Motorcycle reviews
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KAWASAKI Z900RS (2017-on)
New price: £10,399Used price: £6,900 - £10,400- 948cc
- 109 bhp
- Medium seat height
The new Z900RS matches performance with Z1-inspired styling
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KAWASAKI ZX-9R (1994-2002)
New price: N/AUsed price: £2,000 - £2,700- 899cc
- 143 bhp
- 41 mpg
- Medium seat height
Began life as a sports machine, didn't quite cut it and ended up as an excellent sporty sports-tourer
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HONDA CBR1000RR-R FIREBLADE (2020-on)
New price: £19,999Used price: £16,500- 1000cc
- 201 bhp
- 41 mpg
- Medium seat height
Revvy, hard, demanding, the uncompromising Blade is focused on going very fast… but as a race rep, isn’t that the point?
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BMW R1200R (2015-2019)
New price: N/AUsed price: £7,000 - £11,000- 1170cc
- 125 bhp
- 45 mpg
- Medium seat height
A classic roadster with a 21st century twist
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HARLEY-DAVIDSON SPORTSTER 883 Iron (2015-on)
New price: £8,895Used price: £4,200 - £8,900- 883cc
- 51.2 bhp
- 49 mpg
- Low seat height
Riding the 883 feels good – and that's what matters most
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SUZUKI GSF1200 BANDIT (1996-2006)
New price: N/AUsed price: £2,800 - £3,500- 1152cc
- 100 bhp
- 35 mpg
- Medium seat height
One of biking's true bargains
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HONDA VFR1200F (2012-2015)
New price: N/AUsed price: £6,000 - £6,900- 1237cc
- 160 bhp
- 43 mpg
- Medium seat height
A good bike; but it's not a great one. And after all the hype that is not good enough
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KAWASAKI ZZR1400 (2012-2020)
New price: N/AUsed price: £5,700 - £15,900- 1441cc
- 200 bhp
- 45 mpg
- Medium seat height
When launched, the new king of speed and power, beating the formidable Hayabusa
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SUZUKI GSX-R125 (2017-on)
New price: £3,999Used price: £3,000 - £4,000- 124cc
- 14.8 bhp
- 122 mpg
- Medium seat height
The GSX-R125 offers the perfect introduction to the world of sports bikes
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HONDA CBR1100XX SUPER BLACKBIRD (1997-2005)
New price: N/AUsed price: £2,300 - £4,000- 1137cc
- 164 bhp
- 36 mpg
- Medium seat height
Sensible and utterly insane in one nicely presented Honda package
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TRIUMPH STREET TRIPLE 660 S (2020-on)
New price: £8,100Used price: £7,900- 660cc
- 94 bhp
- 45 mpg
- Medium seat height
It’s got the least power and lowest spec, but the S version of Triumph’s evergreen Street Triple line-up could just be the pick of the bunch for most of us
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YAMAHA YBR125 (2005-2016)
New price: N/AUsed price: £1,300 - £2,700- 124cc
- 10 bhp
- 90 mpg
- Low seat height
Gentle, easy going and practical, it'll see you through your test
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DUCATI STREETFIGHTER V4S (2020-on)
New price: £19,975Used price: £18,300 - £19,800- 1103cc
- 205 bhp
- 40 mpg
- Tall seat height
Ducati’s new Streetfighter V4 S is the speed-crazed wheelie monster you’d expect it to be, but it has a surprisingly grown-up side, too
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KAWASAKI NINJA 650 (2020-on)
New price: £6,899Used price: £5,700 - £6,900- 649cc
- 67 bhp
- 52.1 mpg
- Medium seat height
Don’t be fooled by the sportsbike looks; it’s a Ninja by name only
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FANTIC CABALLERO 500 SCRAMBLER (2019-on)
New price: £6,399- 449cc
- 39 bhp
- Tall seat height
Put simply, the Fantic is the light, simple affordable, cheeky Scrambler Ducati should have built…but never could.
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YAMAHA MT-10 (2016-on)
New price: £9,999Used price: £7,600 - £10,000- 998cc
- 158 bhp
- 42 mpg
- Medium seat height
Its looks are divisive, but the way it rides on the road is up there with the Aprilia Tuono V4 1100 Factory, KTM 1290 Super Duke R and Ducati Streetfighter V4
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MV-AGUSTA SUPERVELOCE 800 (2020-on)
New price: £17,780- 798cc
- 146 bhp
- 41 mpg
- Medium seat height
Style, speed and Chainsaw Massacre soundtracks have always been MV trademarks. The new Superveloce 800 is all those things and more because underneath the 1970s-meets-21st century curves is a rather good road-going sportsbike
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TRIUMPH THRUXTON 1200 RS (2020-on)
New price: £13,000Used price: £11,300 - £12,200- 1200cc
- 103 bhp
- Medium seat height
The Thruxton is now an even cooler customer in its new RS guise
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DERBI SENDA 50 R (1993-2004)
New price: N/A- 49cc
- 9 bhp
- 55 mpg
- Medium seat height
Enduro motorcycle looks, decent handling chassis and revvy two-stroke motor
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HONDA VFR400 (1988-1994)
New price: N/A- 399cc
- 60 bhp
- 40 mpg
- Low seat height
Effectively a 400cc version of the iconic VFR750R (RC30)
