That’s right. We have cinema dates CONFIRMED for the über exclusive Budget Bike Battle Bavaria screenings. It’s a UK tour spanning a week, a Bavarian feast for your eyes and the chance to view the uncut version that we cannot show publish on...

Ducati has just unveiled the Multistrada V4 Rally and with it, a solution to its thirst for gasoline. While much of the base Multi? remains in place (the bike that topped our 2022 Adventure Test), the main headlines involve the addition of a...

We?ve got a few questions for you. The first is, what?s better than spending a day at Silverstone for MotoGP" The answer is, of course, spending THREE days in front of MotoGP. Next question; what?s better than spending three days at...

Bored of two clicks, old Caddy jokes, ARN leathers and general trackday shit" Have you got a pre-2000 track bike or a retro ride" If you answered yes to both of these questions, then we have the solution for you. Up until a few weeks ago,...

Pic: Impact Images As most of you know, Boothy crashed at Joey?s during a qualifying session at the 2022 Isle of Man TT races and suffered significant leg injuries, as well as a few other complications. He was conscious and airlifted by...

More suspension changes, more laps and more tablets. TT 2022 is going pretty well, all things considered. I was hoping I?d wake up this morning feeling as fresh as a daisy but unfortunately that wasn?t to be. The penicillin that I?ve...

Another red-flagged session, this time, meant I got stranded half-way around the TT course, but I still got a couple of decent laps in on the big bike, and half a lap on the 600. Yesterday we made some changes to the suspension which...

Tuesday nights TT practice session was a little bit frustrating, but we got two laps in on the big bike and two on the little one, so I?m a very happy little boy. Yesterday?s practice session highlighted some slight issues with the...

Monday, and the second day of practice at the 2022 Isle of Man TT. After a few mini showers during the day, the weather cleared up and tonight?s practice went ahead. Another three laps on the big bike. We had a bit of a ball-ach...

Well that was a baptism of fire. I thought we?d have enough time for a couple of laps on both bikes, but I ended up getting four laps on the FlyaSpitfire.com Kawasaki and two on the Surf Bar Triumph. Today was a good day. We?ve well and...

It?s finally here. The 2022 Isle of Man TT. But you probably already know that, unless you?ve been living under a log for the last few months. They say absence makes the heart grow fonder and I tell you what, they?re not wrong. It?s...

After a bit of last minute rushing around between the North West 200 and the TT, as alluded to yesterday, both bikes are sporting some super sexy new graphics; I don?t know about you, but I think they both look mega smart. And now the...

Put your hand up if you?ve been to the Isle of Man TT. Now put it down, you look like a tit. If you?ve been, you?ll probably have a decent idea of what it?s all about and a rough idea of the rules governing the different classes that race...

I?ve often wondered what it would be like to be a full-time, factory motorcycle racer. And it?s something that I fantasise quite a lot about, at times like this; on the run up to a big race like the TT, where I?ll be competing against the...

2022 was always going to be a special year for Honda and the Fireblade brand. That?s because it?s 30 years since the first ones started appearing in showrooms. Since 1992 the Fireblade has seen umpteen iterations; some world-beating, others...

I?ve been lucky enough to ride and race at quite a few race circuits in the UK and abroad, and because of that, I quite often get asked which my favourite one is. Now if I?m being totally honest, my favourite place to ride a motorcycle in...

They?ve got cameras to catch you speeding, running red lights and borrowing bus lanes? and now, they?re getting noise cameras to prosecute you for having a noisy bike (or car). Welcome to Big Brother Britain. Grant Shapps, the...

Picture by Philip Magowan / Double Red For the last five years, I?ve been desperate to compete in the International North West 200. Unfortunately, for one reason or another, it?s never happened? until this year, when I finally made it over to...

?The bolt of lightning is a traditional symbol of sudden illumination and the destruction of ignorance? Permission to Torque is a community-driven organisation within the automotive sector that has been created simply to show people...

Wouldn?t it be great if you had an electric motorbike that didn?t take an hour and a half to recharge" No" Ok not everyone wants an electric bike. In fact plenty of you absolutely detest the idea of it. But for those of you that are a...

It?s just been revealed that the two-time BSB champion Josh Brookes will ride the Ducati Panigale, originally earmarked for Michael Dunlop, at the North West 200 in a few weeks? time. When Michael Dunlop dramatically announced that he...

Not content with having one of the most comprehensive off-road motorcycle line-ups going, GASGAS, just last night, announced that they?re releasing a pair of actual road bikes? well, sort of. Say hello to the GASGAS SM 700 and ES...

After a ton of wet practice and iffy conditions in qualifying, the Portuguese Grand Prix got underway in reasonably good conditions; it wasn?t as sunny as it?s supposed to be in the Algarve, but it was dry. Thanks to Jack Miller wiping Joan...

Last night, at the TT launch event in Ramsey on the Isle of Man, 19-time TT winner Michael Dunlop, sensationally revealed that he would not be racing the PMB Ducati at this year?s TT races. During an on-stage interview with Steve...

Motorcycle riding kit doesn?t last for ever. Especially if you?ve got a penchant for crashing; I?ve been known to go through several helmets and almost as many leather suits in a single year. But even if you?re not a top crasher, like me,...