Street Bikes
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THREE new machines get the R&G treatment
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With 2025 plates beginning to leave dealers, R&G, the world leader in motorcycle crash protection products, announced the latest bike collection to join its ever-growing lineup. This includes the exciting new Honda CB1000 Hornet SP, 2024- Honda CBR600RRR and 2025- BMW S1000RR. Always eager to provide its extensive range of crash protection and styling accessories…
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SHARK offers the best of both worlds
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For 2025, SHARK has launched the brand-new OXO helmet, but what’s it all about? The latest announcement to come from the SHARK stable is its first ECE 22.06 dual homologated helmet, the OXO, delivering the ultimate versatility for those riders wanting all the benefits of a full and open-faced helmet while they’re out and about…
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KIT: TCX Naibak boots
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Another urban/touring short riding boot, this time from TCX. The Naibak is a waterproof design with a T-Dry membrane, and British-designed D3O armour inserts in the ankle area. There’s also a reinforced ZPlate insert in the sole to reduce twisting in an impact, Ortholite insoles for extra comfort, and a Groundtrax outer sole for good…
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RIDDEN: Honda Hornet CB1000
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John McAvoy tells us what we need to know… The naked bike sector is molten hot right now and to ensure Honda’s at the forefront of people’s minds, it’s just unleashed its latest iteration Hornet. With impressive tech, great performance and a price-tag to make its rivals weep, you can be sure a fair few…
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SUZUKI: Updated GSX-S1000 available with a great offer
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Suzuki has released a refreshed Suzuki GSX-S1000, which comes with a new colour TFT screen and is available for just £69 per month thanks to 0% finance and a £1,000 dealer contribution. Powered by an engine that can trace its roots back to one of the most iconic superbikes engines of all time – the…
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TRIUMPH: Speed Triple news
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Alan Dowds brings us up to speed… The Speed Triple first appeared in 1991, and just a few years later the reborn Triumph brand sold its first Speed Triple – a three-cylinder naked roadster with bulldog breed spirit and punchy performance, first produced in 750 and 900 formats. It took its name from the old…
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DUCATI: New finance offers available
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Ducati has announced a new limited-time 4.9% APR finance offer, making some of the Borgo Panigale manufacturer’s most desirable bikes more accessible to enthusiasts. The 4.9% APR offer on HP and PCP now applies to the entire MY2025 Multistrada V4 range and the new Diavel V4. To qualify for 4.9% APR, the minimum deposit is…
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USED BIKE GUIDE: KTM 390 Duke
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Bob Pickett tells us what we need to know… KTM launched the 390 Duke in 2013, creating a mid-point between the 125 and 690 models. An immediate sales success, it remained untouched until 2017. Give Me Some Spec A 373cc single-cylinder engine putting out 44bhp/32kW @ 9500rpm with maximum torque of 26lb-ft/35.3NM @ 7000rpm is…
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CHARITY SPOTLIGHT: Midlands Air Ambulance
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Dom Humby reports… Midlands Air Ambulance Charity is one of the busiest air ambulance services in the UK. Since 1991, they’ve provided pre-hospital emergency care to critically injured and ill patients across Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, the West Midlands and Worcestershire. Every second counts in an emergency and on average the crew arrive on…
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TORQUING POINT: Honda’s hybrid, hybrid?
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Alan Dowds takes a look at how this could help save petrol-powered bikes Honda’s electrically-supercharged V3 concept was one of the most interesting things shown at EICMA. Our man Dowds looks at how this could help save petrol-powered bikes Sometimes in life, things aren’t quite what they seem. When Honda unveiled a new 75° V-3…
