Motorcycle Sport & Leisure

Test fleet: Suzuki V-Strom 800DE

Long-Term Review

I really must love motorcycling. As you can see from the pictures, the sun was shining brightly, but believe me, it was bloody freezing! Riding up to Manchester in that sort of weather, passing through the elevated environs of the Peak District, and having to dodge occasional patches of snow, I should have been on a bit of a downer. Surprisingly that wasn’t the case, and I was enjoying making progress in the sub-optimal weather. The contentment with the 175-mile journey up to the land of Oasis and the Red Devils got me thinking about my earliest, less favourable days riding in

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