KLIM is one of the most successful companies in the motorcycle industry of whom you have probably never heard. They started off doing things with snowmobiles before moving into the bike world, and they make quite expensive clothing that carries some pretty extravagant claims. The Hardanger suit is a prime example. Over the last ten months and several thousand miles we've oput those claims to the test. Well most of them, anyway...
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Having turned the world upside down by coming out with a bike that wasn't really sensible at all, then revising it to become even more bonkers, BMW have again shaken things up with the latest incarnation of the S1000RR Lighter. tricker, more powerful. Because the old one was so lardy and uncomplicated... But is it any good?
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Supermotos were all the rage for a while, until people realised that they were uncomfortable, harsh and generally not very good. They were also rather expensive in a "less is (a lot) more" sort of way. The SWM SM500R addresses all those criticisms. Is the Supermoto valid again?
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We are always on the lookout for guest reviewers, and along came Jez Weaver with his KTM 1190 Adventureat just the right time. Here it is - tall, gangly and perhaps aesthetically challenged. And you thought I was going to throw in a cheap joke, didn't you. As if.
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