Built to cross continents with speed, flair and comfort. Most are big and heavy with fully enclosed bodywork and built-in luggage. Most also use a
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Tag: Riding Advice
Riding Advice
Sports tourers 101
Less focused than a sports bike, not quite as heavy or bulbous as a full-blown tourer. Sports tourers are a compromise, often built around a
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Sports bikes 101
Fast, sleek, sexy. Sports bikes get the latest high tech first, have the most powerful engines, best brakes and suspension. Many are close to being
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Street bikes 101
No frills motorcycling at its most simple. A flexible engine in a simple chassis with an upright, comfortable riding position and no screen or additional
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Best bikes for new riders
It’s a tricky one this. Your heart says ‘the biggest, fastest one I can afford please’, where common sense says ‘whoah there big boy, how
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Motorcycle glossary
Listen to any crowd of riders talking bikes and it sometimes sounds like a foreign language. Just like any wide-eyed obsessive hobby, there’s a world
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Motorcycle basics: Know your way around a bike
There are seven essential controls for making a motorcycle do what you want it to. Throttle, clutch, gearlever, front brake, back brake, handlebars and body
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Boot Fair bargains…or not?
If you’re on a tight budget, then buying pre-owned could be the way to go – not only for your machine choice, but for your
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Survival Skills: Country life
A change of tack for our series, because sometimes we all ride outside of town. Do you ever ride through the countryside? Even those of
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Survival Skills: How to cope with traffic calming
Question: How do you raise Jeremy Clarkson’s blood pressure? Answer: Whisper the words ‘traffic calming’ into his ears, then sit back and watch him rant,
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