Adam Child

Freelance Writer at Freelance

Contributor at Motociclismo Spain

Freelance Award Winning Journalist Multiple UK Record Holder IOM TT Racer and occasional surfer.

Articles

Bike Review | 2025 Honda CB1000 Hornet SP Sports Naked

1 week ago | bikereview.com.au | Adam Child

Lately manufacturers are tripping over to bring the most technologically advanced two-wheelers to market, but Honda has thrown a spanner in the works by focusing on value...
2025 BMW F 900 R and F 900 XR First Ride

3 weeks ago | cycleworld.com | Adam Child

BMW’s parallel-twin streetbikes tend to keep a relatively low profile. While new versions of the German manufacturer’s flagship GS boxers and 200 hp inline-fours typically cruise into harbor to a rapturous welcome, updated models of the smaller-capacity Beemers come into dock overnight, without fanfare and then stay largely below the radar.
2025 Triumph Speed Triple 1200 RS First Ride

1 month ago | cycleworld.com | Adam Child

For those who can recall 1994 and the first-ever Triumph Speed Triple, well done; it was a while ago. Much has changed since then, both in motorcycling and at the Hinckley HQ itself, but the Brit manufacturer’s flagship streetfighter—or super-naked, as we might call it now—has endured and evolved, culminating in the 2025 Triumph Speed Triple 1200 RS.
Marc Marquez interview: ‘Even I ask myself why am I still riding’

2 months ago | telegraph.co.uk | Adam Child

Adam Child 26 February 2025 11:10am GMT If you didn’t know better, Marc Márquez could easily be mistaken for an elite downhill skier. A tell-tale winter tan and pearl-white smile, plus a deep, cheekbone-lean fitness point to a life dedicated to shaving tenths of a second on the slopes. There’s self-confidence, too, a quickness to the eyes, and, despite being only 5ft 7in tall, a powerful athleticism that separates him from the throng of holiday skiers in the restaurant. Márquez is eating...
2025 Triumph Tiger Sport 800 First Ride

Feb 14, 2025 | cycleworld.com | Adam Child

Time passes, things change, and machines evolve to suit the shifting needs of humankind. Which could be why there’s a notable trend among manufacturers to install 17-inch-diameter wheels, front as well as rear, in their crossover and adventure motorcycles. BMW did it with the S 1000 XR and, last year, with the M 1000 XR too. Ducati did it with the Multistrada V4 Pikes Peak and, more recently, the Multistrada V4 RS. At a stroke, the crossover concept was reshaped.
2025 Honda CB1000 Hornet SP First Ride

Jan 30, 2025 | cycleworld.com | Adam Child

We usually start a road test of new motorcycle with a summary of its exciting technical updates and innovations, but the standout revelation for the all-new Honda CB1000 Hornet SP is not its stunning, sweetly retuned 2017 Fireblade engine or its sumptuous TTX 36 Öhlins shock or even is its Brembo Stylema stoppers. No, it’s its price. Somehow Honda has brought a show-stopping, 155 hp naked to town for under 10,000 pounds sterling in the UK.
2024 Triumph Daytona 660 Racer Test

Jan 6, 2025 | cycleworld.com | Adam Child

Triumph has done something a little bit special in producing a race version of its new road-going Daytona 660. Yes, manufacturers have produced race versions of production streetbikes before but the Triumph project differs from most because all the race components necessary to transform it into a razor-sharp track tool are available to the public via Triumph’s website or project-development partner, PHR Performance.
Bike Review | 2025 Ducati Panigale V4 S

Dec 3, 2024 | bikereview.com.au | Adam Child

This new Panigale is lighter, more powerful and with more technical wizardry than ever before to make it the most advanced road-going Ducati ever. Ducati’s target goals for the V4 S were to improve lap times, reduce the riding effort and to allow the bike to boost the skills. What is new?
2025 Husqvarna 801 Vitpilen First Ride Review

Nov 29, 2024 | cycleworld.com | Adam Child

When it comes to choosing a Husqvarna, you’re spoilt for choice these days thanks to the KTM-owned manufacturer’s habit of providing not just one but two variants of each new model. Should you opt for a single-cylinder 125 or 401, or this, the all-new twin-cylinder 801? Any way you go, you get a brace of options: Vitpilen or Svartpilen.
Buying and riding advice for shorter riders

Nov 13, 2024 | bennetts.co.uk | Adam Child |Michael Mann |Steve Rose |Dale Lomas

Welcome to the ultimate riding guide for shorter riders: all you need to buy and ride with confidence, in association with Honda Motorcycles UK. It’s time to ignore meaningless quoted seat heights and turn a deaf ear to those naysayers who churn out nonsense such as “it’s too a big bike for you”. Our regular contributor Adam ‘Chad’ Child stands 5ft 6¼ ins (168cm) and road tests every type of bike on the market, on and off-road.