2014 BMW R1200RT

The best bike in the world? Richard thinks so. ‘It’s a brilliant thing. I can’t understand why anyone would get a GS. This is a much better bike.’ He’s positively evangelical about the big tourer. ‘It’s a two-wheeled helicopter, two-hours to London when it can take four in the car.’ Any drawbacks? ‘I don’t go to the garage to look at it in the middle of the night.’