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First Ride: 2002 BMW F650CS
I wasn't sure about the styling of BMW's new baby the F650CS when I first saw it, but the style loving Italians loved it. Wherever I parked the BMW in and around the launch city of Florence it drew admiring glances and comments.
29 March 2008
First Ride: 2002 Yamaha TDM900
Let me see now. Ten years ago British biking was on the verge of something big. Our bike buying trends were going to be challenged by a bug-eyed kid from Yamaha - the TDM850.
29 March 2008
First Ride: 2001 Triumph Bonneville America
Feet stretched to way-out-front highway pegs. A single, fat, white-faced chrome-edged speedo dominating a chunky ally top-yoke. Heavyweight tank-mounted console for the basics and a nacelle headlight reflecting the whole world in its seamless perimeter.
29 March 2008
First Ride: 2001 BMW R1150RS
Spring 1993 and the most cutting-edge and outrageous looking teutonic two-wheeler was launched by BMW. The BMW R1100RS was one of the first of the new generation Boxers and was a bit of a departure for BM in its (then) 70-year history.
29 March 2008
First Ride: 2001 Honda VTX1800
There's a low, mean burbling coming from somewhere near my pants as my posterior is pummeled by a searing wave of torque. God, can you believe I've just written such tosh?
29 March 2008
First Ride: 2007 Suzuki GSX-R1300 Hayabusa
With a tyre-shredding 194bhp on tap and a fully revised chassis the original Hypersports bike is refusing to grow old gracefully. Hold on tight, because the 'Busa is back and is meaner than ever...
29 March 2008
First Ride: 2007 Suzuki B-King
In the six years since we first saw the B-King it has been the subject of heated discussion in Japan. Should it be dumbed down for mass market or a full-blown radical bike? Find out who won the argument...
29 March 2008
First Ride: 2007 Triumph Street Triple
With £2,000 taken out of the Daytona 675's price tag is Triumph's Street Triple the bargain sportsbike of 2007, or have the boys from Hinckley cut corners on their new middleweight triple?
28 March 2008
First Ride: 2001 Ducati 620ie Monster
Jon Urry tests out the Ducati 620ie Monster
27 March 2008
First Ride: 2001 Yamaha BT1100 Bulldog review
In some respects, Yamaha's new BT1100 Bulldog could be quite an important bike. Not, because of what it is (which we'll get to later) but for what it isn't.
27 March 2008
First Ride: 2002 Harley-Davidson VRSCA V-Rod review
Harley-Davidson unleash their most important model for 50 years. With a watercooled, 115bhp, 60¡ V-twin motor straight out of their VR1000 racebike, it marks the start of a new direction for the Milwaukee firm. This is big.
27 March 2008
First Ride: 2007 Ducati Hypermotard
Urry's let loose on Ducati's new super-duper motard and shows Ruben Xaus a thing or two about backing it in - or so he said...
18 March 2008
First Ride: 2007 Aprilia Shiver
The spitting image of Donald Sutherland in bad light, Kev Ash reports back on Aprilia's 750cc Shiver
18 March 2008
First Ride: 2008 Suzuki GSX650F
Just a Bandit with a full fairing? Jon Bentman flies to France and discovers the new GSX650F is a bike that’s much greater than the sum of its parts
17 February 2008
First Ride: 2008 Honda CBF600S
An easy learner friendly machine, or a bike with about as much soul as a sandbag? Honda’s middleweight goes for function over style...
17 February 2008
First Ride: 2008 Kawasaki ZX-10R
Jim Bowen managed to completely spanner a ZX-10R the last time we put him on one. He has never been to the Qatar MotoGP circuit. So, who better to make a complete arse of himself...
17 February 2008
First Ride: 2008 Ducati 848
It’s just like the 1098 but smaller, right? Er no, actually it isn’t. Ducati has taken a completely new change of tack with its 848
17 February 2008
First Ride: 2008 BMW HP2 Sport
BMW finally go for the jugular with their most focused sportsbike ever. It looks stunning and sounds glorious, but does it have any teeth?
17 February 2008
First Ride: 2007 Yamaha YZF-R1
First out of the blocks for 2007 and hoping to stay there, Yamaha's new R1 looks the goods. But is it? Who better to say than Niall Mackenzie, ex-GP god turned mortal.
28 September 2007
First Ride: 2006 Suzuki V-Strom 1000 GT review
Suzuki's V-Strom never hit the big time but it's been a solid seller, loved by owners. But is it any good on a blast to France?
13 October 2006
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