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Road Test: 2005 1000cc Superbike Review
By Tim Dickson on 27/04/2008 20:26:21
There's a stretch of autoroute south of Clermont Ferrand that is the perfect tonic to the preceding several hundred miles of motorway monotony - if riding four of the world's finest litre bikes can ever be considered monotonous.
bacon.The limited tank range highlights a personal bugbear of mine. Why do sports bikes have inverted forks? Because racers have them. Radial brakes? Because racers have them. Multi-adjustable suspension, super-sharp chassis and massively powerful
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Excess all areas - June 2005 - 1000's test
By Tim Dickson on 01/06/2005 13:40:06
TWO head to France to test out the Honda CBR1000RR, Kawasaki ZX-10R, Suzuki GSX-R1000 K5 and Yamaha YZF-R1.
bacon.The limited tank range highlights a personal bugbear of mine. Why do sports bikes have inverted forks? Because racers have them. Radial brakes? Because racers have them. Multi-adjustable suspension, super-sharp chassis and massively powerful
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Living with a 2004 Yamaha YZF-R6
By Tim Dickson on 15/06/2004 10:18:07
Tim proves that the Yamaha R6 can handle the tracks, the commute and life as a tourer
with the standard adjusters, but it's possible to redress some of the imbalance. I've wound up the front preload to stop the forks collapsing under the weight of me and the bike, and increased rebound damping to control their return from full compression
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Road Test: SXV5.5 v. ZZR1400 v. GSX-R750 v. Rocket
By Niall Mackenzie, Tim Dickson, John Hogan, Jon Urry on 20/05/2008 10:30:19
Motorcycling with the mostest and living with extremes: Kawasaki ZZR1400, Triumph Rocket III, Suzuki GSX-R750 and an Aprilia SXV5.5. Can too much ever be enough?
result in my book! Kawasaki ZZR1400Special excess: a claimed 197bhp Lived with: Tim DicksonSaturday 15 July, 2006. 11.15am. Put leathers on, open garage, wheel out ZZR1400. Head down the M40 into London, ride through the centre of town and out the other
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