Touring Bikes

  • All-new Tracer 9 and Tracer 9 GT from Yamaha

    All-new Tracer 9 and Tracer 9 GT from Yamaha

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    The newest bikes from the Japanese factory are lighter, more powerful and dripping with the latest technology. After five years of Tracer 900, Yamaha has transformed the popular sport tourer into what it calls an all-new Tracer 9, complete with a GT version, too. The redesigned 890cc, CP3 crossplane inline 3-cylinder engine pumps out 117bhp…

  • PREVIEW: December issue of Motorcycle Sport & Leisure

    PREVIEW: December issue of Motorcycle Sport & Leisure

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    In the December edition of Motorcycle Sport & Leisure, we ride the Bavarian boxer you thought couldn’t get any bigger.

  • Throwback: Our first impressions of Yamaha’s 2020 Tracer 700

    Throwback: Our first impressions of Yamaha’s 2020 Tracer 700

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    We’re out in Tenerife for the launch of Yamaha’s updated Tracer 700 for 2020 – and after a full day in the saddle, here are our (very brief) first impressions.   The big changes for Yamaha’s 2020 Tracer 700 include an updated 689cc motor, adjustable suspension both front and rear, revised bodywork, an inverted LCD…

  • Motorcycle travellers stuck on the road in lockdown tell their stories

    Motorcycle travellers stuck on the road in lockdown tell their stories

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    Here are their stories, why they’re still on the road and what their new plans are…

  • Harley-Davidson announce podcast around Apple TV’s Long Way Up

    Harley-Davidson announce podcast around Apple TV’s Long Way Up

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    Harley-Davidson has announced a new podcast which takes a closer look into the creation of the Harley-Davidson LiveWire models used in Long Way Up.

  • New colours for Kawasaki Z900, Ninja 1000SX and Vulcan S

    New colours for Kawasaki Z900, Ninja 1000SX and Vulcan S

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    Kawasaki have revealed three of their biggest selling motorcycles are getting makeovers for 2021.

  • New motorcycle sales surge again in August

    New motorcycle sales surge again in August

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    The statistics show a 31.2% boost in motorcycle sales in August – equivalent to around 9,087 PTWs compared to 6,924 units last year.

  • New motorcycle sales sees another surge in July

    New motorcycle sales sees another surge in July

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    July saw a surge in motorcycle sales, with all kinds of motorcycles seeing a spike in sales compared to July 2019, according to figures released by MCIA.

  • Near Varna: ‘Leaving Essex for Eastern Europe’

    Near Varna: ‘Leaving Essex for Eastern Europe’

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    With his 50th birthday looming, Graham Field felt a need for something significant to happen so, on Midsummer’s Day, he embarked on what he expected to be an unadventurous European tour on a KTM motorcycle. He travelled through Bulgaria’s uncrowded and untamed snow-capped mountains and Black Sea beaches, Islamic Turkey, sun-baked and bankrupt Greece, mystic…

  • Explore Scotland with new motorcyclist’s guide

    Explore Scotland with new motorcyclist’s guide

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    Scotland is one of the best places in the UK to explore on a bike, and this book, written by a gentleman who really knows his way around, is an absolute must for anyone who wants to get off the beaten track, and away from the herds.

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