There have been whispers that a big brother to the A2 licence 500cc twin-cylinder CMX500 Rebel was on the way – and here it is. Honda hasn’t reinvented the wheel. It’s taken heed of the success of the middleweight Rebel and stuck to a similar formula

Stop and think about helmets for a minute. They’re without a doubt the most important bit of kit you wear when riding a motorcycle, and in the UK at least, they’re the only thing you’re obligated to wear by law. But have you ever thought about what g

BMW’s litre roadster, the S 1000 R, will feature a newly developed four-cylinder inline engine based on the S 1000 RR with further optimised mid-range power and new gear ratios. Power figures are impressive 165hp at 11,000rpm and 114Nm of torque at 9

Suzuki Katana takes its name from the Japanese Samurai sword, one of the most intrinsic and lethal weapons of its time. And the motorcycle certainly has the same unyielding ruthlessness about it. Forget the talk about cashing in on a reheated legend

One thing that became clear early on during our test was that even though we had selected the base-spec models from each range, we were riding very good, comfortable and capable motorcycles. Of course, given the opportunity, all of us would add a few

Travis Pastrana is arguably the most extreme motorcycle rider on earth. From a background in motocross and supercross – where he won many titles in his native America – he was crowned world freestyle champion at just 14 years of age. Since then Pastr

The Isle of Man Government has confirmed the cancellation of the 2021 TT Races. The next TT Races will now take place in 2022, from Saturday, May 28 to Saturday, June 11. Plans are still in place to run the Classic TT and Manx Grand Prix in 2021, wit

One option for spending the cash you save when buying a lower-spec bike is your riding kit. And this time of year, heated kit comes particularly handy. We were armed with Keis heated gloves, vests and jackets on this test, and they kept us nice and t

Yamaha’s Tracer 7 (previously known as the Tracer 700) was revamped for 2020, and now there’s a new GT version. The new Tracer 7 GT’s standard specification includes a comfort seat, high screen and 20-litre touring side cases from Yamaha’s accessory

On sale from 1981, the GSX1100S-Z Katana was a bike like no other. It first emerged as a design exercise before Suzuki turned it into a production bike. The sharp, curved and slim shape of the bike was no accident, it perfectly matched the samurai bl

£25 | www.crowood.com | ISBN: 9781785006951 The air-cooled boxer twin or ‘airhead’ was included in BMW’s very first motorcycle in 1923 and virtually every machine the company made, even the R 80 G/S, right up to the mid-1990s. Phil West’s excellent b

We test a lot of bikes, but we don’t often do that from the passenger seat. This time though, Ross spent a fair bit of time as a pillion while Dave was riding. Here are their thoughts about the four adventure bikes from our big test. While I don’t re

I was wet, cold, tired and increasingly grouchy. I had been on the bike all day. Now I was just a stone’s throw away from my destination, but that stone needed to be thrown over a reasonable stretch of water, from Studland to Sandbanks near Poole. Th

I have two recurring nightmares, waking and sleeping. Both have to do with motorcycles. After you’ve read this please let me know if you too are haunted in the same way. In the summer of 72, my BMW R75/5 shook its head on Hwy 101 in California. It ca

Britain’s leading motorcycle organisations, including the BMF, MAG and the VMCC, are co-ordinating their response to the Covid crisis and encouraging safe riding. “We must all play our full part in helping to lower the rate of transmission of this no

Some people make an instant impression. Lara Small is one of them. She’s an inspiring, interesting, supporting and encouraging lady and to top it off, a speed demon on the track. In her own words, she is “keen to see everyone develop their riding ski

Technology from the aerospace industry often helps us in the bike industry. And it’s the same with ABS braking systems. ABS first came of age in the fledgling civil aviation scene of the 1920s. For a few years, daredevils, barnstormers and military p