Zinging sports bike power, a trail bike chassis and rally-raid styling. Is Yamaha’s two-stroke a curious oddity, or way more than the sum of its disparate parts?

Motorcycle history is littered with landmark V-configuration engines, plus some astounding alternatives packing from two to eight cylinders. Here are some of our favourites...

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As the things that connect you to the road, your tyres are quite an important part of your motorcycle – and there’s a bit more to it than just being black and round...

Key Racing’s preparations for this year’s classic race season include fitting a new engine management system to their Ducati 916 – it’s so clever, it teaches itself…

Rob Hawkins discovers what’s involved in servicing a Peugeot 2008 that’s powered by a 1199cc 3-cylinder turbocharged petrol engine.