From £65 | www.ducatistore.co.uk Ducati’s launched a new line-up of branded luggage, in association with top bag-mongers OGIO. There are two options: the subtle grey Urban, or the more in-your-face Redline bags with lots of Ducati red and big logos.

The business of bike ownership shouldn’t be as emotional as it is really. After all, motorcycles are just collections of components, not actual living things. As we all know though, they have the ability to prompt passions well above and beyond that.

I’d gone into this project with my eyes wide open, knowing that there would be a fair amount of spanner-twirling to get the bike up and running – it is, after all, a bike that I bought for 400 quid… but, ever the optimist, I had rather fooled myself

I was sad to say goodbye to Suzuki’s fabulous GSX-8S, but I’ve been more than compensated for with the arrival of the GSX-S1000GX. I was intrigued when I first saw pictures of it last year, because I have a long history with the K5 GSX-R1000 engine t

A 2025 bike release? In April 2024? This has to be the earliest we’ve ever had a new model announcement, and it’s the updated Scout cruiser range from Indian. The American firm has redesigned its water-cooled DOHC 8v 1250cc V-twin engine, which now m

Every motorbike comes with its own fantasy. On a Royal Enfield, you’re puttering home from the family tea plantation in Darjeeling for tiffin with your wife Cynthia, a fragrant English rose who befriends small animals and children alike. On a Norton,

I used to think that the low average mileage clocked up by so many British riders was just down to the fact that they weren’t using their bikes on the daily commute to work. And, four years ago, the situation changed quite drastically for many of us,

Facts and figures relating to a bike’s rolling chassis listed on its spec sheet are indicative of its design and likely behaviour. Major stats like a machine’s overall weight, and the lengths, diameters, and angles of its key componentry are typical

But Guzzi’s now making up for lost time, and after the launch last year of the first bike based on its all-new next-gen model platform – the multi-faceted V100 Mandello – here’s a second new model which was designed and engineered alongside the Mande

With well over 100,000 bikes sold worldwide in the 20-odd years since its introduction, the Multistrada is a very important motorcycle that’s come a long way since it first arrived on the scene in 2003. The motorcycling landscape was pretty different

Fancy a bit of trail riding but don’t know where to start? With centres close to the legal-lane abundant Salisbury Plains, North Downs, West Pennines and Peak District, the good folks at Phoenix Trails have got you covered. It’s a spin-off of the eve

The first thing to get your head round is what exactly you’re dealing with. Most motorcycle charging systems consist of just three main components: a battery, an alternator, and a regulator/rectifier. In basic terms, the battery stores the electrical

We saw a teaser image of the Svartpilen 801 last month, and now we’ve got the full details and specs of this latest twin-cylinder Husqvarna roadster. As with the other members of the Svartpilen and Vitpilen ‘black arrow’ and ‘white arrow’ family, the

In fact, these days only two of them, Honda and Kawasaki, do any form of cruiser: Honda the CMX500 and 1100 Rebels, and Kawasaki the Vulcan S 650 (which is, apparently, one of its biggest selling bikes in the UK). There was, therefore, as you can ima

In association with www.bikerstravelinsurance.co.uk I decided I wanted to ride my Street Twin abroad, instead of just riding locally in England and sitting pillion when abroad with my partner John. I’ve had this bike for three years now; previously I

A big GS blasted by, cranked so far over that I wondered how the hell it would recover. A second followed, the rider’s long blond plaited ponytail acting as a swingometer, as both bikes heaved one way then the other through the tight hairpin bends. I

The adventure touring class expands upwards once more, with another premium Italian entry from MV Agusta – the new 931cc Enduro Veloce. It’s the ‘basic’ production version of the limited-edition LXP Orioli machine released last year, with a lower pri