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First Ride: Team Agni TTXGP
By Mark Forsyth on 05/10/2010 10:18:13
We get first ride on the Championship winning Agni electric racer
is way more than a Honda RS125 and nobody ever accused them of being dull to ride.The more laps I did, the more I got into this weird freewheeling corner entry technique and started to work on the areas that would improve my corner speed and lap time
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First Impressions: 2011 Triumph Speed Triple
By Mark Forsyth on 13/10/2010 11:45:38
MF reports in with his first impressions of latest Speed Triple from Circuit Ascari
about how important the Speed Triple is to Triumph in terms of sales. They've sold 65,000 of them since its inception in 1994. Big numbers when the factory are still to crack the half million sales mark.They haven't f@cked it up. Far from it.It may
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First Impression: Arrow-kitted 2011 Triumph Speed Triple
By Mark Forsyth on 14/10/2010 10:28:49
Around the hills of Spain and the corners of Ascari, Forsyth gives his second impression of the Triumph Speed Triple and the souped up Arrow kitted version
blast up into the mountains. I don't think I'd have tackled that road any quicker or any safer on a 1000cc supersport bike. The Speed Triple's suspension worked really well over the battered surface and the wide bars were superb for counter steering
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First Ride: 2009 Honda Fireblade CBR1000RR C-ABS
By German Ooms on 18/10/2010 13:34:05
In the day and age when Valentino Rossi openly disapproves of all electronic aids in MotoGP, Honda launches a totally new ABS-system, developed specifically for sportsbikes...
with or without the ABS-system and the difference is about £1,000. As a result the 2009 Fireblade C-ABS will cost close to £10,000. But in fairness, you do get a lot of technology for your money. Since its introduction last year, the Blade has won just about every
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First Ride: 2010 Harley-Davidson Range
By Jon Urry on 19/10/2010 09:14:01
For the launch of its new 2010 models Harley-Davidson decided to give the assembled journalists the ‘full Harley experience.’ So they took them to Sturgis…
.Continue the 2010 Harley-Davidson launch from the Sturgis RallySturgis in NumbersThe record attendance in 2000 was 633,000 Tad Wolf - Tattoo artist who has worked the last 13 consecutive Rallies: “During the Sturgis Rally we run 12 full time tattoo artists
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First Ride: Honda Goldwing
By Tony Middlehurst & Krys Freeman on 19/10/2010 10:27:23
Former Superbike magazine editor Tony Middlehurst takes his better half on a journey across the Lakes
that’s why!Honda Goldwing GL1800 DeluxePrice: £19,321Engine: 1832cc, SOHC, liquid-cooled, 12-valve flat sixDrive: 5-speed, shaft drivenPower: 116bhp@5500rpmTorque: 123lb.ft@4000rpmFront suspension: 45mm air-assisted forks, with antidiveRear suspension
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First Ride: Harley-Davidson Ultra Classic Electra Glide
By Grant Leonard & Olivia Pina on 19/10/2010 10:27:29
As large as a planet with a name long enough to fill a paragraph, Grant Leonard takes the H-D for a ride across the Lakes
and he kept bashing my feet. Of course he blamed me when we toppled off it turning round....Harley-Davidson Electra Glide Ultra Classic (FLHTCUI)Price: £17,445 (as tested)Engine: 1584cc, twin-cam, aircooled, 4-valve 45° V-twinDrive: 6-speed, belt driven
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First Ride: 2009 Harley-Davidson Road King Classic
By Ben Miller on 19/10/2010 13:53:09
Harley’s touring range, the most important bikes in the company’s vast and baffling line-up, have been given a thorough going-over for 2009. Big-mile ability and charm? Believe
to reduce vibration, particularly at idle. The 17” front wheel is also new (previously the touring bikes used 16-inchers; the Road King Classic still does) as is the wider rear tyre, as much to boost tyre life as for increased grip. Admittedly it’s all
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First Ride: 2008 Suzuki GSX650F
By Jon Bentman on 17/02/2008 15:39:35
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
the following straight. I’d inch forward, maybe even make a few feet on the two guys ahead, momentarily catching the whiff of cheap aftershave as favoured in Peterborough’s environs, then, in the wipe of a nose, lose the tow again.With over 11,000rpm
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First Ride: Moto Guzzi Norge GT 8V
By Tom Higham on 08/04/2011 09:25:03
A grand turismo intended to have all the fun of a naked sportsbike but with all the protection of a tourer.
the bike did scrape its way through a few of the corners when really pushed.For the first time the Norge gets the 1200cc 8V engine and it's this that really gives the bike its character. The bike has 102 bhp to call on and torque pulls strong from low revs
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