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Living with a 2005 GSX-R1000 K5
By Tim Dickson on 15/07/2005 12:24:27
The vert thorough Tim Dickson five the mighty GSX-R1000 a year-long review. What's it like to live with?
6-11,000rpm, then gains a couple of bhp at the top with the motor feeling crisper and freer-revving. Baffle out it's ahead from 5000rpm to the limiter, making nearly 10bhp more at the top with a healthy 5bhp boost across the midrange. Nice to have
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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
knew most of that already, but it was fun making sure.January 2005The R6's standard exhaust does the best it can but strangles the motor above 12,500rpm. Power drops off sharply after that, and there's little to be gained revving beyond 13,000 - that
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Living with a 2006 Yamaha FZ1 Fazer
By Tim Dickson on 16/07/2006 09:57:24
Tim Dickson likes his Fazer FZ1 dirty
33.5mpg or so to 40mpg, and 44mpg easily attainable. A PCIII costs £280 (www.dynojet.co.uk for stockists and more info), with, say £100 or so spent on a custom set-up. With the new mpg extrapolated over 10,000 miles (a year's mileage, say) I'd save
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