Bike Reviews

On face value the Hypermotard 939 was described to me as more refined than the previous version and the move to a larger capacity was necessary due to strict Euro4 …
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There are some bikes you can jump on after a lengthy hiatus and just gel with the machine immediately. Sometimes it’s because you owned one for years. Other times it’s …
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The first word to come to mind was unusual, strange and I don’t know where the hell it came from. Nimble. Bit of a funny word but as I headed …
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First impressions count but don’t judge this book by its cover. As tested, the Yamaha WR250R had the optional white 13.8L fuel tank for exceptional fuel range – around 400kms …
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Look at this bike. Just look at it. You can hardly ignore it. Like the very best coffee, which is nothing more than a shot of boiling hot water pressed …
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The MT-09 is probably one of the most significant motorcycles launched by Yamaha in years. I can’t think of a bike that has come from Yamaha that has made as …
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Having built a high performance, highly modified ZX-10R myself in the past, I can relate to Peter’s choice to leave the engine internals alone and focus on the chassis. With …
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The bike I tested here for a few weeks had some tasty bling fitted by BMW. It had lots of carbon-fibre – front guard, chain guard, rear hugger, heel guard, …
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While the Victory Vision may have only appeared in 2007 and become available in 2008 the story stretches a fair bit further back, all the way to 2000, when Victory …
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It’s been a while since I sampled a Yamaha WR450 so I was pretty interested to see how the reverse-cylinder YZ-F motor would go in the 2016 enduro spec WR450F.

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