Adventure Bikes
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LONG TERMER: KTM 890 SMT
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Dave Manning has clocked up almost 1,500 miles on the KTM in four weeks, here’s how he’s found it… Given the KTM tagline of ‘Ready to race’ that scrolls across the dashboard of all of its models when the ignition is turned on, one might wonder why, and how, the Austrian firm have created what…
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TESTED: Moto Guzzi V85 Strada,TT & Travel
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Here’s what you need to know about the latest version of Moto Guzzi’s much-loved V85 TT and TT Travel, and its new, more road-focused Strada. The V85 was first introduced in concept form in 2017 before going on sale in 2019. More variants were added to the range in 2020, and then in 2021 Guzzi…
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DUCATI: DesertX Discovery
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The DesertX Discovery was created to be unstoppable on any terrain. For this reason, it is equipped as standard with reinforced hand guards, an engine guard protecting the water pump, a radiator grill, and a reinforced sump guard to protect the bike on the most difficult sections. The heated grips and the larger windshield increase…
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RIDE BETTER with the Yamaha Off-Road Experience
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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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ROUTES: Austrian Alps and back!
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A two-week, two-and-a-half-thousand-mile trip through France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Austria and Germany. Last spring, MoreBikes reader Aaron Walker set off on his first ‘big bike’ trip just a few months after passing his full test. With his partner Alex on the back of his Kawasaki Versys 650, the two of them spent 14 days covering…
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ROAD TEST: Harley-Davidson Pan America
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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: Ducati Hypermotard 698 Mono
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Bruce Wilson gives Ducati’s Hypermotard a jolly good workout. Here’s what you need to know… Ducati surprised us all with the big reveal of its first mass-production single motor – which has been squeezed into the latest generation of its bonkers, but brilliant, Hypermotard. Four years ago, someone at the factory reckoned they could create…
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LONG-TERMER: Yamaha Tenere World Raid
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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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MV AGUSTA: Top-drawer tourer
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MV Agusta’s getting into the adventure bike game in a big way, releasing its trick £20,000 Enduro Veloce to the masses The Italian factory’s been teasing us with bits and bobs about its production adventure bike for a few years, but now it’s finally here. Following on from the well-received but now cancelled pair of…
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LONG-TERMER: Mossy bids farewell to the V-Strom
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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…
