BMW are probably best known these days for their beaky-faced advenbture bikes made famous by certain actors. And at a glance the S1000XR might seem to be cut from a similar cloth. And indeed it is...and yet at the same time it isn't. Confused? Don't blame you. Read on, and see if it makes sense...

Sensible twin cylinder BMWs have been a familiar site on these roads for longer than most of us can remember. Here's another - the R NineT Pure - which is actually not sensible at all. We got our hands on one for a while and the conclusion was surprising.

Valentino Rossi. Mention motorcycle racing to anyone in the last twenty years or so, and unless they are seriously into something else the chances are that Rossi will be the first person they can think of. He's ubiquitous, charming, talented, entertaining...and as the old man of the MotoGP grid, he's also retiring.

Thalassa van Beek is a former model, former grid-girl, university graduate and pretty handy rider. If she wasn't such a nice person she'd be infuriating. As it is she's our latest guest writer, reviewing kit, journeys, bikes, whatever as she travels around Europe and who knows where. But here she introduces herself...

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?

Turtles have hard shells, live ages and are spectacularly cool. This eTurtle has a hard shell, some really cool electronics and will help you live a lot longer. It's a development of the original Turtle we tested a while ago, and it's different. Have a read to find out more...

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?

KLIM is one of the most successful companies in the motorcycle industry of whom you have probably never heard. 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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