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Honda CB1000F: will the retro Fireblade match original CB900F?

  • 22 October 2025
  • Dave
Honda CB1000F
When the Honda CB900F Super Sports first arrived in 1979, it took a little time to realise just how good it was. After all, wasn’t it just another UJM? –…
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BSA Bantam 350
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The BSA Bantam 350 flies again

  • 7 August 2025
  • Dave
Some names in motorcycling carry more than just letters on a tank. They carry memories. The smell of two‑stroke smoke on a damp morning. The sound of a waspish little…
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10 BMW R12 S
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BMW R 12 S: Boxer with a Dash of Daytona

  • 11 July 2025
  • Dave
BMW has a knack for this sort of thing. Reach back into the archives, pull out a design that had us all swooning in the ’70s, and give it a…
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royal_enfield_super_meteor_purpose-built-bobber
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Purpose Built Moto’s Royal Enfield Bobber

  • 11 May 2025
  • Dave
There’s something beautifully irreverent about unbolting a brand-new Royal Enfield straight out of the crate and taking an angle grinder to it. Most builders wait until a bike has at…
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14 2025 BMW R 12 G/S
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First Look: BMW R 12 G/S – Retro Spirit, Modern Grit

  • 28 March 2025
  • Dave
You don’t get many motorcycles that wear their heritage so proudly and yet feel like they’ve just burst out of the prototype lab. BMW’s new R 12 G/S does exactly…
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11 Triumph Heritage logo MY25
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Triumph launches 2025 range of Modern Classics

  • 1 November 2024
  • Dave
Triumph Motorcycles has announced a new collection of seven Modern Classic Icon Editions for 2025, featuring a Triumph logo dating back to 1907. The new bikes will be in showrooms…
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13 Triumph Speed Twin 1200 2025
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First Look: 2025 Triumph Speed Twin 1200 and 1200 RS

  • 29 September 2024
  • Dave
Looking for a modern bike with retro looks and plenty of style and performance? Well, at first glance, Triumph has nailed it with the 2025 Speed Twin 1200 and its…
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6 Livewire Mulholland
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LiveWire launches all-new S2 Mulholland American cruiser

  • 23 March 2024
  • Dave
+VIDEO American style cruisers are typically styled around the petrol tank which on an electric motorcycle, clearly, is unnecessary so in a bold move Livewire has styled its latest motorcycle,…
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Royal Enfield ups power and features for 2024 Himalayan 450

  • 3 February 2024
  • Dave
Looking for an adventure motorcycle that doesn’t cost the earth to buy, run and insure? One with sensible proportions, power and weight? But one that still delivers on ability and…
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Triumph Scrambler 1200: modern day TR5 (sort of)

  • 4 October 2023
  • Dave
In case you haven’t noticed, Triumph is really going for it at the moment. Not only are brand new road models coming out – including this latest Triumph Scrambler –…
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8 Norton Commando 961
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Wow! The Norton Commando is back

  • 23 June 2023
  • Dave
Blimey, is it really 50 years since I joined Motor Cycle News as a hugely enthusiastic but very inexperienced journalist? Yep, and my first week at the newspaper, then based…
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