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True Grit - Bikers with disability
By Bertie Simmonds on 31/03/2010 12:38:11
Getting hurt, badly hurt, on your bike isn’t something any of us like to talk about. But it happens. And not always to the other guy.
, the first bike I bought was an FJ1200 Yamaha, but it was too heavy so within a week I swapped it for a 1991 FZR1000 EXUP. Now I’ve got a mint Honda NC30 with a heel brake. I’ve also got an Aprilia SR125 scooter with a 172cc big-bore kit, a Honda CRF230, a
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One day, scooters will take over motorbikes
By Bertie Simmonds on 27/03/2010 10:08:12
Scooters will succeed bikes as the planet's two-wheeler of choice
of Europe, Italy especially. Now here's the interesting bit. Honda launched the bike in Sicily and we were told that 30,000 of the machines would probably make their way to that country in 2007. Next up will be Spain, with perhaps around 10,000 earmarked
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Used Review: Kawasaki ZX-6R 1997 - 2001
By Bertie Simmonds on 05/04/2008 13:29:51
The ZX-6R exploded onto the scene in 1995 and has been with us ever since. Bertie Simmonds explores the myriad of myths and litany of lies about the G and J models of the big K's popular middleweight blaster.
formula and constructed the new ZX-6R for 1995. Suddenly the sporty and practical CBR was blown into the weeds.The ZX-6RF1 had a stoating, all-new 599cc motor which, allied to Kawasaki's ram-air system gave the bike a rear-wheel 93bhp and an intake roar
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Icon: Che Guevara
By Bertie Simmonds on 22/10/2010 16:52:09
A political icon from the Swinging 60s and owner of the second most famous beret in the world (after Frank Spencer's) it's little known that Che was a very keen motorcyclist and biking author. Good on him...
's minister of industry in 1961-65 following Castro's take over of Cuba in 1959. Bored of Government, he left Cuba in 1965 to foster revolution abroad and came unstuck in the jungles of Bolivia in 1967, when he was wounded, captured and then executed
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Used Review: Honda CBR600F 1999-2002
By Bertie Simmonds on 05/04/2008 14:01:56
Year-on-year since its introduction in 1987, Honda's venerable CBR600F has been the undisputed king in the white-hot battle royal of the middleweight 600cc sports category. Bertie Simmonds checks out the last of the line
300,000 bikers can't be wrong. That's how many people who, the world over, have purchased Honda's evergreen favourite - the CBR600F - in the last 18 years.Back in 1987 Honda saw Kawasaki and Yamaha having a laugh in the middleweight sportsbike class
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Used Review: Suzuki GSX-R750
By Bertie Simmonds on 28/09/2008 16:25:56
A classic headbanger's bike, the SRAD and 750Y models of the legendary GSX-R were once giant killers. But how do they stand the ravages of time?
...Performance wise, it was close to the 'Blade with 122 claimed bhp and an altogether more fiery disposition. For years it stayed the same (save for fuel-injection in 1998) before again transmogrifying itself into another litre-beater sportsbike, the GSX-R750Y
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Icon: Two Fat Ladies - Proper TV cooks
By Bertie Simmonds on 22/06/2002 16:04:43
Two thundering game birds who cooked thundering game birds, and batted about on a trusty Thunderbird combination
it up.What made the show was the girls cavalier attitude to life. As well as riding the Trumpet, they liked their tabs and booze and had a killer line in thigh-slapping banter. Jennifer was born in 1928 and was expelled from convent school at 15 saying
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Used Review: Kawasaki ZX-9R (B1 - F2P)
By Bertie Simmonds on 05/04/2008 16:32:53
Kawasaki built a Blade beater for 1998, just in time for Yamaha's R1 to trump the pair of 'em. But all was not lost - the ZX-9R drew a dedicated following.
in the UK, it ably filled a gap between the ZXR750 sports tool and the ZZ-R1100 tourer.Things changed in 1998 as Kawasaki got serious. In came shark-like sleekness, less weight (183kg dry, down from 215) and more power - 143 claimed bhp, a whopping 18bhp
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Public Access - James Toseland Road Ride
By Bertie Simmonds on 01/09/2006 14:46:03
With just days to go before Brands Hatch WSB, Bertie Simmonds takes a road ride on the wild side with 2004 World champ and Great British hope James Toseland
Toseland had wiped the floor with his competitors in the 1997 CB500 Cup, and had special dispensation to ride in the British Supersport 600 championship at just 16 years of age. He finished third overall. I also remember this talented lad being a little bit
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