Motorcycles

This time Motorcycles puts its eyes on Enduro bikes: The tall KTM 990 Adventure is Austria's answer to the bestselling BMW R 1200 GS. Can the Austrian all-rounder for streets, gravel roads and long distance travels beat the dominating Bavarian bike? Plus: Ramon and Herbert Schwarz from southern Germany take on a 31 day challenge and travel with two Enduros through Thailand, Laos and Cambodia.

Motorcycles presents the hottest bikes of Europe at the Custombike. The show in Bad Salzuflen is one of the leading fairs for exclusive motorcycles. This year more than 30.000 visitors from all over Europe have come to the event to explore four jam-packed halls with more than 700 spectacular motorcycles of all classes and nearly 300 exhibitors in the field of extras and accessories.

Motorcycles introduces you to the lightest power cruiser, the production bike with the biggest cubic capacity worldwide and a phenomenal all-rounder. Ralf Schütze reviews the Ducati Diavel with 162 hp and a weight of a bit more than 200 kg, the Triumph Rocket III Touring with the 2.3 liter engine and the KTM 990 SM-T, a surprisingly multifunctional mixture of Supermoto and Touring Bike.

Anyone who thinks that you can put your feet up and relax, when you drive a trike, is quite mistaken. Motorcycles reviews various trikes for big boys including trikes with up to 200-hp car engines in the rear, the three-wheeled scooter MP3 from Piaggio and so-called bike conversions. These are regular bikes, but thanks to having two wheels at the rear, you can ride them with a car license.

Motorcycles explores the British way to drive. Of course, that can't go without talking about the British cult brand Triumph. Our expert Ralf Schьtze reviews their Tiger 800 and Tiger 1050. Plus: To get to the bottom of the British way to drive, Motorcycles goes on a motorcycle trip through Scotland with the BMW R 1200 RT.

Motorcycles puts three new Harleys to the test: The versatile Switchback Dyna, the motorized Bonanza bicycle Sportster 72 and the bad-boy bike "Softail Slim". Plus: Two German bikers take their BMW bikes on an adventure and drive thousands of miles through the deserts of Mexico. And: Motorcycles reviews the Triumph Speedmaster, the British answer to Harley-Davidson cruisers.