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Class of ‘80 - Yamaha RD250 vs. Suzuki GT250
It’s early 1980 and the threat of the four-stroke invasion hangs heavy in the air. Yamaha and Suzuki have been slugging it out for two years in what may be the final fling for the air-cooled strokers
29 March 2010
Honda CB1000R vs. Fireblade - Streetbike vs. Superbike
Would the average rider be better off on one of the latest generation of super-fast streetbikes instead of their usual superbike? We hopped from a CB1000R to a CBR1000RR and back again to find out...
29 March 2010
Living with excess: Aprilia SXV5.5
I've been riding the Aprilia for less than 20 yards, in fact I haven't even made it out of the office car park, and I've already got into trouble.
28 March 2010
Sports Tourer test: Tiger 1050, VFR800, GSX-R1000 K7 and Fazer FZ1
Just what is a sports-tourer these days? Used to be a middle-for-diddle model with zero sex appeal, but these days it could be anything from a superbike with luggage to a purpose-built mile-muncher...
04 March 2010
Living with a 2009 Kawasaki ER-6n
Perfect for slicing through sleepy country towns and getting stern lectures from not-so-sleepy country coppers. This fiery twin has got what it takes to entertain
23 January 2010
Living with a 2009 Kawasaki ZX-6R
Andy Hogan and John Stevens share a 2009 Kawasaki ZX-6R for a year. Here's their review
23 January 2010
Living with a Victory Hammer S review
We loved the Victory Hammer S so much after the test we didn’t want to give it back. We still don’t!
23 November 2009
Longest Test: Triumph Bonnevlle
Until recently, Barry Tavner’s Bonnie has been mocked by most in the office. In the south of France, however, things are very different...
02 November 2009
Longest Test: BMW R1200GS Adventure
BMW’s best-selling bike for the past three years, Tim Cummings revels in his role as supersub as the GS does what it’s supposed to do...
02 November 2009
Longest Test: Kawasaki GTR1400
The GTR’s been waiting for a trip like this. Over two weeks at large in France, Ben Miller’s Kawasaki proves little less than awesome
02 November 2009
Longest Test: Yamaha YZF-R6
Our undisputed king of the Supersport class for 2009, Niall Mackenzie explains why he wouldn’t swap the YZF-R6 for anything else...
02 November 2009
Longest Test: Suzuki GSX-R1000
The dark horse of this year’s litre class, the GSX-R1000 just keeps on impressing Visordown’s Deputy Editor and keen club racer, Rob Hoyles.
02 November 2009
The Longest Test: Visordown Long-termers Review
Six very different bikes with one thing in common – an identical 2,500 miles to cover through France in less than five days. Visordown takes our long-term test fleet out of the comfort zone to find out more about the bikes we thought we knew so well…
02 November 2009
Living with a 2009 Harley Davidson XR1200
James Whitham's review of the Harley XR1200
23 October 2009
2009 Most Important...Triumph Street Triple R
The term ‘all-rounder’ is usually associated with the phrase ‘lose the will to live’. But this machine is very different. That’s because it’s very good
18 October 2009
2009 Most Important...Yamaha YZF-R1
Genuine MotoGP technology lies inside the latest manifestation of the wonderful R1. It’s not flawless but it’s verging on the fantastic
18 October 2009
2009 Most Important...BMW K1300R
Not many bikes manage to change people’s perceptions of an entire factory. But BMW engineered a seismic shift in attitude with this big-inch brute, the machine that put the tonic into Teutonic. Believe
18 October 2009
2009 Most Important...Aprilia RSV4 Factory
Few bikes have ever come as close to living up to the ‘Factory’ tag as this Noale nut-job. Expensive, hard to ride slowly, unruly on the road but totally in its element on a track – it’s just got to be the best bike of the year
18 October 2009
2009 Most Important...Yamaha YZF-R125
The littlest, cutest Yam has reawakened youth to the idea of misspending it riding motorcycles, which has got to be a good thing. We should all know better, but just can’t help ourselves
18 October 2009
Split the Difference
Despite being brilliant to ride, to many riders bikes are little more than an efficient form of transport.
07 September 2009
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