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Advanced Riding Course: Wet Weather Rain Tips
By Jon Urry on 03/11/2008 13:34:33
Advanced riding tips to help you improve your wet weather motorcycle riding skills
With the help of James Whitham, who admits that "the only way I used to go fast in the wet was to follow the guy in front of me, and then try to go a bit quicker," read, digest, adjust your tyre pressures accordingly and go for a nuclear ride
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Under a Tuscan Sky
By Jon Urry on 25/10/2010 10:40:06
Exploring the best parts of Italy on a rabid KTM Super Duke over a long weekend is concentrated adventure riding that anyone can do. All you need is a Visa card and a backpack
By about the 15th hotel I’m starting to understand what Mary and Joseph went through, except I don’t have a pregnant missus bending my ear about not booking a hotel in advance, I’ve got a 21kg (verified by Easyjet’s scales) kit bag dragging behind
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600s still got it - Suzuki GSX-R600, Yamaha R6 and Kawasaki ZX-6R used test
By Jon Urry on 23/06/2010 12:37:54
Terrified of technology? We hark back to a time when life was sweet and sports 600s were far less complicated beasts
the budget option. Inverted forks? Not a chance. Radial brakes? Far too much money and as for slipper clutches, well, they were purely for the racetrack. How things change.As it stands today the Supersports 600s are just as technologically advanced
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The Blood Runners - Emergency Riders
By Jon Urry on 04/10/2011 11:33:33
We spend a night shadowing SERV riders who give up free time to transport emergency blood between hospitals to give those in need a fighting chance
a biker was knocked off and rushed to hospital. His mates, who were out riding with him, followed the ambulance to the hospital only to be told by the staff that they were out of his specific type of blood. A biker volunteered to ride to a nearby
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First Ride: 2006 Yamaha YZF-R6 review
By Jon Urry on 20/09/2010 22:11:15
The R6 is reborn with a competition-bred 'no compromise' attitude. But is all this race-ready technology a step too far for the road?
, you get the idea.As a piece of technological ingenuity, the R6 is far more advanced than any of the current 1000cc sports bikes. And it costs £1500 less than they do.It also works very well. Like I said, forget anything about giving the engine an easy
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First Ride: KTM 990SMT ABS
By Jon Urry on 27/01/2011 16:56:44
KTM add ABS to their all-rounder, so, the big question: is it any good?
?The Bosch 9M+ is, KTM claim, the most advanced ABS system on the market and is actually a generation ahead of BMW’s S1000RR’s brakes. Adding it to the SMT has only increased the bike’s weight by 1kg (530g is the modulator pump, the rest is additional hoses
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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?
' if you've previously owned one for any period of time. Erik Buell's radical and technologically advanced 'cycle uses a whole host of fresh ideas combined with the oldest - Harley-Davidson's push-rod, air-cooled V-twin 1203cc Sportster motor. It's a sports
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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?
' if you've previously owned one for any period of time. Erik Buell's radical and technologically advanced 'cycle uses a whole host of fresh ideas combined with the oldest - Harley-Davidson's push-rod, air-cooled V-twin 1203cc Sportster motor. It's a sports
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Living with a 2008 Triumph Street Triple
By Jon Urry on 16/11/2008 12:24:40
Jon Urry is a lovely chap and he's quite tidy on a motorcycle y'know? He reviews this Street Triple for a year for your delectation
was ridden on a very hard road ride through some unbelievably twisty roads and almost certainly wheelied every time the rider was forced to drop into first or second gear. This trauma over he was then stuck back in a van and returned to the UK, which is when
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Road Test: Ducati 999s vs. 1098s
By Niall Mackenzie, Jon Urry on 26/05/2008 15:34:01
The 999 didn't win so many hearts, but it won a lot of races. The 1098 has us weak at the knees but can it perform? Dukes go head-to-head in Spain.
factory. In the UK demand has been so high it has sold out until July and still orders are being taken, which proves the point: give us what we want and we will buy it. But is the new Ducati as big a step forward when it comes to riding as it is visually
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