Phenomenally fast, impossibly complicated and bloody pricey, have the latest high-end superbikes completely jumped the shark? Or can today’s litre bikes still relate to regular road riders?

Sure, 200bhp sportsbikes are all well and good – but what happens when you push things as far as they can go? Bike rides Toprak’s title-winning BMW M1000RR to find out

ROYAL ENFIELD BEAR 650 2708 MILES

Kawasaki quietly gets on with the job. Any job

As the cold sets in, the finer details are really coming to light

It’s starting to turn chilly – but it’s ...