Touring
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Treat your ears for the new season
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Earplugs are an essential bit of kit for any biker. Wind noise can reach 105dB when you’re riding a bike, and evidence suggests that permanent hearing damage can occur from 85dB, so for 20 quid you’d be foolish not to get your hands on a pair of these. Developed over 20 years, Auritech’s Hearing Protectors…
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Got some cash for Chrimbo? Kriega R30 Backpack beckons…
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We swear by Kriega’s backpacks. They might be on the more expensive side of things, but they’re worth every penny. A couple of guys on the MoreBikes team have been using them for years, covering thousands of miles in all weathers, and they’re still going strong (and they’re still waterproof). That’s why the award winning…
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Fly & ride to EU petition launched
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You may be aware of the ludicrous situation that Brexit has left us in when it comes to transporting bikes to the EU for holidays. Fly & ride to EU is no longer the easy option it was before Brexit. If you are riding (or transporting) your own bike, you are absolutely fine, but if…
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FIRST IMPRESSIONS: Honda’s NT1100
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With the engine from the Africa Twin and panniers, heated grips and cruise control as standard, could Honda’s NT1100 be the dedicated touring motorcycle we’ve been waiting for? It was a wet start to the day in Northern Spain – but the roads along the coast and up into the hills just outside Barcelona proved…
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Ladies Who Ride: Siobhan McNeill
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It was great to catch up recently with single Mum Siobhan, 32, a prestige car valeter from Glasgow! Here’s what Siobhan had to tell us about her biking life… What do you ride and how long have you been riding? I ride a gorgeous Yamaha Fazer 1000 and I’ve been riding for seven years! What…
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All-new Tracer 9 and Tracer 9 GT from Yamaha
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The newest bikes from the Japanese factory are lighter, more powerful and dripping with the latest technology. After five years of Tracer 900, Yamaha has transformed the popular sport tourer into what it calls an all-new Tracer 9, complete with a GT version, too. The redesigned 890cc, CP3 crossplane inline 3-cylinder engine pumps out 117bhp…
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Honda’s Adventure Roads heads to Iceland in 2021 – and YOU can take part. Register YOUR interest now.
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Honda’s Adventure Roads is returning for its third edition in 2021. And this time it’s taking 30 riders on Africa Twin’s across Iceland. The first Adventure Roads trip in 2017 saw 40 riders take on an 8-day, 3,500km journey from Oslo to Nordkapp. In 2019, riders travelled 3,700km ‘coast to coast’ from Durban to Cape…
