Adventure Bikes
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The Armchair Adventure Festival returns!
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Are you sitting comfortably? Good, you’re ready for an adventure then! Here’s how it all works… The Armchair Adventure Festival is the world’s first all-live virtual adventure festival! In April 2020 it screened three days of talks, live Q&A’s and films from some of the world’s most adventurous people and now they’re back for a…
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Triumph’s Tiger 850 Sport promises accessible adventures
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A year ago Triumph updated its Tiger range, moving from 800s to 900s. Now there’s a new Tiger in the urban jungle, and this one fits bang in the middle of the two existing ranges with its 850 designation. So, what’s going on? Well, this: The Tiger 850 Sport has been designed to be a…
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ADVENTURE POTENTIAL: 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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Suzuki introduces the V-Strom 1050XT Tour
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A new variant of the V-Strom 1050, the Tour edition has a price tag of £12,799, and comes equipped with black, three piece aluminium luggage as standard, equating to a saving of £370 over the purchase of the individual items. The top box and panniers add 112 litres of storage capacity, to a machine that…
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Honda updates sweep across the range
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The big H has tinkered with a host of models. Here are the biggest changes. NC750X The adventure-styled NC750X gets more poke: Peak power of the 750cc parallel twin engine rises to 43kW. A 6kg weight reduction and shorter ratios for the first three gears add further to a sportier feel, as do sharper design…
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Ducati’s NEW Multistrada V4 is HERE. Here’s what YOU need to know.
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The Italians have finally revealed all the details about the big bike from Bologna that we’ve been hearing about for years. It’s been teased, leaked and spied – but now it’s finally here; the Ducati Multistrada V4. Of course, there’s a fair amount we already know about the bike. We know that the 1158cc V4…
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FIRST LOOK: Honda’s CRF250L + CRF250 RALLY
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Ahead of the official launch, the Japanese factory has released the first photos and information about its updated CRF250L and CRF250 Rally. The standard CRF250L has been tweaked to improve both road and off-road performance – with a new design inspired by the CRF450R motocross machine. The Rally version looks much the same as before,…
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New series of The Motorbike Show returns this month
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Series 9 of The Motorbike Show starts on ITV4 in November, with six brand new hour-long episodes to keep riders entertained during the cold and wet winter weeks.
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How do you get into adventure riding? Guide to getting started
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You’ve seen Ewan and Charley do it. You’ve got the bike. But how do you dip your toes in adventure riding without jumping in too deep? In this month’s issue of Motorcycle Sport & Leisure magazine, Chris Moss takes a look at how to get started in adventure bike riding. Basically, you have two options.…
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YOU can now ride an MV Agusta with Hertz Ride. Rent a bike and explore France, Italy, Portugal, Spain and the USA.
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MV Agusta has joined forces with Hertz Ride, allowing bikers to rent one of the Italian factory’s bikes. Never heard of Hertz Ride before? The biking off-shoot of the Hertz car rental empire has a wide range of bikes for rent in Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Austria, Slovenia and the United States. And now,…
