MoreBikes December 2024
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NEW KIT: Oxford cube lights
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Add on LED driving lights are all the rage and make a big difference to both seeing and being seen on a bike. These Oxford Cube units are made from tough CNC anodised aluminium pods, with a 2.7 Watt LED light element and a fully waterproof IPX7 rating. They come in pairs, with integral stainless…
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NEW KIT: Marvel helmets from Ruroc
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Whether you like Marvel comics or not many of the superheroes have entered the culture in general. You’ll definitely recognise the Wolverine, Deadpool and Venom characters, and now British helmet maker Ruroc has licensed the graphics for its high-end EOX range of helmets. The Deadpool design features metallic foil sword logos and satin finish, while…
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ADVENTURE! The Sidecar Guys
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Bob Pickett reports… From 2017 to 2019, Matt Bishop and Reece Gilkes (known as ‘The Sidecar Guys’) circumnavigated the globe on a Honda SH300i scooter with a specially-built sidecar – setting a Guinness World Record in the process – with two main aims: to show the world is filled with good people and to highlight…
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BUYING A BIKE: Smart ways to do so
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If you’re on the hunt for a new bike and looking for the best way to fund it, you might want to have a read of this. Alan Dowds explores the smartest, cheapest, and best ways to finance a new bike… For most of us, a bike is one of the biggest things we buy.…
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ARCHIVE: 1992 Honda Vs Yamaha
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With all the players now running V4s most were at or about the same level. Chassis, tyres and riders made the significant differences… well, until Honda fired up their 1992 NSR. Firing all four pots within 70 degrees of each other provided smoother torque and delivered the power to the tyre more effectively. Cagiva, Suzuki…
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COST EFFECTIVE CLASSIC: Suzuki GSX-R 750 SRAD
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Big sports bike thrills for relatively small money, VJMC’s Steve Cooper reports… The sports bikes scene isn’t what it once was here in the UK but there’s still enough of a following for the various 600, 750 and 1000cc missiles that were once so dominant on Britain’s roads. Trends come and go, even on high-end…
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TECH: Torquing points: Cars vs. Bikes
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Alan Dowds enlightens us… My Dad, Jim Dowds, started his working life as a car mechanic, though by the time I came along, he had moved on to work at the IBM computer factory in Greenock. Amazingly, back in the 1960s, computers had a lot of mechanical parts in them – solenoids, relays and the…
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TESTED: VMOTO Stash
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Andy Bell plugged in and played… What is it? In the UK, Vmoto is one of the main companies within the electric motorcycle market. The Stash was first revealed in 2021 but wasn’t available on the market until earlier this year. It is at the upper end of the price range for Vmoto’s machines but…
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BUILDING: A track-ready machine
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Dean Ellison shares his wisdom… While it could be argued that buying a readily built track bike is a great route to go down, it’s not without its pitfalls. It is a bit of a lottery because quite often you’re buying on faith, and the hope that the bike you’re purchasing is what the seller…
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DAY RIDE: Antrim Coast Road
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Mikko Nieminen reports… Pics: Geoff Hill and Mikko Nieminen The Antrim Coast Road is one of the top rides in the UK, but I would be lying if I said that this was a great winter ride from start to finish. Not because the coast road itself isn’t great (it really is!), but because I had…
