Few bikes evoke such a strong reaction of lust among riders of a certain vintage as the names RC30, RC45, SP-1 and SP-2. The names alone are enough to get a grown sports bike fan drooling. So it is ...

It’s a tough life being an adventure bike. For one you have to be everything to all men – ride to work, take the family away for the weekend fully loaded up, look like you’re ready to ride the Road of ...

The latest addition to the KTM Adventure line-up, the 1090 R, promises more power, spoked wheels, better suspension and much improved off road potential… From its original 950 Adventure in 2003, KTM ...

It’s been a month since I ditched the car for my daily commute in favour of two wheels and I haven’t looked back since. I can leave for work later and still be on time, I can navigate around most of ...

The third part of our series marking the 15th anniversary of the MotoGP four-stroke series takes a look at one of the most innovative and popular bikes ever to have raced in any championship, the ...

The new Ducati V4 superbike is without doubt in line to be the most exciting new bike of 2018. It will be insanely fast and offer MotoGP technology for an almost-affordable price. On the face of it ...

There are good reasons for owning a modern-day Vespa. Firstly they look every inch the classic Vespas of old. Secondly, they are clean and reliable. Lastly they are fun to ride, which is what riding ...

Almost 4000 miles and eight months in and the Bike Social Ducati Monster 1200S is going back to Ducati. Before we begrudgingly hand the keys back to Ducati UK’s press man Alan Jones, we had one last ...

Turbine Bike Hits 233mph…and it’s road legal! Kawasaki’s Ninja H2R has rarely been out of the headlines for its rather epic supercharged 326bhp rocket ship of a bike and kudos to the Japanese firm’s ...

Fifteen years ago we saw the biggest regulations shake-up ever witnessed in the top class of motorcycle racing. The introduction of the four-stroke MotoGP class, in one sweep, killed the two-stroke as ...

With a decade and a half of four-stroke action under its belt MotoGP has firmly established itself as the preeminent road-racing class – shedding its two-stroke irrelevance and becoming a beacon for ...

Born in Yorkshire and more commonly known as Chad, many people will know me from the years I spent as a senior road tester at MCN – Motorcycle News between 2005-2019, however, I actually started ...