CUSTOM Bike Reviews
New riders
Rated at least
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HARLEY-DAVIDSON NIGHTSTER 975 (2022-on)
New price: £13,277Used price: £13,000- 975cc
- 88.7 bhp
- 52 mpg
- Low seat height
It’s a good bike, but no Sportster 883 replacement in feel, attitude or price
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HARLEY-DAVIDSON LOW RIDER ST (2022-on)
New price: £19,677Used price: £18,500- 1923cc
- 101.6 bhp
- 47 mpg
- Low seat height
This Californian-inspired sporty bagger feels right at home on the UK’s roads
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TRIUMPH ROCKET III (2020-on)
New price: £19,500- 2458cc
- 165 bhp
- 35 mpg
- Low seat height
Lighter, sharper and packing even more firepower, the new Rocket 3 is indulgent excess done right
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HARLEY-DAVIDSON DYNA GLIDE (2010-2013)
New price: N/A- 1584cc
- 110 bhp
- 37 mpg
- Low seat height
The new for 2010 bike retains the old-school low-rider looks
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YAMAHA XV535 VIRAGO (1988-2004)
New price: N/AUsed price: £2,500 - £4,000- 535cc
- 38 bhp
- 47 mpg
- Low seat height
Basic, trusted, easy to ride and with unchallenging but enjoyable performance
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INDIAN SPRINGFIELD DARK HORSE (2019-on)
New price: £22,349- 1811cc
- 52 mpg
- Low seat height
It’s hard not to be impressed with Indian’s new Springfield Dark Horse
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KAWASAKI VN900 CUSTOM (2007-2016)
New price: N/AUsed price: £4,200 - £6,400- 903cc
- 53 bhp
- 55 mpg
- Low seat height
Laid back, chopper style is down largely to its distinctive, cast alloy big 21-inch front wheel
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HARLEY-DAVIDSON STREET 750 (2015-2021)
New price: N/AUsed price: £4,400 - £6,200- 749cc
- 56 bhp
- Low seat height
The Street 750 is everything Harley said it would be; it’s affordable, handles well and is surprisingly agile.
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HARLEY-DAVIDSON SPORTSTER S 1250 (2021-on)
New price: £13,995Used price: £12,000 - £13,800- 1252cc
- 120 bhp
- 49 mpg
- Low seat height
The new Harley-Davidson Sportster S couldn’t be further away from the air-cooled dinosaur it’s replaced
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DUCATI XDIAVEL (2016-on)
New price: £15,795Used price: £11,500 - £12,600- 1262cc
- 156 bhp
- Low seat height
All the cool street appeal you could ask for
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SINNIS OUTLAW 125 (2022-on)
New price: £2,699- 125cc
- 10.5 bhp
- 100 mpg
- Low seat height
An appealing and cheap cruiser-styled 125
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INDIAN CHIEFTAIN (2014-on)
New price: £20,499Used price: £14,000 - £18,000- 1811cc
- 100 bhp
- 44 mpg
- Low seat height
The heritage and imposing styling makes a Harley look almost meek when compared.
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INDIAN SCOUT SIXTY (2016-on)
New price: £8,999Used price: £9,000- 999cc
- 78 bhp
- Low seat height
Reasonably priced Indinan Scout Sixty offers light and agile fun
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TRIUMPH BONNEVILLE BOBBER (2017-on)
New price: £10,500Used price: £9,000- 1200cc
- 76 bhp
- 69 mpg
- Low seat height
Combining post-war styling with modern day performance
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HONDA VT750 SHADOW (2004-2015)
New price: N/AUsed price: £3,500 - £4,500- 745cc
- 45 bhp
- 47 mpg
- Low seat height
Looks the part, rides well and lacks the agricultural feel of its, ahem, American counterparts
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INDIAN SCOUT BOBBER (2017-on)
New price: £12,695- 1133cc
- 94 bhp
- Low seat height
Indian has cleverly mixed old-school bobber styling and modern-day performance
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YAMAHA SR125 (1982-2003)
New price: N/A- 124cc
- 12 bhp
- 65 mpg
- Low seat height
One of the oldest 125 cruiser type motorcycles on the roads today
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KAWASAKI VULCAN S (2015-on)
New price: £6,699Used price: £4,000 - £6,500- 649cc
- 60 bhp
- 57 mpg
- Low seat height
Affordable, stylish naked for those who want the cruiser image but still crave a bike that can be ridden
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HONDA CMX500 REBEL (2020-on)
New price: £5,799Used price: £5,400- 471cc
- 45.6 bhp
- 54 mpg
- Low seat height
An unintimidating slice of the bobber experience to A2 licence holders
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HONDA CMX1100 REBEL (2021-on)
New price: £8,999Used price: £8,400 - £8,700- 1084cc
- 85.8 bhp
- Low seat height
As nonchalantly non-plussed by bimbling along a seafront basking in its bassy tones and admiring glances, as it is capable of blitzing a mountain road
