• 27 March 2025

    Motorcycle tour to explore joys of Ireland’s North West

    Our intrepid reporter, Paul Browne, is joining a motorcycle tour of Ireland's North West this autumn.

    He's excited.

    As a proud Donegal boy he's looking forward to showing what his home county has to offer to Irish riders.

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  • 20 March 2025

    AMT ends MT-09 manual work

    Yamaha's MT-09 Y-AMT incorporates the Japanese motorbike manufacturer's automatic gear box on an otherwise largely standard MT-09 street motorcycle. More ease, same fun.

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  • 13 March 2025

    Orange is the new black

    Even a so-called small off can properly smart, so it’s always important to protect that which is most important to you. You.

    Traditionally, though, a lot of riders' protective gear has been weighty and restrictive.

    Then, in 1999, a clever engineer by the name of Richard Palmer came up with D3O, a range of lighter, flexible impact protection materials.

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  • 06 March 2025

    Which BMW would you take to the track?

    Whilst admiring of a few bikes in BMW's extensive portfolio, one really captures Paul Browne's imagination.

    Now he also has the chance to refine his riding skills on the S 1000 RR with the launch of a Motorrad Performance Academy over the water.

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  • 27 February 2025

    Transalp reborn

    Once you'd have had to pay Paul Browne to ride a Transalp.

    To be fair he's been paid this time too. It is, after all, his job to check out bikes whether good, bad or indifferent.

    So, what did a man whose unpaid ride is a Tenere make of Honda's new dual sports bike?

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