Search results for: “The End We Start From”
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RIDDEN: Triumph Speed Twin 1200
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The retro market is one of the strongest sectors out there, and to ensure Triumph stays up at the pointy end of things, it’s just reworked its much-loved Speed Twin 1200 family . Bruce Wilson brings us up to speed. Photos: Gareth Harford/Chippy Wood Roughly a third of Triumph’s sales can be attributed to its old-school…
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ADVENTURE at a snip!
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An all-singing, fully equipped adventure bike for a smidge over nine grand? There’s got to be a catch, surely? Dave Manning tells us what we need to know. Photos from Too Fast Media Having ridden the Voge DS900X for a day, I have the feeling that the only catch that its bargain price can bring…
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A DAY in the dirt
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Can you teach an old dog new tricks? Well, the answer’s yes as far as John McAvoy is concerned, after his recent roll around in the mud on some enduro bikes… Since the very beginning of my time as a motorcyclist way back in the mid-80s I’ve only every ridden on the road or track,…
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Road Test: CFMOTO 800NK Advanced
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Once thought to dominate only the smaller capacity learner and commuter machinery, bikes from the Far East are now expanding into the upper realms of tourers, adventure bikes and sports nakeds…
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BUYING A USED MV Agusta F4 1000
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Jon Urry gets stuck in… The problem with a fanfare is that when the trumpeters have run out of puff, you are left with a bunch of red-faced people holding a long brass tube in their hands in silence and not a lot else. Which is exactly what MV Agusta found when the excitement that…
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DAY RIDE: Lapping the lakes
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The Lake District is a magical place to ride a motorcycle – in any weather, at any time of the year. Mikko Nieminen reports… I have never had a bad ride in the Lake District. Not even when the weather has been poor, which could easily take the shine off many rides. In the Lakes,…
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BIKING FREEDOM REGAINED for paralysed rider
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When Jacob Davies-Pyke was paralysed from the chest down, it forced him to adjust and reassess his life in every way. It also seemed like the end of something he was passionate about – riding bikes. But with enormous willpower, determination, and tailored and dedicated training, it didn’t take him long to get back on…
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DUCATI: Panigale V4 S Tricolore
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Alan Dowds tells us what we need to know… It’s a fine line between genius and insanity. And in this economy, a £48,000 special edition superbike will seem like madness to many out there. But this trick variant of the world-conquering Panigale V4 is a really intriguing piece of design, with some unique chassis kit,…
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RIDDEN: Ducati Panigale V4S
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In a bid to ensure it stays firmly at the top of the sportsbike pecking order, Ducati’s gone all out to create nothing short of a modern masterpiece. Editor Bruce Wilson tells us what we need to know… There are some new bikes that come along and grab your attention for less time than it takes…
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ARCHIVE: The frames of the 1993 GP season
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VJMC’s Steve Cooper remembers… The best-laid plans of mice and men – things went a little sideways for Yamaha at the start of the 1993 season and didn’t end well either. With everyone pretty much happy with the revised big bang motors, the factory decided to focus on the chassis. Using extruded alloy sections rather…
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