Off-Road

VOGE: DS625 X released

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Mark Lancaster

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4th June 2025

Chinese motorcycle brands are definitely making their mark, with an increasing number of well-built, competitively priced bikes entering the market each year. And as anyone with an Apple iPhone can tell you, when China wants to make something high-quality, it absolutely can. The latest example is the Voge DS625X adventure bike, which stands out with…
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DUCATI: Desmo450 MX

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Mark Lancaster

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3rd May 2025

We don’t generally focus on pure off-road kit like the mental modern motocross machines – but we’ll make an exception for this: the new Ducati Desmo450 MX. It’s been racing in the various MXGP series for a while now in prototype form, but is now available to buy. It’s a handsome beast, though the nature…
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SUZUKI: New colours for V-Strom 800

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Mark Lancaster

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2nd May 2025

Suzuki has launched a range of new colour options for its V-Strom 800 range, including the 800DE and 800RE, and the Tour variants of each. The go-anywhere 800DE, with its 21” front wheel, fully-adjustable Showa suspension with 220mm of travel, 220mm ground clearance, off-road-focussed traction control setting, and switchable ABS, is available in a new…
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BMW R12 G/S

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Mark Lancaster

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28th April 2025

It might look like a tool from the 1980s – but that’s purely intentional. This is the 2025 BMW R12 G/S, and it’s designed to evoke the spirit of the first Bavarian production enduro machine – the R80 G/S – while incorporating the best of the firm’s modern tech. Now, let’s not rewrite history: the…
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GET SET FOR ADVENTURE with R&G

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Mark Lancaster

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16th April 2025

Whether you’re planning a long tour or simply need more storage on your daily commute, R&G has you covered with the new Adventure Rack range. Featuring a brand-new universal mounting plate, the R&G Adventure Rack allows riders to easily and securely install top boxes to their machine. Few things are more enjoyable than embarking 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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LEGAL Q&A: Coming back from Spain

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Mark Lancaster

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27th March 2025

Q. I have always wanted to live in Spain, so after the dreaded COVID-19 malarkey, I decided to take the plunge. I got all my worldly possessions shipped down to near Malaga in 2022, including my KTM 1190 Adventure. My plan was to get my bike registered in Spain. However, after a lot of faffing about and false…
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AKRAPOVIC titanium crash bars

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Mark Lancaster

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14th March 2025

Akrapovic has plenty of experience with titanium and carbon fibre, of course: it’s been making sweet, sweet race pipes out of those materials for decades. And now it’s turned that experience to a new product: titanium crash bars, with carbon fibre impact sliders, designed to fit the new BMW R1300 GS/Adventure. The bars are TIG-welded…
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DAY RIDE: In search of the Rarebit

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Mark Lancaster

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13th March 2025

Mikko Niemenen reports… Wales is a much-loved destination for lots of riders, but it’s only when you get a little off-piste that you find the hidden gems it has to offer The ride in brief: A round route from Lake Vyrnwy to the coast, taking in some of the lesser known, but best to explore,…
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KTM: How 2025 is shaping up

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Mark Lancaster

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10th March 2025

Alan Dowds provides the round-up… KTM 390 Adventure The trend for ever-bigger adventure bikes has us scratching our heads sometimes. Okay, if you’re going on a month-long jaunt across Europe two-up with luggage for four strapped on, a 150-200bhp, 250kg tourer-on-stilts makes a lot of sense. But if you actually want to do any off-road…
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A DAY in the dirt

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Mark Lancaster

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21st February 2025

Can you teach an old dog new tricks? Well, the answer’s yes as far as John McAvoy is concerned, after his recent roll around in the mud on some enduro bikes… Since the very beginning of my time as a motorcyclist way back in the mid-80s I’ve only every ridden on the road or track,…
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DUCATI: Multistrada V2

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Mark Lancaster

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3rd February 2025

Insight from Alan Dowds… We raised an eyebrow when Ducati released the details of its next-generation V-twin motor a couple of months back. Okay, the purist in us appreciated the light weight, and a reset of the mad power escalator for what is, after all, a middleweight powerplant. But dropping the desmodromic valves, like shelving…
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BMW: Concept & updates

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Mark Lancaster

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6th January 2025

BMW’s ‘F’ range has sometimes been overlooked in the past, which is a shame. The Bavarian bike-mongers was ploughing a lonely furrow in the parallel-twin world nearly 20 years ago with the original F800 models, and now everyone’s in on (arguably) the dullest of the two-cylinder layouts. It must be fuming. But not too much,…
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SUZUKI: DR-Z4S/M

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Mark Lancaster

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30th December 2024

Alan Dowds reports… There were plenty of famous guests wandering around Birmingham NEC at Motorcycle Live last month, and we half expected to see Marty McFly and Doc Brown on the Suzuki stand. Because it was back to the future for the Japanese brand, which unveiled the new DR-Z4S and SM at the show. The…
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TESTED: MV Agusta Enduro Veloce

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Mark Lancaster

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16th November 2024

Let’s hear from Joe Ackroyd who’s ridden the new MV Adventure bike… Right, sports fans, without further ado, let me introduce you to the MV Agusta Enduro Veloce (pronounced ‘velochai’). It is MV’s first new bike to be released in a few years now, and it’s a bold statement to decide to go down the…
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