasty trio…

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Mark Lancaster

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28th November 2024

Tiger, Speed Twin and Trident news for 2025… Tiger Sport 800 Déjà vu? Well, yes – the Hinckley firm sold a Tiger 800 model between 2010-2019, but it’s keen to stress this new machine has nothing to do with the old ‘un. In fact, it’s basically a grown-up’s version of the firm’s very successful entry-level…
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HONDA: 2025 refresh for the CMX

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Mark Lancaster

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26th November 2024

You may not love Honda’s CMX range of soft-ish Japanese cruisers, but you have to respect them for their massive sales performance. The CMX500 Rebel is a big hit with the A2 licence brigade, so much so that Kawasaki virtually copied it with its latest Eliminator 500, and the Africa Twin-powered CMX1100 provides a full-power…
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HONDA: 2025 Hornet CB1000/SP

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Mark Lancaster

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25th November 2024

I know what you’re thinking – didn’t we do this already? Well, yes: Honda first showed the new Hornet 1000 off around this time last year, as a 2024 model. It’s kinda heartening to think that the enormous moto-industrial complex which is Honda is just like us: Project bikes taking much longer than you thought…
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