Touring Bikes

  • The Only Way is Harwich – Day Ride

    The Only Way is Harwich – Day Ride

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    Hold the Essex jokes – there are some fine day rides to be had east of London.

  • West to Ullswater – Day Ride

    West to Ullswater – Day Ride

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    Bob Southcoat covers 420 miles from Grimsby to the Lake District and back in a day.

  • Kit review: WarmMe Heated Motorcycle Gloves

    Kit review: WarmMe Heated Motorcycle Gloves

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    Outside of warm spring and summer days, a pair of warm motorcycle gloves are essential. Not just for comfort, but for safety as well. And when it comes to keeping your hands warm, protected and able to function in cold weather conditions, there’s nothing better than having a quality pair of heated motorcycle gloves. That’s…

  • Great Winter Ride – Wales: East to West

    Great Winter Ride – Wales: East to West

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    Riding within Wales isn’t all about the National Parks, with plenty of excellent riding in between, and winter weather can put them out of bounds anyway. Dave Manning finds out… For this Winter Ride, focussing within Wales, I decided on starting from Oswestry, the town of my birth. Now, while the town isn’t actually in…

  • Crated to Kiwi: Long ride in New Zealand

    Crated to Kiwi: Long ride in New Zealand

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    Does shipping bikes to New Zealand really make sense?

  • Legal Q&A: Pillion wife to sue husband

    Legal Q&A: Pillion wife to sue husband

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    Q.  I am utterly confused.  Please help us!  Over the summer I was riding along a country lane with my wife on the back.  I have an array of different bikes (I am truly lucky) and that evening we decided to jump on the Goldwing.  It’s a big old lump, but it’s super comfy!  The…

  • The UK’s top-selling sports tourer for 2022 was…

    The UK’s top-selling sports tourer for 2022 was…

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    While everyone’s attention turns to a new year, Suzuki is reflecting on a successful 2022 that saw the GSX-S1000GT end the year as the top-selling sports tourer, despite only going on sale in April. Final figures for the year saw 781 bikes registered, with the forecast for more than 1,000 units to be sold before…

  • KIT HIGHLIGHT! Gerbing heated motorcycle gear

    KIT HIGHLIGHT! Gerbing heated motorcycle gear

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    If you’re riding right through the colder months, there’s one easy way to make it better: heated kit. A toasty-warm Bob Pickett investigates… It’s the winter of 1976, a motorcyclist is working at an aeronautical machine shop.  He rides in on a cold, wet and blustery day. The longer he rides, the colder he gets.…

  • 215 miles of Anglo-Welsh wonder – Day Ride

    215 miles of Anglo-Welsh wonder – Day Ride

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    Cardiff to Shropshire and back – 215 miles of Anglo-Welsh wonder stuff

  • Yamaha’s Niken GT – updates

    Yamaha’s Niken GT – updates

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    A whole load of updates for the funky tourer Yamaha’s Niken GT is being treated to some serious updates for 2023, including a new 890cc engine. The engine is a variation of the tried-and-tested design used in the massively popular Tracer 9 and MT-09, and it’ll have 5% more capacity than the outgoing motor. There’s…

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