Your experts

Hugo Wilson Editor

Wizened old cynic who’s seen it all before. Looks at new bikes as next year’s used bargains. Struggles with a smartphone.

Mike Armitage Deputy editor

Has ridden every significant bike in the last 20 years, and can predict performance and handling just by reading a spec sheet.

John Westlake Contributing Editor

Techno obsessive (not the synthetic disco music) who loves new stuff. Open minded about electric bikes and Nikens too.

Jordan Gibbons Mcnnews Editor

Finger on the pulse of the motorcycle industry, from Chinese 125s to Ducati Panigales, he knows about them first.

Jamie Turner Technical Contributor

Professor of engines (really) and two-stroke enthusiast. Our guide to the mysteries of cylinder switching and camshaft profiles.