Bike Tests

It hardly needs an introduction, does it? The Ducati Multistrada is the most hotly anticipated, intensely discussed new motorcycle since… okay, since the Honda VFR1200F.

When Kawasaki released the 1400GTR in July 2007 it was the factory’s first touring bike in 21 years.

While the Japanese draw in the horns during the recession, so BMW keeps on pumping out new models, and not just new ones but good and great new ones.

Kawasaki doesn’t feel the Versys was as successful as it should have been. If that's so then the 2010 version deserves to make amends...

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it… but for bike manufacturers, doing nothing is a luxury they can’t indulge in, even when it comes to a machine as towering – metaphorically as well as physically – as BMW’s seminal R1200GS.

Honda’s new VFR1200F always had a huge amount to live up to, not least of which is its role as the latest bike to bear the iconic VFR moniker.

There is so, so much that could have gone wrong with the introduction of the BMW S1000RR.