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Triumph’s new Tracker and Thruxton 400s…

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Bruce Wilson

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18th December 2025

Triumph’s spiced up the low-capacity scene with two fresh curveballs for 2026: the Tracker 400 and the long-whispered, now fully unleashed Thruxton 400.
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Suzuki confirms pricing of new GSX-R1000R…

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Bruce Wilson

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14th November 2025

Suzuki’s just announced that the new GSX-R1000R 40th Anniversary Edition is landing in spring 2026, with an OTR price of £17,599.
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2024 Kawasaki Ninja 7 hybrid motorbike

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Alan Dowds

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15th October 2023

It’s the world’s first hybrid motorbike – and here’s my first impressions I’m just back from the launch of the new Kawasaki Ninja 7 hybrid bike in Barcelona. And it’s fair to say that I’m very impressed with it. It’s one of the most interesting bikes I’ve ever ridden, with an intriguing technology set-up, and…
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2024 Ducati DesertX Rally

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Alan Dowds

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4th October 2023

Ducati turns its slick retro-raid rally tool a little bit hardcore It’s one of Ducati’s most interesting models – which looks as sharp as it rides. And now Ducati’s acclaimed DesertX middleweight adventure bike has been given a dirt-focused chassis upgrade, to produce the DesertX Rally. The big changes are to the suspension: the new…
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2022 Ducati Panigale V4S

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Alan Dowds

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25th November 2021

Engine, chassis, aerodynamics, electronics and ergonomics all tweaked on the mighty Panigale Big news from Ducati on the first public day of the EICMA show: a new Panigale V4 and V4S, that’s claimed to be even faster round a track, but also easier to ride for all skill levels. The engine has an extra 1.5bhp…
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2022 Honda NT1100

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Alan Dowds

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21st October 2021

Africa Twin engine and frame in a sensible new sporty-tourer beastie We were pretty surprised when @Honda brought out the CMX1100 Rebel last year, using the Africa Twin parallel twin engine in a retro bobber cruiser type thingy. ‘Hang on’ we thought, ‘wouldn’t that be better in a sort of a sporty-touring faired road bike…
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2022 Honda CB500 range updated

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Alan Dowds

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1st September 2021

Big changes from Honda for its 500 light-middleweight twin range It’s easy to sneer at bikes like the CBR500R when you’re a grizzled veteran on your full-beans 200bhp R1, tazzing round the fast group. But we all started somewhere, and the young folk buzzing around on the CB500F and CBR500 will be doing the hooning…
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New TRK clutch kits from Wemoto

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Alan Dowds

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17th August 2021

Top quality aftermarket plates and springs at decent prices from Brighton-based aftermarket parts specialist Your clutch is one of those parts on the bike which get very little love until they go wrong. The friction and steel plates just sit there, spinning away and gradually wearing out over thousands of miles, while the springs get…
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2022 Aprilia Tuareg 660

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Alan Dowds

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3rd August 2021

Legendary Paris-Dakar model name returns on RS660-powered middleweight adventure weapon The original Tuareg is, of course, the doughty breed of North African Berbers, who carve out a living in the perilously harsh conditions of the Sahara desert. Historically nomadic, they still live a lifestyle that is diametrically opposed to the sedentary tech-heavy fast-food-fuelled existence of…
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YAMAHA ALL AT SEA

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Alan Dowds

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30th April 2021

Tonnes of Yamaha bikes and parts stuck up the Suez Canal on impounded Ever Given mega-ship We all gawped at the enormous container ship that blocked the Suez Canal last month – and the Ever Given’s plight spawned a million chucklesome memes. But the aftermath of the ship’s grounding isn’t so funny for Yamaha, which…
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