
It’s quite a glamorous life when you look at the life of a motorcycle road tester from the outside looking in, but let me give you a quick glimpse of what the 80km, four day ride was like, albeit it on (arguably) one of the most anticipated bikes of 2014. For those of you who don’t know where Tenerife is, it’s a small island off the West Coast ofAfrica. But how would you get there?

If you’ve ever seen various animals, in this case goats, frolicking around a mountain and wondered what it’s like to be one, then KTM have the answer and it’s called the Freeride. You’ve heard of it already, but now there’s a new one with a new two-stroke engine so goats and sheep beware, but not in the way you’re thinking yer pervs!

If you’re looking at these two new scooters and wondering why they’re identical, but with different graphics, let me put your poor tortured mind at ease. They both come from the same factory and off the same production line in China, but have different graphics. Confused?

How many bikes do you know of that immediately turn you into some mental youth trying to prove a point from the first time you ride it? You know, the type of bike that feels so right, small and therefore not intimidating, feisty to another level, loads of fun and looks as cute as kitten in a teacup.
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