Tourer

  • FIRST REVIEW VIDEO: Harley-Davidson 2018 Sport Glide

    FIRST REVIEW VIDEO: Harley-Davidson 2018 Sport Glide

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      Here’s our FIRST REVIEW of the Harley-Davidson Sport Glide 2018. The bike is the ninth motorcycle in the Softail range and (we’d argue) one of the best. It makes around 90bhp, costs a shade under £15k for the black one, £350 more for either the red or silver options – we liked the silver…

  • FIRST LOOK VIDEO: 2018 Gold Wing walk-around and (initial) review. Blimey, it’s a big bike…

    FIRST LOOK VIDEO: 2018 Gold Wing walk-around and (initial) review. Blimey, it’s a big bike…

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      Our Mikko is out in Texas (a freezing cold Texas at that) and he’s spent a day riding the all-new Honda Gold Wing. Here’s his thoughts and a walk-around of the giant bike that’s become a whole lot more clever and bike-like.  

  • Want a NEW KTM 1290 Super Duke GT for a quid UNDER £11k? Then move FAST – there’s only ONE LEFT!

    Want a NEW KTM 1290 Super Duke GT for a quid UNDER £11k? Then move FAST – there’s only ONE LEFT!

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    Yeah, we couldn’t quite believe it either, but it’s true. Redline Motorcycles is shifting remaining brand new stock of the mega-motorcycle for £10,999. That’s a full FIVE THOUSAND pounds cheaper than the 173bhp big sport tourer should go for. The cut-price cash the dealership is asking for is for a brand new, pre-reg 1290 Super…

  • Launch ride: 2018 Ducati Multistrada 1260 S

    Launch ride: 2018 Ducati Multistrada 1260 S

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    Ducati Multistrada gets bigger, cleverer and more powerful for 2018 – and it’s more rideable too. For 2018 Ducati has updated its Multistrada range with four new models: the standard 1260, the 1260 S (the one we tested), 1260 D|Air which connects with the Dainese airbag system, and the top of the range Pikes Peak…

  • First ride: 2018 BMW K 1600 B

    First ride: 2018 BMW K 1600 B

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    The new BMW K 1600 B bagger is big, brash and full of beans. Based on BMW’s heavy-duty tourer, the K 1600 GT, the Yankee-style bagger was originally revealed as a ‘Concept 101’ two years ago, and then confirmed as a production bike last year. Now it has landed in the UK, and you know…

  • First ride: Suzuki V-Strom 250

    First ride: Suzuki V-Strom 250

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      Just over a year ago there wasn’t really such a thing as a small adventure bike segment in any meaningful way. Then, at the international bike shows towards the end of 2016 bike manufacturers, one after another, pulled the covers of their new small-capacity adventurers, and all of a sudden a whole new breed…

  • Buy a KTM Super Duke GT and get over £1000 worth of ‘Touring Package’ parts thrown in!

    Buy a KTM Super Duke GT and get over £1000 worth of ‘Touring Package’ parts thrown in!

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    KTM is now offering a PowerParts ‘Touring Package’ worth over £1000 with every new 1290 SUPER DUKE GT. The fastest production V-twin sports touring bike in the world, the KTM 1290 SUPER DUKE GT (£15,999)  punches out 173bhp and 144nm of torque. The 1290 GT also has a 23-litre fuel tank, WP semi-active suspension adjustable by…

  • First Ride: Kawasaki Versys-X 300

    First Ride: Kawasaki Versys-X 300

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    Who am I? I’m Ross – the new staff writer for Motor Cycle Monthly. A couple of months ago I passed my full bike test, after an 18 month stretch riding a used Yamaha XT125 on a CBT. Why did MoreBikes want me to ride the Versys-X 300? I’m exactly the type of rider Kawasaki…

  • Yamaha MT-07 Tracer 700: World Launch report – part two FIRST VIDEO REVIEW

    Yamaha MT-07 Tracer 700: World Launch report – part two FIRST VIDEO REVIEW

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    Yamaha MT-07 Tracer 700: World Launch report – part two FIRST VIDEO REVIEW. Here’s the world’s first on board riding review from the £6,299 Yamaha MT-07 Tracer 700 world launch in Italy.   The latest addition to the Yamaha MT family is based around the firm’s MT-07, 75bhp motor but gets a 50mm longer swingarm…

  • 2014 Honda CTX1300 review

    2014 Honda CTX1300 review

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      £14,999 | 83bhp@6000rpm | 78lb-ft@4500rpm | 90° V4 liquid-cooled four-stroke Between small-capacity bikes, and the ‘king of tourers’ – the GL1800 Gold Wing – there’s long been a gap in Honda’s range waiting to be filled. The F6B and new F6C help to bring the ‘Wing’s magnificent six-cylinder engine to a wider audience, but Honda has…

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