Motorcycle reviews
New riders
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TRIUMPH SPEED TRIPLE 1200 RR (2022-2024)
New price: N/AUsed price: £9,900 - £15,500- 1160cc
- 178 bhp
- 45 mpg
- Medium seat height
A mouth-watering middle ground between a full-on superbike and super naked
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YAMAHA R3 (2019-on)
New price: £6,400Used price: £4,200 - £5,700- 321cc
- 41.4 bhp
- 74.3 mpg
- Low seat height
Yamaha’s new YZF-R3 mixes practicality with usable performance
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HONDA VFR750 (1995-1998)
New price: N/A- 749cc
- 100 bhp
- 39 mpg
- Medium seat height
For many, bike journalists included, the best road bike ever built
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DUCATI PANIGALE V4S (2020-2021)
New price: N/AUsed price: £17,000 - £17,900- 1103cc
- 205 bhp
- Tall seat height
Traction control tweaks and addition of extra race riding modes for 2021 are aimed squarely at the trackday rider in a bid to make controlling this fiery superbike that bit easier
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YAMAHA XT1200Z SUPER TENERE (2010-2021)
New price: N/AUsed price: £5,000 - £10,000- 1199cc
- 109 bhp
- 45 mpg
- Tall seat height
As good as the Super Ten is, it can't live with its rivals in terms of on-road performance, build quality and all-round fun-factor
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YAMAHA R1 (2009-2011)
New price: N/AUsed price: £7,700 - £8,000- 998cc
- 179 bhp
- 40 mpg
- Medium seat height
Best of all it sounds just like Rossi's M1 at full chat
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HONDA CBR125R (2011-2019)
New price: N/A- 124cc
- 13.1 bhp
- 88 mpg
- Medium seat height
Hugely popular learner sports that's easy to ride, comfortable, gives good fuel economy and, above all, is a Honda
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HUSQVARNA 701 ENDURO (2015-on)
New price: £8,999- 690cc
- 67 bhp
- Tall seat height
Wind on the throttle and it’s impossible not to grin
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HUSQVARNA 701 SUPERMOTO (2015-on)
New price: £8,999Used price: £7,000- 693cc
- 71 bhp
- 54 mpg
- Tall seat height
Light, punchy, engaging, mischievous – but also far more friendly and usable than you expect
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BMW R1200R (2015-2019)
New price: N/AUsed price: £6,000 - £7,000- 1170cc
- 125 bhp
- 45 mpg
- Medium seat height
A classic roadster with a 21st century twist
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DUCATI STREETFIGHTER V2 (2022-2024)
New price: N/AUsed price: £10,500 - £13,000- 955cc
- 151 bhp
- 47 mpg
- Tall seat height
The spiritual successor to the brilliant out Streetfighter 848
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SUZUKI GSX-S750 (2017-on)
New price: £7,999Used price: £4,800 - £7,000- 749cc
- 112.4 bhp
- 50 mpg
- Medium seat height
Suzuki’s GSX-R750-powered naked bike
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SUZUKI DL650 V-STROM XT (2017-on)
New price: £7,899Used price: £6,000 - £7,300- 645cc
- 71 bhp
- Medium seat height
Suzuki have made an already good bike great
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SUZUKI GSX-S950 (2021-on)
New price: £9,999Used price: £7,500- 999cc
- 93.7 bhp
- 46 mpg
- Medium seat height
It is aiming at a very niche market and rival 94bhp bikes are lighter and more fun to ride
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HONDA GL1800 GOLDWING (2018-on)
New price: £29,699Used price: £17,000 - £27,000- 1833cc
- 125 bhp
- 48 mpg
- Low seat height
Honda’s new Gold Wing is a huge leap forward in technology and dynamics”
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HONDA CMX500 REBEL (2020-on)
New price: £6,399Used price: £4,500 - £5,800- 471cc
- 45.6 bhp
- 54 mpg
- Low seat height
An unintimidating slice of the bobber experience to A2 licence holders
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HONDA CMX1100 REBEL (2021-on)
New price: £8,999Used price: £6,000 - £8,900- 1084cc
- 85.8 bhp
- Low seat height
As nonchalantly non-plussed by bimbling along a seafront basking in its bassy tones and admiring glances, as it is capable of blitzing a mountain road
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BENELLI NAKED T 125 (2020-on)
New price: £2,499- 125cc
- 11.1 bhp
- 120 mpg
- Low seat height
Benelli’s bargain small-wheeled 125 delivers big on value and fun
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KAWASAKI ZX-7R (1996-2003)
New price: N/A- 748cc
- 123 bhp
- 42 mpg
- Medium seat height
Proof that a motorcycle doesn't have to be the latest, lightest and most powerful to be popular
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HONDA NT1100 (2021-2024)
New price: N/AUsed price: £7,500 - £13,700- 1084cc
- 101 bhp
- 56 mpg
- Medium seat height
Honda’s NT1100 is a hugely competent road focused tourer