Bike reviews

Among all the chaos that was 2020, it’s easy to forget that there were actually some new models introduced.

Aprilia is looking to reinvent the sportsbike class with its new RS 660, but is the £10k parallel twin as good as it looks?

If you’re already a motorcyclist, you might be asking yourself, what’s the point in a three-wheeled scooter?

Triumph’s popular Tiger 800 is no more! Replacing it for 2020 is the Tiger 900, an almost ground up new adventure bike with a bigger engine, higher spec and two main variants. While the base and GT models are aimed at pure road riders, the higher spec...

Triumph’s Tiger 800 has proved a popular model for the Brit brand since its introduction for 2011. With two versions (a road orientated standard version and dual purpose XC) the lusty triple hit a sweet spot for riders looking for a versatile machine that...

In what is proving to be one of the longest and most drawn-out of teaser campaigns in motorcycle history, BMW has revealed more details of the forthcoming R18 cruiser engine, which will feature the largest-capacity boxer engine of all time. BMW started...

Back in 2016, Yamaha launched their twin-cylinder MT-03, which produced 41.4bhp, well below the A2 licence limit of 47bhp. Since then the ‘03’ has remained unchanged, but with the 300-400cc naked segment becoming ever more competitive, Yamaha wanted to...

Bikes don’t get much more user-friendly than Honda’s NC750X, says Insidebikes’ Phil West. In a world where huge power, complicated electronics and baffling gizmos seem to grab all the headlines, it’s refreshing that bikes like Honda’s easy-to-ride, simple...

The phrase “rider-friendly” is probably not the first you’d expect to associate with a bright red, 150bhp-plus Ducati Panigale. But after a day at the Jerez grand prix circuit aboard the Panigale V2, it’s definitely one that comes to mind. This...

A great-looking, novice-friendly retro from the masters of the scrambler genre British heritage bike specialists Triumph can justifiably claim to be experts in the fashionable field of trail-style retros having introduced the first mainstream ‘scrambler’...

BMW’s brilliant retro-inspired roadster – taken back to its most basic and affordable There’s no denying that one of the most successful of all the retro-styled roadsters currently in fashion is one of the bikes that kicked the whole trend off – BMW’s R...

Why BMW’s F850GS Adventure is worth considering over its bigger brother While BMW’s best-selling R1250GS Adventure is rightly considered as the definitive adventure bike, it’s little brother, the updated F850GSA, isn’t nearly as celebrated. And that’s a...