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Motorcycle Suspension Tuning Setup
By Jon Urry on 14/10/2010 14:33:56
Motorcycle handling like a pogo stick with a broken spring? Don't know your prebound from your depression? You need to learn your bike's language and find out just what your suspension is trying to tell you
, which in turn slows down the steering.Test 2Minimum compression damping on the forksNiall "The bike felt really high at the front. It was okay on the brakes but exiting corners it ran wide and wandered about."Jon "The steering was really slow, like
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Summer Fun - Suzuki GSX-R1000K2, KTM 690SM, Yamaha XJR1300 and Triumph Thruxton
By Jon Urry on 10/05/2010 11:39:08
Right now is the time for enjoying the sun on two wheels. Whether it’s maximum speed or maximum cool you’re after, we rounded up the four best second-hand bikes we could find for £4,000 that provide the biggest bang for your summer buck
Summer and bikes is when it all makes sense. It’s what motorcycles were invented for. The nights are long, anything above 15 degrees is considered acceptable and suddenly you can’t wait to get out there. You’ve waited six long, dark months
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Insurance Refugees: TLR, VFR800, ZX-12R & ZX-10R
By Jon Urry on 21/10/2008 15:22:43
Some secondhand bikes have slipped through the insurance net and can be bought and insured for less than half the price of a new supersport machine. We grabbed a 22 year-old student and found the most ridiculous insurance deals on these four
Insurance has always been a dirty word in motorcycling. Spiralling annual premiums and the crippling cost of having your bike covered puts many riders off owning a high-performance machine altogether, so much so that many manufacturers are being
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First Ride: 2008 Triumph Speed Triple
By Jon Urry on 10/04/2008 21:43:07
It’s Triumph best selling bike, a style icon, movie star and it’s still only 14 years old. Life is anything but dull with the Speed Triple as Jon Urry finds out on the roads of Lanzarote.
I was a little surprised when Triumph invited us out to Lanzarote to ride its 2008 Speed Triple. As far as I could tell the bike had only gained a set of flash new wheels and a slightly different rear end in its first update since it went all stubby
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American Muscle - Yamaha V-Max
By Jon Urry on 09/09/2009 17:39:26
In 1985 Yamaha launched an unashamed brute of a bike. Born on the drag strip the V-Max was a mass of metal and chrome which instantly drew a cult following. Now, 23 years on, does the old master still command any respect?
-old bike, how nasty could it really be? About three hours later I was heading for a hedge, eyes as big as saucers, while below me the Vmax wobbled and weaved as the chassis attempted to untie itself from the knot its suspension had wound itself into
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Second Summer - used test
By Jon Urry on 07/09/2009 15:03:03
Right now is the time for enjoying the sun on two wheels. Whether it’s maximum speed or maximum cool you’re after, we rounded up the four best second-hand bikes we could find for £4,000 that provide the biggest bang for your summer buck...
Right now is the time for enjoying the sun on two wheels. Whether it’s maximum speed or maximum cool you’re after, we rounded up the four best second-hand bikes we could find for £4,000 that provide the biggest bang for your summer buck
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First Ride: Ducati 1098R
By Jon Urry on 10/04/2008 21:09:57
If you can’t beat them, get the rules changed so you can then build a bike with all the bits you need to dominate the racetrack out of the box. Ducati’s 1098R is pure WSB homologation magic...
as Casey Stoner uses on his MotoGP bike.The reason for my attempted burst of heroism is simple. I need to see if the traction control system on Ducati’s new 1098R really works. Unfortunately there is only one way to do this – whack the throttle open while
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The GSX-R Family
By Jon Urry on 10/11/2004 13:57:52
Like a Mafioso crime family the GSX-R clan has forced a place in biking society through aggression and intimidation. With two new members introduced this year we gather the family together for a reunion
Four letters, that's all. Four consonants that, if Carol Vorderman had picked them out and placed them on the Countdown board, even the maddeningly squirmworthy Richard Whiteley wouldn't have uttered a mundane comment about. G, S, X and R. On the face of it they don't look like m...
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Road Test: Suzuki Bandit 1200 VS 1250
By Jon Urry on 13/04/2008 13:34:51
With a cult following that makes Scientology look like a small book club gathering, Suzuki’s Bandit 1200 has brought big-bore grunt to the biking masses. Does the new water-cooled engine continue this reign, or relegate it now to a forgotten religion?
Ask most riders what bike they think did the most to define the 1990s and they will probably say Ducati’s 916, Honda’s FireBlade or Suzuki’s GSX-R750. Which is fair enough, as those have always been the attention grabbers, but there is a bike
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Italian Exotica - Aprilia RSV-R Mille, Benelli Tornado & Ducati 999
By Jon Urry on 08/12/2003 15:14:26
When it comes to style few can match the Italians. But is Ducati's 999, Benelli's Tornado and Aprilia's RSV-R's beauty only skin deep?
be true, beauty could only be skin deep, but let's be truthful here - a trophy girlfriend is still a great thing to have. Even if after a while you find yourself wishing you had the old faithful back.And that's what these Italian bikes are like. They aren
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