Naked

Can the new Suzuki SV650 get the better of Yamaha's popular MT-07? Watch our video to find out.

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

Thoughts after two weeks on a 690 Duke R

Yamaha's new flagship MT ridden

IT’S  the bike many people have been waiting for. The ultimate Yamaha MT and potentially the ultimate super-naked.

The ultimate super-naked? No. Much better.

But not good at being boring

Is it really a new SV650, or an updated Gladius? We're not sure it matters when it's this good.

A month of firsts: first service, first track day on this bike and the first faulty dash seen by KTM

Updated for 2016, Yamaha's MT-09 remains unbeatable for the price

Who needs big bikes?

More power, less weight. Those are the traditional headline claims every time a bike is updated, aren’t they?

FOLLOWING  its release in 1999, it didn’t take long for the SV650 to become one of the pillars of Suzuki’s range and in 2000 it was the second biggest selling bike in Europe (behind the  Ba

Who needs big bikes?

SO  many bikes make so much power that you have to ration it on the road. What happened to machines that were fun because you could spend an entire afternoon thrashing one without going to jail? I don't mean bikes that are just slow.

Three years after its debut, with the addition of traction control and an improved throttle response for 2016, the MT-09 is still an astonishing bike for the money

Say hello to my little friend

With 140hp, Triumph's 2016 Speed Triple still hasn't caught up with the likes of BMW's S1000R - but it doesn't need to, argues Steve Farrell

Peak power may be slightly down but the Brutale 800 now has torque wherever you look and an electronics package to make the most of it

A gentleman’s supernaked

‘IT’S  not that powerful’ I found myself saying to a mate before getting on a flight to Barcelona for the launch of the new Triumph Speed Triple. ‘Only about 140hp.’

First ride review of KTM's heavily updated single-cylinder middleweight naked

The Speed Triple S has been updated for 2016 with a new 1050cc three-cylinder engine that features 104 new developments and it also gets an electronics package plus a slipper clutch and Brembo monobloc brakes.

For 2016 the new KTM 690 Duke is more powerful and more refined, but are its manners fit for a king?