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  • Touring advice: How to pack for a motorcycle adventure

    Touring advice: How to pack for a motorcycle adventure

    Overland experts and owners of motorcycle expedition company www.globebusters.com, Kevin and Julia Sanders specialise in taking riders on amazing journeys to unusual destinations. They gave our editor – notorious for carrying too much – some tips on how to pack… Luggage Two panniers should provide plenty of space for a solo rider’s clothes, tools, electricals and toiletries. Add…

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  • Motorcycles are a bargain: Scientific fact!

    Motorcycles are a bargain: Scientific fact!

    After working out the power-to-weight ratios of the new Honda Fireblade and Suzuki GSX-R1000, I thought I’d look into some others… 2016 BMW S1000RR – 0.94bhp/kg 2016 Kawasaki ZX-10R – 0.96bhp/kg 2017 FireBlade – 0.97bhp/kg 2017 GSX-R1000 – 0.99bhp/kg 2016 Yamaha R1M – 0.99bhp/kg 2016 Ducati Panigale R – 1.10bhp/kg 2016 Kawasaki H2R – 1.42bhp/kg.…

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