Sports Tourer

Honda’s sporty middleweight sticks to an old-fashioned recipe while mixing in the fascinating new E-Clutch system

Suzuki’s first all-new sports bike in a decade lands in 2024, in the form of the GSX-8R, a parallel twin to take on the new breed of supersports bikes

The bike that launched a million motorcycle licences, the SV650 is as much loved by riding schools as it is by racers in the Supertwin class.

The updated Yamaha Tracer 9 GT + boasts more tech, revised ergonomics and radar-assisted cruise control for 2023

The 2023 Yamaha Niken GT gains technological and mechanical updates for this year, boosting the performance and usability of the leaning multi-wheel machine

Alex is out in Antibes, France, to ride the Route Napoleon on the 2023 Suzuki GSX-8S. Could this be the naked motorcycle worth checking out?

To find out what the Honda NT1100 is like to live with, Toad has spent the last couple of weeks touring and commuting around the UK

Here’s what Alex has been up to on his Kawasaki Versys 1000 SE Grand Tourer long-termer 'Verity' so far this year - including what's great & what's not!

Fresh-faced and sports styled, we head out to Lightning Storm Motorcycles to review the Sinnis GPX 125, the CBT & A1 legal budget sports bike.

To find out if the 2022 Suzuki GSX-S1000GT was as good in the dry as it is in the wet, we took delivery of one for a two-week springtime loan

Lovingly named Verity, Alex has been riding the Kawasaki Versys 1000 SE Grand Tourer for the best part of 2022. So here’s some spec, model history, comparisons, and the first impressions & long term review of the 2022 Versys 1000 SE.

After the perfect tool for a touring motorcycle? There’s plenty out there to pick from - but you would be silly to not consider either the Yamaha Tracer 9 GT or Honda NT1100.

We spent some time with the new Honda CBR500R on the famous North Coast 500 - just how much Fireblade is squeezed into this middleweight A2 motorcycle?

To find out how the new Suzuki GSX-S1000GT handles a typical UK tour, we set off for Scotland and a sample of the North Coast 500

We get our hands on the refreshed, restyled and rebranded Suzuki GSX-S1000 GT to get our first impressions of the firm's latest Sports Tourer weapon

With its comfortable ergonomics, 108bhp and decent suspension, is the Ducati SuperSport 950 S the Italian sports bike you should be buying?

It’s the perfect way to authentically review a sports tourer, Visordown took the Yamaha Tracer 9 GT for a tour of Wales, staying overnight at the Nick Sanders Expedition Centre. Come along for the ride.

Visordown review the 2021 Honda Forza 750 after around 650 miles. Much more than a maxi-scooter, this feels like a genuine sports scooter commuter mix!

The Suzuki Hayabusa and Kawasaki ZX-12R were iconic rivals back in 1999... can the 2021 'falcon' defeat its rival's spiritual successor, the Kawasaki H2?

We’ve recently taken in the Honda Forza 750 for a short-term review, and here’s our first impressions after around 100-ish miles on the maxi-scooter

Visordown was on hand to sample the new 2021 Suzuki Hayabusa with a road ride and high-speed test on a runway

We finally had the chance to try out the 2021 Suzuki Hayabusa at the recent press launch, here’s a video on our first thoughts. 

SINCE 2015 the Tracer has been the sensible one in the otherwise lairy Yamaha MT family, with the GT model adding a bit more sophistication alongside it since 2016.

We’ve stolen the updated Kawasaki Ninja 650 for a couple of weeks, but has it stolen our hearts? Find out here…