DUCATI STREETFIGHTER V2 S 6060 MILES

1994-2004 DUCATI 916

1995-2004 BMW R1150GS ADVENTURE

Today they’re called adventure bikes, but 40 years ago we knew them as ‘giant trailies’. Can Honda’s original Africa-ready big twin turn Rick’s gaze to distant horizons?

Not many successful breakaways involve almost 5,000m of climbing over 324km, but that’s exactly what Napoleon Bonaparte pulled off in just six days in the spring of 1815. After escaping from exile on

B ack on two wheels this month – ...