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2 days ago | 
visordown.com | Simon Hancocks |Matt Robinson |Phil West |Robert Jones
There is a growing number of adventure motorcycles landing in the UK from relative unknown bike makers, with the latest being the Rieju Xplora 557. We already get Rieju bikes here in the UK, in fact, we reviewed the dinky Rieju Aventure 125 last year, and we get that bike’s bigger sibling, the Aventura 500, over here too.
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2 days ago | 
visordown.com | Robert Jones |Matt Robinson |Simon Hancocks |Phil West
Organisers of the FIM World Supercross Championship have confirmed a change to the 2025 calendar as London will no longer host the season opener. The London Stadium was expected to host its first ever World Supercross event, which was set to be London’s first in general. However, inability to meet the “key requirements” means it's been dropped altogether.
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2 days ago | 
visordown.com | Robert Jones |Matt Robinson |Simon Hancocks |Phil West
A shareholder meeting is scheduled on May 14, during which Harley-Davidson and H Partners will discuss the control of the H-D board. According to reports, H Partners has launched a “withhold-the-vote” campaign, which is targeting three Harley board members, including Harley-Davidson CEO Jochen Zeitz, who has confirmed he will leave his role later this year. H Partners claims that the board is not aligned with shareholder interests and that it has led to the CEO succession process being mishandled.
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2 days ago | 
visordown.com | Robert Jones |Matt Robinson |Simon Hancocks |Phil West
Michael Dunlop has a new partner for the major 2025 road races in the form of Peter Hickman and Davey Todd’s old team, FHO Racing. Dunlop took three wins during last week’s North West 200, which was a tally matched by Todd, although the former controversially won the final superbike race of the weekend, leaving Todd and fellow team-mate Hickman in a lot of frustration.
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2 days ago | 
visordown.com | Simon Hancocks |Matt Robinson |Phil West |Robert Jones
Patents filed by Suzuki have surfaced, showing that it is still forging on with its small capacity (250cc) Variable Valve Timing (VVT) system. The new system is thought to be heading to the V-Strom 250 and GSX-250R, both of which share the same 249cc water-cooled single-cylinder engine.
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2 days ago | 
visordown.com | Simon Hancocks |Matt Robinson |Phil West |Robert Jones
Royal Enfield looks set to expand its ever-growing 650cc twin family, as the bike name ‘Bullet 650 Twin’ is trademarked. Currently, there is a solitary model in the UK Royal Enfield range that carries the Bullet name, a 350cc single powered by the J-Series engine. It sits alongside its siblings, the Hunter 350 (HNTR), Meteor 350, and the Classic 350.
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2 days ago | 
visordown.com | Robert Jones |Matt Robinson |Simon Hancocks |Phil West
Set to rival Royal Enfield’s updated Himalayan 450, BMW’s new F450 GS has been spotted testing in India, and more details of the bike have emerged as a consequence. As is so often the case with a new bike under wraps, a test mule finds its way onto the public roads and the F450 GS is no different as it was seen doing two things, the first of which was wearing a heavy dose of camo across its fairing, while also riding on the roads of India.
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2 days ago | 
visordown.com | Simon Hancocks |Matt Robinson |Phil West |Robert Jones
Ducati’s 890cc V2 engine looks set to land on a bunch of new bikes for the 2026 model year, as National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) documents list all the new models.
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3 days ago | 
visordown.com | Robert Jones |Matt Robinson |Simon Hancocks |Phil West
2013 WorldSBK champion Tom Sykes will make his return to BSB with the IN Competition Aprilia Team at the upcoming Donington Park round as a replacement for the injured Lewis Rollo. Sykes is no stranger to Donington Park, in fact, it was by far his most successful circuit while competing in WorldSBK, as he won on nine occasions, all of which came in succession between 2013 and 2017.
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3 days ago | 
visordown.com | Simon Hancocks |Matt Robinson |Phil West |Robert Jones
Triumph has quality slid a new model into its Indian range, as the new Scrambler 400 XC gets set to take on the trails in India. This is looking like an Indian-only model, which is a shame, but nonetheless, the new machine is available on the Triumph India website, with a list price of 294,147 Indian Rupee (£2,600) and a host of new parts. From what we can tell, the technical specification of the new XC is very similar to that found on the 2024 Scrambler 400 X we have already reviewed.
