Mark Lancaster
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Ridden! Yamaha Tenere 700
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Words: Ross Mowbray I’ve been waiting a long time to ride this bike. It’s right up my street – a spiritual successor to the big trail bikes of yesteryear that have lost favour with the advent of even bigger, heavier adventure bikes. Okay, the T7 is still an adventure bike, but it’s one that’s been…
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Triumph tease us with a new collaboration..
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TRIUMPH MOTORCYCLES & GIBSON – CUSTOM COLLABORATION Triumph are announcing an exciting new partnership that brings together two iconic global brands, Gibson and Triumph Motorcycles, with a unique collaboration based on the legendary 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard guitar and the equally legendary 1959 Triumph Bonneville T120 motorcycle. With a shared ambition to support the…
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Ridden! KTM 390 Adventure
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Everyone has their own slightly different opinion about what it is that defines an adventure motorcycle. For some riders, an adventure simply involves a long slog on the motorway broken up by a couple of tame trails, but for others it means standing on the pegs for hours at a time churning up mud at…
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Damon Motors introduces 200hp ‘HyperFighter’
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The Canadian motorcycle manufacturer has just announced it’ll be producing a new high performance, high-tech streetfighter style electric motorcycle at the 2022 CES electronics show – and it’s called the HyperFighter. Built from the bones of Damon Motors’ existing HyperSport model which was announced two years ago, the HyperFighter essentially will be a stripped-back model…
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SPOTTED: Triumph’s small capacity scrambler
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We’re finally going to get to see the long-awaited result of the link-up between the British and Indian factories! We’ve been talking about what might come of the link-up between Triumph and Bajaj for what feels like forever – and following the news that there’s an announcement coming in a few months’ time, a spate…
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NEW for 2022: Honda’s updated CB300R
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The Japanese factory has just revealed the latest update to its extensive Neo Sports Caf range, with a tweaked version of its learner legal CB300R. The big news for the A2 compliant bike is the addition of 41mm Showa forks up front, an assist/slipper clutch and some tweaks to its 286cc liquidcooled engine to help…
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NEW PARTNERSHIP: Triumph and Breitling
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If you like a nice limited edition motorcycle, like Triumphs and like very nice watches then you may be interested to read this press release we’ve just had in from the folks at Triumph, about a tasty new partnership: TRIUMPH SPEED TWIN BREITLING LIMITED EDITION & BREITLING TRIUMPH EDITION TOP TIME CHRONOGRAPH Introducing an exciting…
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WHO IS BEHIND THE RETURN OF BSA?
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BSA is now owned by Indian company Classic Legends, a division of Mahindra and Mahindra, which is based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is one of the largest producers of motor vehicles in India, is estimated to turn over $9.8 billion, and produces $1.2 billion in profits. Mahindra owns Peugeot scooters, and makes small-capacity motorcycles,…
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Honda secures Motul as new title sponsor for BSB and road racing campaigns
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Honda Racing has finalised a new sponsorship deal with Motul for the 2022 season, which will see them in action in the British Superbike Championship and on the roads, with racing at the North West 200 and the Isle of Man TT. It’s the 30th anniversary of the iconic Fireblade, which is why the factory…
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The Royal Enfield Himalayan 650 has ARRIVED
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But sadly it’s the work of Cooperb Motorcycles and not the factory… There’ve been rumours that Royal Enfield’s quietly working away on a bigger version of its much-loved Himalayan since it was first revealed to the world back in 2015. A couple of years later, in 2017, with the unveiling of its Interceptor and Continental…