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First Ride: 2006 KTM 950 Adventure review
By Visordown on 13/10/2006 16:59:01
KTM's first 950 Adventure won over a horde of fans when it first hit the market with rave reviews. So what's it like on a blast to France?
This review is part of the Monster Trailies Lap France mega-test review. Click the link for the rivals.Relaxing on a Spanish beach after a hard day's riding with sausages sizzling and a cool San Miguel to hand. This is how I pictured this test
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Ducati 848 vs. Brands Hatch. Brands wins
By Barry Tavner on 04/11/2010 14:25:24
Highway to Heaven: Six bikes, six roads, six twats, six stories. The ruin of a potentially perfect day at his favourite piece of tarmac in South East England by Mr Barry Tavner
reason, the second is less shallow – it is such a special experience to ride an 848. The noise, the feel, the performance, the handling. It really is an occasion. My dream bike, no question about it.Tuesday started really well warm, early morning
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First Ride: Ducati Diavel Carbon review
By Ben Cope on 07/02/2011 12:11:18
The Diavel is in the details. So is it any good?
“So, ah. How do you like ah cruising in Bolognese sauce?” says Ducati’s Marketing Director to me as we sit down for a coffee having tackled the amazingly twisty and sun-drenched Ronda road in Spain.And that's the thing, the Diavel is hard
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Niall's Spin: 2000 Honda Fireblade CBR900RR
By Niall Mackenzie on 07/10/2010 15:59:52
With an exciting family pedigree the 2000 Honda Fireblade had the unfortunate moniker of the 'sensible 'Blade'. Niall Mackenzie gives his feedback of the CBR900RR-Y
are better than '00 machines) especially low-down. And the handling could still be twitchy like previous Blades - fast riding track day types will favour a steering damper.It's worth checking carefully for crash damage as this was the FireBlade where
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First Ride: 2003 Yamaha XV1700 Road Star
By Kev Ash on 04/07/2003 10:33:43
Welcome to the slightly different world of the great big cruiser with Yamaha's latest (and larger) incarnation of its 1600 Wild Star. Big and shiny it certainly is, but is it any good?
in handling and outright speed to fob them off with plain bad performance in both areas. And because almost all of them have been doing it, the riders haven't known any better and the manufacturers have got away with real shoddiness.The irony is, along
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First Ride: 2004 Yamaha FZ6 Fazer
By Jon Urry on 05/11/2003 11:23:19
Having resisted the urge to tear down the hotel curtains and make them into a set of lederhosen, Jon Urry braves rain and ice-rink-like Austrian roads to put Yamaha's new emissions-friendly Fazer to the test
days there I now know Austria is famous for one other thing - roads that turn into an ice rink at the first sign of water.Unfortunately for the launch of the Fazer the Brits brought with them the British weather, so these first impressions are really
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First Ride: 2009 Derbi Terra 125 review
By Catherine Barrett on 23/02/2009 11:37:26
Punchy, easy-to-handle Terra takes confident Cat and her girly hands through the test and for country weekends
that lovely steering lock. Module 2 is the road part of the test and I just relaxed and concentrated on the ride knowing the Terra wouldn’t spring any surprises.It must have worked. I passed. The Terra is a great bike for riders who, like me, are still
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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…
by launching the bikes in the local area and organising a route that involved the twisting roads of the Black Hills before culminating in us being dumped right in the centre of all the action – Sturgis’ Main Street.The logic behind this decision was not only
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What The Press Say: Ducati 1199 Panigale reviews
By Visordown on 12/02/2012 10:24:41
The verdict from the motorcycle press on Ducati's revolutionary new superbike, the 1199 Panigale
and gives the bike a factory racebike feel. The better riding position is perfect for real-world riders and road use.” Matt Hull, RiDE – May 2012"The Panigale is still unmistakably a Ducati, but with the rough edges and character smoothed out. If you
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First ride: Rieju RS3 125LC
By mark forsyth on 21/04/2011 10:27:02
Spanish 125 - Yamaha engine
fun, too.Because my eldest lad has now taken to the road it's given me the opportunity to ride lots of different learner models as we hunt for a likely candidate and, guess what, that Rieju name crops up again.The Rieju RS3 125LC looks drop
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