Bike Reviews

  • Reborn Renegade

    Reborn Renegade

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    Yamaha’s MT-10 requires no introduction, but in more recent times the thing it has needed most is a good and proper upgrade.

  • Big update for BMW’s S1000RR Superbike!

    Big update for BMW’s S1000RR Superbike!

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    The German firm has revealed its latest generation S1000RR superbike – and with improvements to the engine, suspension, chassis, aerodynamics, design and on-board technology, could this be the best one yet? BMW’s flagship sportbike has gone from strength to strength since it was first revealed way back in 2009. It gets better every time and…

  • My bike: 2001 Honda CBR600F

    My bike: 2001 Honda CBR600F

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    Mid-weight solution to mid-life desires WORDS: Mikko Nieminen PHOTOGRAPHY: Gary Chapman When I got my full motorcycle licence I was riding around on a Yamaha RX-S 80. It was the perfect city bike for commuting in London, and just about agreeable for little adventures outside the city. I loved that bike. But I had a…

  • Introducing the new Vespa GTS

    Introducing the new Vespa GTS

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    The birth of a new Vespa is always an epic event because it continues an incredibly successful history founded on values of style and technology. 

  • Start your engine (just because you can)

    Start your engine (just because you can)

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    Built like a gun? Maybe, and from £4279 the new Classic 350 may have hit the target

  • FIRST RIDE: Sinnis SM-XE 125

    FIRST RIDE: Sinnis SM-XE 125

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    Those with a taste for the mud often eschew big adventure bikes for something a little lighter, that’s capable of hitting the trails harder and faster. That’s where the Sinnis SM-XE 125 comes in. Back in the 70s and 80s trail bikes were properly big business. But that’s not really the case nowadays. If modern…

  • QUICK SPIN! Kawasaki Z650RS

    QUICK SPIN! Kawasaki Z650RS

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    Following the (deserved) success of the retro-styled Z900RS, it was only a matter of time before Kawasaki brought out a middleweight version.  Late 2021 saw it finally arrive in the form of the Z650RS. Essentially a Z650 wearing a vintage dress, the Z joins a rapidly growing range of retro-styled 650s. We rode it out…

  • RETRO RIDE: Honda Fireblade (1998)

    RETRO RIDE: Honda Fireblade (1998)

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    How was the ‘Blade? Over to our Maja… In the 30th anniversary year of the Honda Fireblade it only seemed appropriate I finally got to ride one. It happened that I had the opportunity to take a 1998 RRW or Sc33 Fireblade out for a spin. I was a little bit apprehensive, to say the…

  • New World Order – Ténéré 700 World Raid

    New World Order – Ténéré 700 World Raid

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    If you like your wheels out of line, your riding off the limiter and if convention makes your head ache, you’ll probably like a taste of what Yamaha’s new Ténéré 700 World Raid has to offer.

  • Used Bike Guide: 2013-2017 HONDA CBR60 0RR

    Used Bike Guide: 2013-2017 HONDA CBR60 0RR

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    In 2013, Honda released its last CBR600RR model… WORDS> JONURRY PICS> MORTONS ARCHIVE In the space of just 10 years from 2003 to 2013, the supersport class went from red-hot property to effectively obsolete, resulting in the state we are now at where there are no new supersport bikes at all for sale. When you…

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