Bike Reviews
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Used Bike Guide: Suzuki Gladius (2012)
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Bob Pickett investigates… 2009: Suzuki decided to replace the popular SV650 to freshen up the range. It’s replacement, the Gladius. Marketed as a more friendly bike for a wider range of riders, the name (Suzuki had prior success with sword’s name after all) and bright colours (I loved them) saw the Gladius dismissed as a…
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Ridden! Honda CRF1100 Africa Twin Adventure Sport
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Words: Dave Manning Although the looks are near identical to the standard version, the bike you see here is the Adventure Sports version of the Africa Twin and, as such, it has one or two upgrades, such as the larger 24.8-litre fuel tank, and the Showa EERA electronic suspension. Although it still has the same…
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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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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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Living with: 2019 Ducati Supersport S – by Maja Kenney
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This January it’s been three years since I picked up my Ducati Supersport S from the dealers. Why did I decide to get this particular bike? It was purely down to its looks and the brand. A pretty uninformed decision then, but after running it for three years and racking up 39,000 miles on the…
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Dirt-Ready Ducati!
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The Italian factory has revealed all the information about its most off-road oriented motorcycle for years: the Desert X. Here’s what you need to know. The DesertX’s beating heart is a tweaked version of Ducati’s infamous 937cc liquid cooled Testastretta Desmodromic valvetrain engine which offers a healthy 110hp at 9250rpm and 92Nm of torque at…
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CFMOTO’s 700CL-X – Tested!
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You’d have never bought a big bike from China 15 years ago. The little bikes from there had such a bad reputation, that even now you’d be hard pressed to find anyone with something positive to say about the machines imported from the most populous country in the world. That’s all changing though. They’re getting…
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Moto Guzzi V100 Mandello!
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Moto Guzzi celebrates its second century with an all-new model. The Italian factory’s V100 Mandello broke cover at the big EICMA show in Milan – and with it, Moto Guzzi has revealed a new engine platform that it’ll likely be using for years to come. The V100 Mandello is an all-new machine, with plenty of…
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The MV Agusta Superveloce Ago…
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MV Agusta has paid tribute to racing legend Giacomo Agostini with a special limited edition Superveloce. The new MV Agusta Superveloce Ago will be built by hand, and in a fitting tribute to Agostini’s 311 Grand Prix wins, only 311 will be built. In addition to some gorgeous carbon fibre bodywork, the Ago gets top-level…
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FIRST IMPRESSIONS: Aprilia 660 Tuareg
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After a variety of flights taking us from London to the Mediterranean island of Sardinia, we’ve had chance to throw a leg over Aprilia’s new midrange adventure bike, the 660 Tuareg. WORDS: Dave Manning PHOTOGRAPHY: Aprilia While we’re still damp from the torrential showers during the test, we’ll put together some words for a brief…
