Could this bike be the Unicorn of adventure bikes that so many people have been asking for for so long? The KOVE 450R Rally Pro is a competitive, reliable, lightweight, long range rally bike. It will be the first ever mass produced “Dakar Rally” ready motorcycle in the world. 3 Kove Rally 450’s started the …
Could this be the next motorcycle to shake up the ADV market? Kove are a company on a mission, and they seem to have done what Honda, Suzuki, Ducati, Kawasaki and others have failed at. When they made the Kove 800X Super Adventure. They built a lighter adventure bike than both the 2 middleweight market …
If you are one of those people that is so closed minded to think everything that is made in China is poor quality you will be dissapointed here. I was luckyy enough to work in China in 2000 and the story of a pair of shoes springs to mind. At the time I was paying …
Kove, The Most Exiting New Motorcycle Brand of 2023 Read More »
As you can see from the Title, today is a bit of a rant. Anyone who knows me knows I am never short of a rant or two. However, they do seem to be getting more common in recent years. Perhaps I’m just a grumpy old man now, but I think it is more than …
Has the Motorcycle Industry Lost its Way? A Rant Read More »
First let’s talk about the elephant in the room. Whatever this bike is and however good it is, it isn’t really a Vstrom. The V twin engine defined the Vstrom name. Yes, I’m a pedant. Don’t get me wrong, I like parallel twins. In time it may become a great succesor to the Vstrom, but …
Suzuki DE800 Vstrom – Pros and Cons – Is It Better? Read More »
This was my first trip around Cadwell Park on an EXUP. I purchased it 2 weeks earlier and knew a little of its history. After a busy 2 weeks going over it, everything checked out. A road bike only track day seemed the ideal way to give it a good shake down, so off I …
Yamaha FZR 1000 EXUP, Classic Superbike At Cadwell Park Read More »
This is one of those motorcycles that illustrate for me, how much the modern bike industry seems to have lost its way. People have been searching for that unicorn Adventure bike for years now. Stable, reliable, lightweight, with a strong engine, and on the list of requirements goes. My only question would be, Why can’t …
Is This The Unicorn of Adventure Bikes? This is one of those motorcycles that illustrate for me, how much the modern bike industry seems to have lost its way. People have been searching for that unicorn Adventure bike for years now. Stable, reliable, lightweight, with a strong engine, and on the list of requirements goes. …
The adventure bike market has been the fastest growing sector of the motorcycle industry for many years now and that doesn’t look likely to change any time soon. There is a constant search for that unicorn motorcycle, but the reality is, we as riders often want different things. Choosing The Right Motorcycle For You With …
The Best ‘Bang for your Buck’ Adventure Bikes 2022 Read More »
Let me introduce you to the Cagiva Navigator. A motorcycle that few people will have ridden. It was only made in small quantities and some may never even have heard of it. These are some clips of a ride out into the Vale of Rutland on my Cagiva Navigator. If you have ridden one let …