Sun’s (finally) out, fun’s out

Yamaha announce significant overhaul for their Tracer 7 family

FIRST RIDE

Or, put another way, the latest all-round sports tourers flogged across that there France. The new Triumph Tiger Sport 800 and updated Yamaha Tracer 9 GT and BMW F900XR go on a mini-break

Dan welcomes the R9 with seven glorious days of sunshine-fuelled sportsbike indulgence

BIG QUESTIONS ANSWERED

Sportsbike sales have bombed as we’ve got older and the bikes have got faster and more pricey. The new R9 is set to redress these issues, but will it attract lapsed sportsbike riders? We ask former TT racer – and now pensioner – Chris Moss