Roland Brown, Author at Bike Review

Review: 2021 KTM 890 Adventure & Adventure R

Roland Brown — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 05:25:29 +0000

Back in 2019, I was riding the KTM 790 Adventure R, guiding the all-new parallel twin through the desert at the launch of long-awaited pair of middleweight contenders. This

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Review: Road Test, Honda CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SP

Roland Brown — Sat, 21 Nov 2020 19:30:03 +0000

A digit on the dashboard, glimpsed roughly a quarter of an hour into my ride, summed-up the extraordinary, arguably unprecedented focus of the CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SP. Is this the best

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Review: World Launch, 2020 KTM 1290 Super Duke R

Roland Brown — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 00:46:30 +0000

The Super Duke has long stood for nakedbike performance and aggression, stretching back past the first 1290 “Beast” of 2014 all the way to 2005, when the original 990 Super

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Custom Review: Yamaha XTribute XSR700 scrambler

Roland Brown — Wed, 18 Sep 2019 07:40:36 +0000

Scramblers are all the rage these days. That’s not scramblers as in old-fashioned motocross bikes – those thumping British singles that wrestled in monochrome mud on televised events back in

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Launch: 2020 Yamaha XTZ700 Tenere Review

Roland Brown — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 04:21:56 +0000

In one sense the long-awaited Ténéré 700 is very much part of a new generation of mid-sized adventure bikes that form this year’s most vibrant class. The group includes

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Review: 2019 Suzuki GSX-S1000 Katana

Roland Brown — Thu, 23 May 2019 20:33:07 +0000

I’d been expecting the new-generation Katana to bring back a few memories, but not quite like this. Back in 1981, I was aboard the original GSX1100S Katana for one of

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Review: 2019 Aprilia RSV4 1100 Factory

Roland Brown — Tue, 07 May 2019 06:04:39 +0000

It has to be one of the most thrilling experiences on two wheels. I’m hammering over the brow of the hill on Mugello’s long pit straight, head tucked behind

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Launch: 2019 KTM 790 Adventure (standard)

Roland Brown — Sun, 24 Mar 2019 23:20:30 +0000

We’ve barely ridden a kilometre from the hotel on the standard 2019 KTM 790 Adventure and already I’ve repeatedly been reminded what a unique, exciting and challenging place Morocco is

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Launch: 2019 KTM 790 Adventure R

Roland Brown — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 05:36:45 +0000

For an anxious moment, the top of the dune looked out of reach. As I climbed the gentle slope in the Moroccan desert, twisting the 790 Adventure R’s throttle slightly

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Review: 2018 Husqvarna Vitpilen 701

Roland Brown — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 02:58:54 +0000

Few bikes in recent history can approach the Husqvarna Vitpilen 701’s ability to turn heads and attract cameras before even turning a wheel. The striking café racer, whose name means

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