MoreBikes April 2025

NEW KIT: Alpinestars Missile V3 leather jacket

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Mark Lancaster

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24th April 2025

A high-end leather jacket from Alpinestars, which comes in vented Airflow or standard unvented form. The firm says it uses lessons learned from MotoGP, and has the latest in protection: Nucleon PLASMA armour in elbows and shoulders, plus a back protector pocket. It’s also compatible with Alpinestars’ various Tech-Air airbags including the latest 7X model.…
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CORROSION PROTECTION with XCP

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Mark Lancaster

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23rd April 2025

XCP (eXtra Corrosion Protection) was invented for maintenance workers in the printing industry, bizarrely (big printing presses have some proper heavy engineering in them) now it’s moved into the bike world, via automotive, offshore and even theme park maintenance tasks. It’s developed and manufactured in Scotland, and it’s fair to say they know a lot…
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BUYING A USED Ducati Streetfighter 848

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Mark Lancaster

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21st April 2025

Jon Urry tells us what we need to know… Fancy a naked middleweight with a bit of attitude? Look no further than the Ducati Streetfighter 848 Ducati’s original Streetfighter model range was a bit of a flop for the firm, which, looking back, seems odd as on paper they had lots going for them. Powered…
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SHOEI X-SPR Pro tested

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Mark Lancaster

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19th April 2025

Editor Bruce Wilson tells us what we need to know, after 2 years with the helmet: In my younger years, I’d have worn a saucepan on my head, but getting older, gaining responsibilities and realising that accidents happen has only focused my mind on wearing the best kit on the market. Now, I’m not here…
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REACH for the Skye

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Mark Lancaster

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18th April 2025

Dave Manning went. Here’s his report: Aside from the fact that part of the fun in travelling to the Isle of Skye is delivered with the roads that take you there, there’s also some amazing riding to be had amongst the stunning scenery of the largest of the Inner Hebrides. Leaving the island’s capital of…
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TORQUING POINTS: The Frame Game

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Mark Lancaster

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15th April 2025

Alan Dowds outlines their importance… Alongside engines, frames are right up there in terms of importance for motorcycles. Over the years we’ve seen hundreds of different shapes, types and stiffnesses, made from a multitude of different materials. Which one’s best? Well, that’s a very good question. Here’s why… Most of the material design choices on…
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RIDDEN: Triumph Tiger Sport 800

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Mark Lancaster

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14th April 2025

If you’re after one bike that can do it all, Triumph’s new Tiger 800 Sport could be just the ticket! Editor Bruce Wilson reports… Let’s be honest, we all want the world on a platter these days but unless you’re lucky enough to have the cash for two wholly different styles of bikes, the likes…
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LIVEWIRE S2 Mulholland

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Mark Lancaster

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12th April 2025

The electric bike market is still having a pretty rough time, especially in the ‘full power’ sector. But fair play to the likes of Harley-Davidson’s LiveWire offshoot, which is still working away putting out new machinery. This curious-looking beastie is the new Mulholland, a battery-powered ‘performance cruiser’ built on the firm’s S2 powertrain. That means…
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YAMAHA turns 70

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Mark Lancaster

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10th April 2025

Yamaha’s marking 70 years in the bike trade this year – yes, it was back in 1955 that the firm started making motorcycles. The first bike was the Red Dragonfly YA-1: a 125cc air-cooled two-stroke, which was winning races just weeks after it launched. And the firm has designed a special 70th anniversary logo, based…
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NURBURGRING: Bike ban update

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Mark Lancaster

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8th April 2025

Planning to finally take the bike to the Nürburgring for a public track day this year? Well, you’re out of luck. The famous road circuit in the Black Forest has been making noises about safety of bikes and cars for years now, and has finally acted, banning two-wheelers from the ‘Tourist-Fahren’ public access days. There…
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TYRES: Dunlop SportSmart Mk4

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Mark Lancaster

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7th April 2025

It’s great to see firms launching new supersports rubber, so well done to Dunlop, which has just released the new Mark 4 version of its SportSmart sporty road tyres. It sits a few levels below the SportSmart TT and the road-legal race fitments like D212 GP Racer and D213 GP Pro, and is aimed at…
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DUCATI PORSCHE experience

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Mark Lancaster

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5th April 2025

They’re both ultimately part of the same firm – the massive Volkswagen Audi Group. And they’ve both got a stonking range of saucy high-end machinery, with similarly well-heeled customers. So, it probably makes a lot of sense for Porsche and Ducati to ‘team up’ for an event. This one is based in the Franciacorta proving…
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KTM UPDATE: Deals on Wheels

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Mark Lancaster

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3rd April 2025

Things are moving fast and it’s not easy to follow the financial ups and downs of KTM’s parent company Pierer – but we’ll have a go. Last month, as we went to press, the firm was facing a ‘crunch’ meeting of its various creditors, in an attempt to resolve the dizzying levels of debt incurred…
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TRIUMPH Moto2 Triple Trophy

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Mark Lancaster

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2nd April 2025

Triumph’s extremely successful Moto2 operation rumbles onwards into 2025, with the Hinckley firm continuing to supply the 765 Street Triple-based race engines for the MotoGP support class. And it’s brought back the Moto2 Street Triple competition again for this year, which gives a special Street Triple as a prize to the most popular racer of…
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DUCATI: XDiavel

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Mark Lancaster

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31st March 2025

We thought we’d seen all of Ducati’s fresh new wares for 2025 – but the Bologna bad boys had kept one more trick piece of kit up their sleeves: the 2025 Ducati XDiavel V4. The XDiavel is a bit of an oddity. First launched back in 2016, it was an attempt at a more ‘American’…
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