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2021 KTM 1290 SUPER ADVENTURE R REVEALED
KTM has updated its flagship 1290 Super Adventure R – and it looks a belter. Hold my beer…
THE EVOLUTION OF THE RALLY BIKE
Just a few years back(!) TBM’s James Barnicoat took a look at three ages of the rally bike starting with a dakar-racing BMW F650GS from 2005
INNOVATION TO EXTINCTION
Flashback 2009:
Husaberg was stunning the enduro world with their new 70º slanted four-stroke motor. Radical and very effective though it was, TBM’s publisher Si Melber set to pondering its future – and with some accuracy foretold of its demise: “sometimes a sound idea remains nothing more than just an evolutionary dead-end…”Â
WR400F vs WR450F
Flashback to 2010: TBM tested the new WR450F back-to-back with… a 1998 WR400F! There’d be an obvious winner, but the story wasn’t about that, to quote Strictly… ‘its about the journey’
SUZUKI DRZ400E REVISITED
Back in 2009 quite possibly Suzuki found a bunch of DRZ400s sitting unsold at the back of the warehouse. So the old warhorse got another run in the dealers. But was a ten-year-old model at a bargain price really a bargain? TBM took on some west country lanes in winter in the search for the truth…
BRITS RACING IN EUROPE TO BE HIT BY LATEST BREXIT ‘TAX’
The ACU has today issued a press release that explains how UK racing motorcycles being taken to European events now need a carnet to travel. And it’s the opposite of cheap…
HELL’S GATE 2009
February – hey, doesn’t Hell’s Gate normally take place about now? Indeed it does/did. So let’s look back 12 years to the 2009 edition, when Dougie Lampkin gave it a go – and podiumed!
HOW WE WON DAKAR 2021 – BY HONDA
How did Honda achieve back-to-back wins in the Dakar Rally? In this excellent recap the team give us a really insightful look behind the scenes