Adventure Bikes
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The Best Exotic Marigold Expedition – Day Four
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Alpine apples Waking up in a palace puts you in a good mood right from the start, I find. So does watching wild monkeys play just outside your window. The second day of riding started with good omens and lots of chai. From Chail we headed towards Narkanda, which sits slightly higher in the mountain…
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The Best Exotic Marigold Expedition – Day Three
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Hey, ho, let’s go! The morning in Chandigarh was what we had all been waiting for – this was the start of the seven days of riding in Himachal Pradesh. The weather looked nice and sunny, but it was intensely hot and humid. The good news was that the monsoon rains hadn’t caught up with…
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The Best Exotic Marigold Expedition – Day Two
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Delhirium If I’m honest, the first few hours in Delhi were a bit of a shock. I felt overwhelmed by the enormity of the city (the estimates vary, but the population without including the urban surroundings is close to 20 million), the intense heat, the chaotic traffic, the hoards of beggars and the fact that…
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The Best Exotic Marigold Expedition – Day One
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What’s it like exploring the foothills of the Himalayas on a Royal Enfield Himalayan? We found out! Touring in India is like sipping a fine cocktail – it fills your mind with an intoxicating mix of colours, smells, sounds and flavours. Except that you can’t just delicately get your lips wet for a little taste…
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Cake’s ELECTRIC utility motorcycle: the Ösa.
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Make sure you’re sitting down when you read the price of this thing. Following the release of its Kalk dirt-bike style electric machine, Swedish bike builders Cake has just released the details of its newest project: the Ösa. Alright, so this one’s a little bit leftfield. It’s certainly not a looker, but with a claimed…
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VIDEO: Riding big bikes off-road. Ducati’s Beppe Gualini explains how.
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Ten-time Dakar competitor and Ducati off-road expert Beppe Gualini has released a video breaking down how to handle a big bike off-road. There’s a lot of scepticism about just how well big adventure bikes handle off-road. Ok, so there’s little doubt what they can do in the hands of experts, but for us mere mortal…
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SPY SHOTS: Ducati’s 2021 V4 Multistrada caught in secret road test. Looks virtually finished
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Caught heading out in the rain at Bologna, the 2021 V4 Strada might, at first glance, look the same as the previous L-twin powered bikes currently in the Ducati range – but in truth this is an all-new machine that’s bristling with a hulk of an engine and loads of tech. As our exclusive photos…
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Husqvarna’s 701 Enduro LR is available NOW. And it’s got a 25 litre fuel tank.
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Husqvarna has just announced the release of its new 701 Enduro LR for 2020. Building on the success of its standard 701 Enduro, the only significant change for the LR model is that it gets a massive 25 litre fuel tank. And according to Husky, it’s perfect for extended, adrenaline-filled on or off-road adventures –…
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Dakar Rally plans to make racing SAFER. Speed restrictions and mandatory airbags.
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The Dakar Rally has revealed that it’s preparing to make changes to make the tough off-road race safer in 2021. In addition to a number of serious accidents, this year’s Dakar Rally resulted in the death of Paulo Gonçalves and Edwin Straver. And to work out how to make the racing safer, the organisers have…
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CAUGHT! Here’s our SPY SHOTS of Triumph’s secret 1200 Tiger in secret tests
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So this bike IS going to continue in the Triumph range for 2021 then – as our exclusive spy shots prove. This is the new Triumph Tiger 1200 undergoing final tests today on a secret road route. And whilst our brilliant spy snapper managed to bag a few prime shots of the bike in action,…
