Motorcycle Sport & Leisure

Test Fleet: Yamaha X-MAX 400

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was a cold but clear Sunday morning when I had the chance to take/pry the X-MAX out of Paul’s grasp for a long(ish) ride. I hadn’t really decided where I was going to go, all I knew was that I had a real hankering for fish and chips! A positive craving you might say. So from the flatlands of Lincolnshire I had a few choices: a short blast to Skeg Vegas; a longer but seriously pancake style ride to Cromer in Norfolk or… Yes, why not: the landlocked principality of

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