Bike engines come in a multitude of different shapes and sizes. In essence they’re a gas pump, with the gas in this instance being a fuel-air mix. Their differing designs govern how much, and how fast, that volatile mix can be pumped through them, th

Sixty-one years ago, the editors of what was then called Motorcycle Sport had just returned from what was then called Czechoslovakia and what was then called the International Six Days’ Trial, an event that was, and is, arguably the most difficult in

By the halfway point in our four-week adventure, we’d reached Castello Di Godego, in Italy. The plan was for about 10 days of ‘lake hopping’, with a day travelling then a day off the bike sightseeing. Once again, we used a certain booking app and fou

I don’t have great ambitions to do long, epic motorcycle rides, but one trip I did want to do was a ride to John O’Groats, just so that I could say I’d ridden to John O’Groats! So, with a few dry days forecast, I loaded up my autojumble tail-pack and

The starting point is to differentiate between the two prominent battery chemistries used for motorcycles, and how they generate electricity. This includes AGM (Advance Glass Mat), MF (Maintenance Free) and Gel, all of which contain lead plates and d

£149.99 | www.oxfordproducts.com In-helmet communication systems are becoming commonplace nowadays, no doubt helped in part by our increasing dependence on our various devices, but also thanks to an advancement in technology. The second generation SM

Ishouldn’t feel so sad about the split really. Very soon I’ll be getting a new long-term test bike, something probably even better suited to my needs. Even so, my mood is melancholy as I don’t want to end my time with my V-Strom 800DE. By the time I

Triumph’s wild Rocket 3 hyper-cruiser celebrates 20 years on sale in 2024. And the firm has given the gigantic pieces of earth-quaking mobility a bit of an update for 2024, with even more power and torque, a new ‘Storm’ moniker, and detail chassis an

While you may not have heard of Rieju before, the Spanish firm has actually been building motorcycles since the mid-1940s, but it’s probably best known in more recent times for its competition-ready enduro and supermoto machines, and its small but mi

I’d first heard of the Longest Day Challenge a couple of years ago, and had initially intended to take part last year, before the commitments involved with racing the Suzuki Bandit took over. The basic premise of the day is to buy a bike for under £6

The past few years have seen a few comebacks that we did not want to see at all. A global plague, rickets, threats of nuclear war in Europe and hyper-inflation, to pick just a few at random. But there have been some happier revivals, too: like Dune,

Gone are the days of British bike manufacturers chasing ever-increasing engine capacity. Satisfying the American market’s insatiable appetite for a larger engine no longer matters – it’s smaller bikes that matter today for the ‘new’ world. And, if Tr

And so it’s proved with the Kawasaki Versys 650 GT – have I learned anything I didn’t already know over the previous 1700 miles? Well, not really – okay, maybe just a couple of things. Firstly those inner bags that I eschewed were actually very handy

Full Chat is a new podcast from the specialist motorcycle insurance broker, Bikesure, hosted by former Olympic athlete, Iwan Thomas, and former Premier League footballer David Prutton. Both have moved on from their former sports careers to expand the

The Rally is truly a DesertX on steroids, a road-legal ready-to-race bike with beefed-up, long-travel KYB suspension and little in terms of componentry and intent to separate it from the machine that won the twin-cylinder class of the recent Iron Roa

It’s time to bid a fond farewell to the fabulous Suzuki GSX-8S – a bike which proved to be far more than the sum of its parts on the spec sheet. A budget 776cc parallel twin didn’t exactly get me excited, so my expectations were low when I collected

I’ll start in Spain, as we all do mostly the same thing to get here – for me a long, tedious ride in the rain to get the 27-hour ferry, so I’ll not bore you with this … My wife flew into Madrid, and I was meeting her at our friend’s house in San Lore

It’s surprisingly tricky to truly define an adventure motorcycle. While the phrase has become synonymous with long-legged, rugged rides that have a whiff of off-road prowess, everyone actually has their own slightly different opinion about what it is