Tours
Tours
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Zero DSR Black Forest – touring on an electric motorcycle?
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Zero has introduced the DSR Black Forest, the first electric bike specially developed for the European market with significantly improved range for touring. Addressing one of the biggest challenges for electric motorcycle manufacturers, Zero Motorcycles has unveiled its new Zero DSR Black, making longer trips with an electric motorcycle possible, at last. According to Zero,…
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Alpinestars unveils its new Tech-Air compatible Revenant adventure touring jacket
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Revenant GORE-TEX Pro Jacket: £849.99 + Tech-Air Street Airbag: £999.99 Alpinestars has just unveiled its new, fully-featured adventure touring jacket – the Revenant – that’s been built to withstand extreme weather and riding conditions. It’s from an advanced GORE-TEX fabric, which helps to offer breathability, waterproofing and windproofing. And for added protection, the jacket is…
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Book a riding adventure with Legendary Rides in Greece this year
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While there’s a lot to be said for an epic road trip through America on an Indian motorcycle, here’s an opportunity to ride one in Greece. Legendary Rides is a unique motorcycle tour company set up by the experienced Pavlos Emmanuel, operating under the license of Greek National Tourism Organisation. Pavlos says: “ We…
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First ride: Suzuki V-Strom 250
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Just over a year ago there wasn’t really such a thing as a small adventure bike segment in any meaningful way. Then, at the international bike shows towards the end of 2016 bike manufacturers, one after another, pulled the covers of their new small-capacity adventurers, and all of a sudden a whole new breed…
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The new BMW K 1600 Grand America is launched for 2018
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The bike uses the German company’s most compact 6-cylinder engine it’s built so far with an output of 160bhp at 7,750rpm, kicking out a maximum torque of 175Nm at 5,250rpm. But it isn’t a flat-out quick bike – BMW says that: “Based on the principle of ‘The American Way of Riding,’ the top speed…
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First Ride: Kawasaki Versys-X 300
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Who am I? I’m Ross – the new staff writer for Motor Cycle Monthly. A couple of months ago I passed my full bike test, after an 18 month stretch riding a used Yamaha XT125 on a CBT. Why did MoreBikes want me to ride the Versys-X 300? I’m exactly the type of rider Kawasaki…
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Half-price advanced motorcycle training with Motorcycle Sport and Leisure and MoreBikes
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An exclusive day of advanced motorcycle training will take place at Blyton Park on July 27, and we want you to join us there… We still have a handful of spaces available for the training day which is being run by the superb British Superbike School in Lincolnshire, giving Motorcycle Sport and Leisure (and…
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Avon launches new Spirit ST sport touring tyre
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The Spirit ST is the successor to Avon’s Storm 3D range and, according to the factory, has been designed to provide excellent levels of wet grip, together with ultra-high performance handling, on a wide range of popular sport-touring bikes. Featuring a radical new tread pattern, the Spirit ST uses the very latest high-silica synthetic rubber…
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Brain cancer survivor plans Tasmania to Scotland motorcycle journey
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Raymond Longmuir plans to celebrate his recovery from brain cancer by undertaking an incredible motorcycle journey from the tip of Tasmania back to his family in Angus, Scotland. He’s hoping to raise a quarter of a million Australian dollars (close to £150,000) from the 17,500-mile challenge from his adopted homeland to his family in Friockheim,…
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Want to ride Cuba with Che Guevara’s son? He’s gone and started up a motorcycle touring business down there… yeah, really.
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Using a convoy of Harley-Davidsons, you might not expect the youngest son of the revered revolutionary to be making a buck riding around his homeland and giving tourists his point of view on the Cuban land, but he is and that’s what’s happening. And the company has just released new dates for later this year.…
