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Grey Matters - 400cc test
By Jon Urry on 29/07/2010 14:49:50
In the early 1990s, 400cc race reps were all the rage. But that was nearly two decades ago. Are these pocket rockets still a viable buy in the secondhand market or simply relics from the past?
with price tags of less than £2,000 for a quick zip to see if they lived up to their billing. Oddly enough, they more than did…Read on for the Honda CBR400 NC29
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Splitting Heirs: Ducati 998 v 1098
By Jon Urry on 19/01/2011 14:50:02
The Ducati 999 was just a stop-gap between the legendary 916 and the stunning new 1098. So for the first time ever, here are the two stablemates ridden head to head...
, allowing the motor to rev higher. These changes didn't come cheap. A 998R cost £18,995 compared to the 998S's £13,000.Which is why I had resigned myself to the fact I would never get the chance to ride one. For a start they are so rare that owners
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First Ride: 2007 Kawasaki ZX-6R
By Jon Urry on 02/04/2008 12:27:37
Harder, sharper and more track focused than ever before. The new ZX-6R challenges you to a fight down at your local race track. He who reaches his limit first, loses.
), by 10,000rpm it's really getting interesting, at 12,000rpm you're starting to fly and at around 14,000rpm both you and the bike are bouncing off the walls and screaming like a deranged gibbon.Continue the 2007 Kawasaki ZX-6R Review
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First Ride: Ducati 1098R
By Jon Urry on 10/04/2008 21:09:57
If you can’t beat them, get the rules changed so you can then build a bike with all the bits you need to dominate the racetrack out of the box. Ducati’s 1098R is pure WSB homologation magic...
would have set you back around £250,000!TECHNICAL HIGHLIGHTSEngineThe 1098R’s Testastretta Evoluzione engine is based around the 1098’s motor but has an increased 1198.4cc capacity with a 2mm bigger bore and stroke of 106x67.9mm. To match this new
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Alternative Twins: Multistrada, R1200R, XB12R and GT650R
By Jon Urry on 01/02/2007 16:46:09
Talk of twins and it's a fair bet you'll be imagining a Ducati 999 or Aprilia Factory. But what are the 'alternative' two-pot choices?
CAPACITY - 17L TOP SPEED - 130.4mph 0-60 - n/aTANK RANGE - 110MILES
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First ride: Ducati 1098R
By Jon Urry on 06/11/2008 13:03:10
Thinking of buying a 1098R Ducati? Check out our first ride report of the ultimate factory superbike for the road
the 1098R a ‘pure and simple race bike,’ and it is. The new 1,198cc motor, up 100cc thanks to a bigger bore and stroke, has titanium con rods, titanium valves, a lightened crank, sand-cast cases, a slipper clutch, specially treated rocker arms to the same
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First Ride: 2008 Triumph Speed Triple
By Jon Urry on 10/04/2008 21:43:07
It’s Triumph best selling bike, a style icon, movie star and it’s still only 14 years old. Life is anything but dull with the Speed Triple as Jon Urry finds out on the roads of Lanzarote.
sold 1,100 bikes, which represented 16% of its total sales. A few years later (1997) the Triple gained its now iconic twin headlight setup and flat bars before remaining visually fairly similar (barring some vomit-inducing paint schemes) until 2005 when
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First Ride: Suzuki GSX1300R Hayabusa
By Jon Urry on 02/04/2008 18:24:39
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...
the indicators have been integrated into the bodywork.SPECS TYPE - HYPERSPORTS PRODUCTION DATE - 2007PRICE NEW - £8995ENGINE CAPACITY - 1340ccPOWER - 194bhp@9500rpmTORQUE - 114lb.ft@7200rpmWEIGHT - 220kgSEAT HEIGHT - 805mmFUEL CAPACITY - 21LTOP SPEED - 186mph0-60
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First Ride: 2007 Suzuki GSX-R1300 Hayabusa
By Jon Urry on 29/03/2008 10:23:35
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...
longer stroke, the Hayabusa's engine has a special bore coating to reduce internal friction and new three-ring forged aluminium-alloy slipper pistons that are 1.4 grams lighter than before. Compression is raised from 11.5:1 to 12.5:1 while the con rods
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Road Test: R1200R v. XB12R v. GT650R v Multistrada
By Jon Urry on 26/05/2008 14:59:28
Talk of twins and it's a fair bet you'll be imagining a Ducati 999 or Aprilia Factory. But what are the 'alternative' two-pot choices?
rpmTORQUE - 83.2lb.ft@5800rpmWEIGHT - 198kg SEAT HEIGHT - 800mmFUEL CAPACITY - 18LTOP SPEED - 139.6mph0-60 - n/aTANK RANGE - 187MILESSPECS - BUELLTYPE - STREETBIKEPRODUCTION DATE - 2007PRICE NEW - £7745ENGINE CAPACITY - 1203ccPOWER - 82.7bhp@6600rpm
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