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...

The original Ducati Diavel redefined the performance cruiser, this latest one does it again Until 2011 the idea of a V-twin cruiser with the sophistication and performance of an exotic superbike was simply ridiculous – but Ducati did it anyway with its...

The old S1000RR was an immediate winner on the road (and roads). This all-new one is already a winner on track, too. Insidebikes takes to the track to see what’s different… Superbikes have always been about evolution rather than revolution, and big leaps...

Forced induction motorcycles While turbo and supercharging has been an important part of motor car engineering for over 40 years, forced induction has been a very small niche in motorcycling. A brief craze for turbocharging motorbikes took place in the...

Top five… oddballs set to become future classics? Predicting the future is notoriously unreliable and accurately working out which current or nearly current motorcycles are going to become future classics is harder still. We’ve had an in-depth look at...

Triumph has revived its monster Rocket 3 power cruiser with two all-new, 2458cc, versions which will go on sale by the end of the year.   Having announced a premium new Rocket 3 TFC (Triumph Factory Custom) bike back in May, the announcement of the...

KTM is set to make a limited edition of 500 hardcore examples of its KTM 790 Adventure R, called the 790 Adventure R Rally, with full factory off-road suspension. According to a company spokesman, the Austrians have built the extreme new model ‘because we...