Motorbikes

  • Test Ride: Honda CB500X, CB500F and CBR500R

    Test Ride: Honda CB500X, CB500F and CBR500R

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    Honda couldn’t choose a more appropriate venue for showing off the versatility of their updated CB trio of 47bhp, A2-licence compatible, parallel twin 500s. Tenerife has it all for great riding – endless tight, twisty mountain Tarmac, like an unspooling tape reel, mile upon mile of sinewy, winding blacktop across the volcanic landscape, off-road mountain…

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  • Who said comfy bikes are boring?

    Who said comfy bikes are boring?

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    Combining BMW’s trademark comfort and reliability with sporty performance, the R1200RS Sport SE makes an interesting used buy. New though it was in 2015, the R1200RS can trace its immediate history back to the naked R1200R launched just a few months earlier. Essentially, the RS is a three-quarter faired version of that machine, featuring the…

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  • cool kitty: suzuki katana, 1980 onwards

    cool kitty: suzuki katana, 1980 onwards

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    What initially started out as a mere design exercise has since become one of Suzuki’s legendary models, ripe for 2019’s reboot The name ‘Katana’ brings to mind a sharp, curved blade, used by the samurai of feudal Japan. Fitting then, that the name would be used on the winner of a cutting-edge design exercise that…

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