Bike Test

Europe was going through dramatic changes with their motorcycle manufacturing in 1973, Japan had well and truly proved that they could match and best the bikes of the Western world. …
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The CFMOTO 700CL-X Adventure was first unveiled way back in November 2019 at EICMA. It’s taken time, but finally they are here in Australia, following the fantastic Heritage and Sport …
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Norton is in the process of being reinvented by the management team recruited by TVS, the Indian manufacturer which acquired the bankrupt company in 2020 from the ashes of former …
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I had ridden a 1991 TZ250 in a one-off ‘Stars of Tomorrow’ meeting at Lakeside in 1994 grabbing one of my early road race wins in the process and the …
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The previous generation GSX-R1000 to the all-new back in 2012 Gixer was one fantastic bike. So good, in fact, that is cleaned up the Rapid Bikes 2009 Superbike Shootout, so …
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The Moto Guzzi V85 TT Travel boasts a few minor upgrades from last year’s model. We had it out and about across all manner of terrain for three weeks and …
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Scotland is perhaps my favourite place to ride a motorcycle. Replying to Suzuki’s invitation to ride its new 2022 GSX-S1000GT sports tourer around this fantastic part of the world was …
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The 127-race veteran of WSS, 2002 WSS World Champion Frenchman Fabien Foret, was a wild man on track, going on to have some hugely successful moments in WSS and WorldSBK. …
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The Aprilia RS 660 is a bike full of addictive torque and grunt from the parallel twin, topped off with all of Aprilia’s greatest technology. Combine all of this with …
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We recently spent two weeks testing the new Milwaukee-Eight 114 powered Harley-Davidson Street Bob. With mini ape handlebars, mid-mount ‘pegs and narrow spoked rims the Street Bob is a great …
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