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1 week ago | 
bennetts.co.uk | Jim Moore |Martin Fitz-Gibbons |Jon Urry |Ben Purvis
Bike journo for a quarter of a centuryOverall BikeSocial rating4/5Yamaha ramped up the supersport 600 market in 1999 with the launch of its original YZF-R6, a smaller sibling to the then all-conquering R1. The R6 boasted more power, a more sophisticated chassis, and a level of finish not seen in the class up to that point, taking supersport 600s from being built-to-a-price disposable middleweights into genuine sub-750cc superbikes.
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1 month ago | 
bennetts.co.uk | Ben Purvis |Martin Fitz-Gibbons |Jim Moore |Jon Urry
Motorcycle Journalist Overall BikeSocial ratingTBAFor the last couple of years BMW’s R 1300 GS has had a monopoly on the company’s all-new 1300cc boxer twin – but for 2025 that’s all changing after a rapid-fire launch of three additional models based around the same motor. The R 1300 RS is the last of them and completes the R 1300 lineup to consign the previous R 1250 range to the history books.
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1 month ago | 
bennetts.co.uk | Ben Purvis |Martin Fitz-Gibbons |Jim Moore |Jon Urry
Motorcycle Journalist Overall BikeSocial ratingTBABMW’s model range might have been dominated by a series of best-selling boxer GS adventure bikes over the last two decades but there’s an area where the company has an even greater depth of expertise and longer heritage: tourers.
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1 month ago | 
bennetts.co.uk | Martin Fitz-Gibbons |Ben Purvis |Jim Moore |Jon Urry
Overall BikeSocial rating4/5It may be a middleweight when it comes to capacity, affordability and agility, but Triumph’s Tiger Sport 660 has always had heavyweight ambition as an authentic all-rounder. Launched in 2022, Triumph took their hugely popular Trident 660 roadster platform and mutated it into a multi-skilled masterpiece, courtesy of a higher riding position, longer suspension, a protective half-fairing and a larger fuel tank. Three years later the Tiger Sport 660 gets its first update.
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2 months ago | 
bennetts.co.uk | Ben Purvis |Jon Urry |Stephen Lamb |Jim Moore
Overall BikeSocial ratingTBCExactly 45 years ago BMW started a slow-burning motorcycling revolution by unveiling the original R80 Gelände/Straße – unsurprisingly shortened to G/S – and in doing so creating the genre that became known as ‘big trailies’ and later ‘adventure bikes’ that dominate the sales charts now. It wasn’t an overnight success.
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2 months ago | 
bennetts.co.uk | Jon Urry |Stephen Lamb |Jim Moore |Simon Hargreaves
Massively experienced road testerOverall BikeSocial rating4/5The Triumph Bonneville is one of those bikes that needs little introduction. Originally released in 1958 and named in honour of Johnny Allen’s 214mph land speed record that was set in 1956 on a Triumph at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, it was only ever going to be a matter of time before the reinvented British brand reintroduced the Bonneville name for a new generation of riders to enjoy.
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2 months ago | 
bennetts.co.uk | Jim Moore |Jon Urry |Stephen Lamb |Simon Hargreaves
Bike journo for a quarter of a centuryOverall BikeSocial rating4/5The G650GS took over from the old F650 as BMW’s entry level ‘adventure’ single in 2011. The outgoing BMW F 650 GS was a hard act to follow, having garnered loyal fans the world over on account of its easy-going nature, reliable Rotax motor, strong all-round ability and – for a bike wearing the famous BMW badge – affordability.
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2 months ago | 
bennetts.co.uk | Jon Urry |Stephen Lamb |Jim Moore |Simon Hargreaves
Massively experienced road tester2020 model was 125cc for the UK Market, but 155cc overseas. Both models looks the same though. Overall BikeSocial rating4/5Regularly one of the UK’s best-selling scooters (Yamaha sell over 3500 a year, mainly to delivery riders!), the NMAX 125 offers excellent value for money when new and that makes it an incredibly tempting prospect in the used market.
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2 months ago | 
bennetts.co.uk | Ben Purvis |Jim Moore |Jon Urry |Stephen Lamb
Motorcycle Journalist Overall BikeSocial ratingTBAEver since BMW introduced the R 1300 GS for the 2023 model year it’s been just a matter of time before the company’s other boxer twins adopted the same all-new engine and chassis that debuted on the class-leading adventure bike. For 2025 the R 1300 R is the first follow-up model – replacing the previous R 1250 R and adopting a sportier approach to the naked bike market than its predecessor.
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2 months ago | 
bennetts.co.uk | Jim Moore |Simon Hargreaves |Ben Purvis |Jon Urry
Overall BikeSocial rating4/5The GL1500 is Honda’s fourth generation Gold Wing, with each iteration getting bigger, better and more sophisticated than its predecessor. Launched for 1988 and fresh from the ground up compared to the previous 1200 model, the GL1500 boasted previously unseen levels of luxury, technical advancement and long-distance capability.
