West to the beaches Off the ferry, we used the motorway to get clear of Calais and its associated day trip holidaymakers, coming off at Boulogne and then sticking to D roads, following roads...

Nearly 40 years after the original R 100 RS, BMW launches the R 1200 RS into the sports-touring segment – but is it twelve times better? Almost anything with the ‘RS’ suffix entices visions...

You never tire of viewing the endless array of ancient glaciers interspersed with waterfalls cascading from dramatic rock spires, or the craggy cliffs looming over the salt water running deep into fissures and lined by...

Whether you’re looking at a 125 because it’s all your age and licence permit, or because you want something small and light for commuting, price is important. So it’s good news that the on-the-road...

Where are you going to ride this year? Which road will live in your memory, becoming one of those roads you’ll dream about? We reckon it could be one of these – all recommended...

Touring to MV Agusta used to be about the ride to the track, but the new Turismo Veloce ensures the brand now travels much further than before... Among many things, MV Agusta is best...

Usually, writing about the same manufacturer’s bikes over a short period isn’t an issue. But when it comes to testing MV Agusta’s fleet of metallic glamour and its ethos of basing most of its...

I am World Superbike champion Sylvain Guintoli. I am Brit hero Leon Haslam. I am Italian racing legend Max Biaggi. Thanks to Aprilia, for today only, my daydreams have come true. The catalyst for...

After far too many lean years, waves of truly new, blank-sheet Yamahas are washing up on British shores once again. All kinds of machines: twins, triples and fours, made in naked, all-round and superbike...

Bandwagons bother me. Trends too. They bother me because there’s nothing particularly organic about them. Few, if any, bandwagons have ever been unsolicited or just ‘happened’. There’s often a hand at the tiller, steering...