Steve Farrell

Making life as difficult as possible for thieves

Or how to use a paddock stand

The Triumph Bonneville Bobber offers both style and substance in equally alluring measure.

A well-designed helmet throughout

Equipment upgrades make Yamaha’s superb budget-priced triple better than ever

A middle-weight parallel-twin sports-tourer? Didn’t Kawasaki think of that 10 years ago? We find out if the Tracer 700 is better than the bike that got there before it.

The UK's two best-selling big bikes go head-to-head on-road and off. What could go wrong? Um...

The country’s two best-selling big bikes go head-to-head on road and trail

The trials bike for trail riding

Confidence-inspiring and long-lasting

Two super-nakeds using the blistering engine and frame of a flagship sports bike, both detuned from about 200hp to exactly 160hp - Yamaha's MT-10 and BMW's S1000R couldn’t be more closely matched. So which is best?  

Is the new SV650 a match for the old one on longer rides? Um, no.

Visordown Editor Steve Farrell has a 2016 SV650 on long-term loan from Suzuki and he's been comparing it to his own SV650S, which it's replacing in the line-up. So is it a worthy successor? Watch his motovlog report. 

The two most exciting sub-500cc nakeds on the market go head-to-head

It’s naked 160hp superbike meets naked 160hp superbike. Stand back. Things could get broken.

I ask only one thing of waterproofs – that they be waterproof

The two most exciting sub-500cc nakeds on the market go head-to-head

Is the latest incarnation of Suzuki’s SV650 enough to take on Yamaha’s game-changing MT-07?

Yamaha's updated flagship tourer proves it can tackle twisties - even on track

BMW's R nineT raised the bar for heritage motorcycles and two years later Triumph has finally answered, with the 2016 Thruxton R. Watch our review of the two kings of the retro class.