Adventure Bikes
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Launch ride: Ducati Scrambler Desert Sled
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Words: Alastair Fagan Photography: Milagro Just days after Ducati announced another record-breaking year for the Bologna factory in 2016, we were riding a new version of its pivotal sales success in Almeria, Spain. The Scrambler family has sold 32,000 units during the first two years of existence (roughly 16,000 each year) and ensured Ducati featured…
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Launch ride: Triumph Street Scrambler
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The iconic Triumph Scrambler is back, reincarnated as the new Street Scrambler The Street Twin has been the best-selling bike in the 2016 water-cooled Bonneville range, so it was only a matter of time until Triumph added more flavour to the accessible end of its modern classic range. Enter stage the Street Scrambler, the latest…
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Sena invents the rangeless helmet intercom system. Stay in touch no matter how far you ride, as you ride
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Sena invents the rangeless helmet intercom system. Stay in touch no matter how far you ride, as you ride. We’re big fans of the Sena range of bluetooth equipment (we use Sena gear to shoot all of our onboard footage on MoreBikes), so the latest news from Sena that it has now worked out a…
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Touratech unveils super-lightweight BMW R 1200 GS Rambler
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Think the BMW R1200 GS is too big and clumsy for real world adventure riding? Think again! Touratech has just released details of the R 1200 GS Rambler, a bike that weighs less than 200kg and looks like a proper enduro weapon. At this stage it’s a concept bike, but one that has been developed…
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Video: Rockstar Husqvarna factory Dakar preview
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Video: Rockstar Husqvarna factory Dakar preview. https://youtu.be/uEm-7qGbqmY The Dakar Rally gets underway on January 2 and whilst we’re all going to be getting over the New Year festivities some of the world’s greatest off-road riders will be going all-out over some crazy-tough terrain. To get your (and our) juices flowing for the big bike bash,…
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Get BOOKING for the BRILLIANT Arenacross Tour FMX events!
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Arenacross Tour 7th January to 18th February 2017 Manchester – Glasgow – Birmingham – Belfast – Sheffield – London The gate drops on AX When the 2017 Arenacross Tour powers into Manchester in January, expectations will be at an all-time high as the strongest-ever Pro and Pro Lites team line-up, packed-out youth classes…
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Why is heated motorcycle kit important this winter?
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There are lots of ways to keep yourself warm on the bike through the winter, but if all else fails, go for heated clothing. Here are our thoughts on heated clothing.
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Video: Haiden Deegan (10) rides his dad’s factory 450cc motocross bike. Yep.
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Video: Haiden Deegan (10) rides his dad’s factory 450cc motocross bike. Yep. The next time someone tells you that a 450 motocross bike is too big and powerful for them, show them this. This is Haiden Deegan, 10 year old son of modern motocross star Brian Deegan. Haiden is really making a name for himself…
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2 wheel drive, huge torque electric bikes launched in Italy (and they look this trick)
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2 wheel drive, huge torque electric bikes launched in Italy (and they look this trick). Check out these two-wheel-drive electric off-roaders that are now on sale in Italy. Called the Due (nothing to do with the Benelli or Bimotas of the same name), the bike is available in both X (for off road) and R(on…
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SPY SHOTS: Gotcha! KTM’s 2018 390 Adventure caught out and about on the road
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SPY SHOTS: Gotcha! KTM’s 2018 390 Adventure caught out and about on the road. Hot on the heels of our first look at the KTM 800 (read: 790-named) Adventure bike a week ago comes these great pictures of the Austrian company’s ‘other’ secret Adventure bike – it’s new 390! Caught out by our spy…
