Yamaha Tenere 700 Review… It must be one of the most hotly anticipated bikes ever, but the all new Yamaha Tenere 700 is finally here and in Europe at least, in the dealerships. But has the bike been worth it – have Yamaha pulled a rabbit from the hat and produced the bike everyone wanted? […]
A few years back, KTM decided that the ideal dirt bike would have the power characteristics of a 450 with the weight and agility of 250. The resultant 350 cc machine was a truly revolutionary motorcycle and in the extremely capable of Antonio Cairoli, it was unbeaten in every year it was used in the […]
KTM don’t do half measures. So when they decided to design a new adventure bike they were always going to come up with something pretty special. The KTM 790 Adventure and Adventure R take the sector to new levels of off-road capability. By combining the manufacturers vast experience in off-road riding with the practicality of […]
If the engineers at BMW know the phrase “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” they certainly don’t adhere to that rule. The truly incredible BMW R 1200 GS Adventure has achieved phenomenal sales and legions of fans across the world, keeping it as the ‘go to’ adventure bike from Perth to Pittsburgh. So when […]
You’ve got to hand it to Yamaha. As the only Japanese manufacturer to keep any two-strokes in their model line up, they’ve kept faith with a large proportion of the motorcycle community. OK so the basics of the YZ250 and YZ125 haven’t altered a great deal in over a decade, but they constantly manage to […]
The 2020 KTM motocross range was revealed last week, with images popping up across the globe. Predictably, as with sister brand Husqvarna, the changes to the new season bikes are extremely limited as last year saw the major changes across the entire SX range. So what do you get for your new bike? Well the […]
With an unasailable hold on the big bike market, it was inevitable that BMW would want a slice of the emerging market for lightweight adventure bikes. Step up the BMW G310 GS, a small but perfectly formed younger sibling to the world-conquering R1200 GS. But with manufacturing transferred from Bavaria to Bangalore, can the entry […]
Go back ten years and the paddocks and car parks of every enduro event and trail ride would be filled with a sea of orange. From 125s to 500s KTMs were the bike of choice. But things have changed, and now if somebody arrives on a new bike, chances are that it will be white and what’s […]
It’s hard to believe, but the Yamaha Tenere was lunched a staggering 35 years ago back in 1983. Copying the styling of the Paris-Dakar bikes, the bikes were an acquired taste restricted fairly well to the off-road aficionados, rather than the mainstream motorcycle market. The big single cylinder engine had its roots back with Yamaha’s […]
Electric vehicles are becoming an increasingly common sight on our roads, from the self-satisfied hum of a Toyota Prius to the swish of a high-end Tesla. And now if you want to add a dirt bike to that list, you can spend your money on the new CAKE Kalk, a stylish and minimal off-road machine due […]