Adventure Bikes
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New 250 Adventure bike breaks cover
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What do you reckon to this new tourer then? It might look like your everyday big adventure bike but the reality is that this is a 250cc adventure bike – and it’s now on sale. Made by Chinese firm Aeon and sold under the name Overbikes, the Tourer 250 has a single-cylinder with fuel-injection and…
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Video: AMAZING riding over Romaniacs course. Watch this!
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This is AWESOMELY good. What we have here is an on-board with Alfredo Gomez during the Prolog of this year’s Romaniacs super-enduro round. It’s mental. And jaw-dropping. Watch the video and realise that, to some, physics and fear don’t apply. And if your mate at work who doesn’t ride watches this and tells you it’s…
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PICS: Africa Twin prototype out testing
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PICS: Africa Twin prototype out testing. Check out these pics of the 2016 Africa Twin prototype being tested – these pics were bagged by top American publication Cycle World as the bike was going through its on-road paces. We were the first to bring you pictures of the patent of the new bike, a…
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Ace send off for China Epic Tour
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On Saturday 25th April, breakfast diners at London’s iconic and world-famous Ace Cafe will witness the start of an epic 12,000-mile ride overland, scheduled to arrive in Beijing on 13th July, in time for the grand opening of China’s first ever Ace Cafe. The extraordinary motorcycle journey is being organised and led by GlobeBusters. For…
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2015 Aprilia Caponord Rally Edition review
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2015 Aprilia Caponord Rally Edition review | £14,134 | 123bhp @ 8000rpm | 85lb-ft @ 6800rpm | Liquid-cooled 90-degree V-twin 1197cc Tested by: Nathan Millward Launched in the spring of 2013, the first Caponord was overshadowed by the liquid-cooled BMW R1200 GS and KTM 1190 Adventure., despite not necessarily being a direct rival. That…
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2015 Ducati Multistrada 1200 review
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2015 Ducati Multistrada 1200 review | From £12,995 | 160bhp@9500rpm | 100lb-ft@7500rpm | 90° V-twin with variable desmodromic valve timing Tested by John Milbank Photos by Milagro With 8lb-ft more torque and 15bhp more than a Monster 1200 S, the Multistrada could be a daunting proposition; a howling beast, bristling with pent-up aggression, just…
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2015 BMW F800R review
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2015 BMW F800R review | £7595 | 90bhp @ 8000rpm | 63lb-ft @ 5800rpm | 798cc water-cooled inline two-cylinder Tested by: Simon Roots With the launch of the new BMW F 800 R, the German manufacturer has addressed the looks, ergonomics and technology of the previous model to create its next evolution; a machine…
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2015 KTM 1290 Super Adventure review
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2015 KTM 1290 Super Adventure review | £15,999 | 160bhp @ 8750rpm | 103lb-ft @ 6750rpm | 1301cc, 4-stroke two-cylinder 75 degree V-twin Tested by: Tony Carter This is the biggest of the large Adventure bikes from the Austrians. It’s a flag-carrier for the new era of modern motorcycling. It’s a mile eater. It’s also…
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2015 KTM 1050 Adventure review
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KTM 1050 Adventure | £10,999 | 93bhp@6,200rpm | 79 lb-ft@5,750rpm | Two-cylinder, four-stroke, 75° V-twin Tested by: Tony Carter Based on the 1190, KTM’s 1050 Adventure came as something of a surprise last year – maybe we were all distracted by the bigger, louder new models. This machine is designed to be smaller, lighter…
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2015 MV Agusta Stradale 800 review
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MV Agusta Stradale 800 | £11,899 | 798c | 115bhp@11,000rpm | 57.9lb-ft@9000rpm | 12-valve three-cylinder in-line 798cc Tested by: Alan Cathcart Photos: Milagro This year, MV Agusta is entering the Touring market for the first time, and in a big way for a small, high-end sporting brand. It’s doing so with two new three-cylinder models…
