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Biker’s Bucket List: Transfăgărăşan, Romania
Ed Hallett rides what was once one of the biking world’s best-kept secrets: The Transfăgărăşan. Since Jeremy Clarkson told the whole world about it, the road can often be a

How does attitude affect your riding?
Former Commando Gregg McLeod learned to ride in the British Army and applies a military-style approach to every ride. Here, he looks at attitude and how it affects your riding.

5 tips for staying warm when riding in winter
Arctic countries specialist and lifelong Northerner Gordon Stuart shares his top tips for staying warm when riding a motorcycle a motorcycle through the winter. Having spent the past 15 winters

Biker’s Bucket List: Northern Spain – Picos & Pyranees
A motorcycle tour of northern Spain is on many a biker’s bucket list and with good reason, as Ollie Rooke has found over two weeks’ exploring the region on his

Don’t read this if you work in the motorcycle insurance industry
Sometimes you come across a story so woeful it beggars belief. This is what happened when one of our own came into contact first with a lorry, then the motorcycle

Honda CBR500R new owner’s review: It’s a little cracker
Marc Ryan absolutely loved his MT-07 over his five years of ownership. So why exactly did he trade down to the ‘inferior’ Honda CBR500R? Nutter or sensible chap? It turns

Owner’s long term review: Yamaha MT-07
Biker & Bike regular Marc Ryan once described his MT07 as having hooligan characteristics. How he found that out is open to question. What’s undeniable is how highly he rates

Event: Colombres Rally, the classic motorcycle festival in Spain
Each year in mid-October the small sleepy village of Colombres, located just a short ride from the Picos de Europa, awakes to the rumbling exhausts of classic motorbikes. Ollie Rooke

Experience: Triumph Factory Tour and Triumph Visitor Experience
The Triumph Factory Tour and Triumph Visitor Experience bring to life the story of modern-day company and give you an insight into just how global the quintessentially British brand has

Affordable Adventure Bikes Under £5,000
The surge in adventure bike sales over the past few years has produced a very happy byproduct – the availability of adventure bikes under £5,000. We take a look at