Motorcycle Theory Test
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Learn to ride a motorcycle with BMW: Richard’s diary | Module 1 (part two)
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Richard Sinclair is usually found on the advertising team at MoreBikes HQ – but after years of working around motorcycles, he has finally taken the plunge and is getting his licence! He’s joined the guys at BMW Rider Training for a week of intensive training to learn to ride a motorcycle and today, after a…
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Learn to ride a motorcycle with BMW: Richard’s diary | Day one
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Richard Sinclair is usually found on the advertising team at MoreBikes HQ – but after years of working around motorcycles, this week he is finally taking the plunge and getting his licence! He’s joined the guys at BMW Rider Training for a week of intensive training… Well what a first day training this turned out…
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Police and government want more bikers on the road!
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In November last year we reported on an important conference – held at the Department for Transport in London – that saw the Police and key government officials join with European industry experts and researchers to discuss how more bikes on the road would make motorcycling safer. Editor John Milbank left that meeting hoping that…
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Leaner riders and drivers warned of test scam
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The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is warning learner riders and drivers to avoid copycat websites and save money by using GOV.UK for booking driving tests. This test scam is targeting riders and drivers who are often short of cash, and looking to get their first transport. Copycat websites offer to book theory and…
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Midual Type 1 review | World first ride
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Midual Type 1 €140,000 | 1036cc | 4-stroke flat-twin | 107bhp @ 7800rpm | 72.3lb-ft @ 6000rpm Tested by: Alan Cathcart Photos: Kel Edge It’s increasingly difficult to dream up any new way of building a four-stroke motorcycle engine – with Honda’s MotoGP world title-winning V5 RC211V being the last notable such example over a decade ago – but…
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Theory test prices set to drop
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The cost of car and motorcycle theory tests will drop from £31 to £25 in October 2014, and then to £23 in October 2015. The cost of the driving theory test will be cut by 25 per cent, saving learner drivers in excess of £100 million over the next nine years, Transport Minister Stephen Hammond…
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2014 KTM 690 Enduro R and KTM 690 SMC R review
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From £7699 | 67bhp@7500rpm | 50lb-ft@5500rpm | 690cc, liquid-cooled, sohc 4-valve single Tested by Roland Brown. Motorcycle Journalist and former international racer, Roland Brown is one of the world’s most respected bike testers. Subscribe to his fantastic YouTube channel – iMotorcycle Video – here. If any firm knows how to build sporty, light, single-cylinder bikes,…
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Motorcycle test set to get cheaper!
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The cost of the driving and riding theory test could be cut by 25 per cent under plans announced by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), according to Motorcycle Trader. The proposals, which could save learner drivers in excess of £100 million pounds over the next nine years, are contained in a public…
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Electric bikes are our future!
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A new breed of electric-powered off-road bikes are changing the way youngsters are getting into motorcycling, says Marc Potter. For the first time ever, electric-powered off-road bikes are now a truly viable alternative to petrol power, with firms like Kuberg, OSET and Mecatechno coming into the UK and lighting the imaginations of children and…
