The sweet spot

Popular Sportbike category poised to take over the Supertwin class on the roads

Two decades ago, Triumph launched the iconic Speed Triple 1050. Editor (and 1050 obsessive) Matt tries the latest model to see if the latest Speed Triple is as relevant and exciting in 2025 as it was in 2005

Gone are the days when you could pitch up on a factory RVF and blow rivals away. Now it’s a lot more complicated

THE SMART-MONEY TEST

For two weeks every year a windswept, rain-lashed but beautiful and magical island in the Irish Sea becomes the centre of the bike racing universe. Bike celebrates this year’s action and the people, bikes and stories that make it unlike anything else on Earth

Yamaha’s game-changer that revolutionised the class by prioritising track ability