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My S1000RR has landed.
By Niall Mackenzie on 13/04/2011 10:04:33
All ran in and good to go.
Last week God liked me. First thing Monday morning just after BBC Breakfast’s Scottish weather woman predicted three days of sunshine an E mail popped up saying my new S1000RR had landed at Pidcocks. Mint! Some may say I’m boring as this is my
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BMW 1000RR and the Honda C70, are they indestructible?
By Niall Mackenzie on 20/04/2011 11:39:57
I’ve managed 1374 miles on the Michelin Power Pures (mostly on track) and although we’ve had some decent temperatures they still look like new so there’s plenty meat left for another month at least. I’ve been running them at 30psi front and 32psi
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Winter weather but summer carries on.
By Niall Mackenzie on 14/06/2011 12:43:34
New kit and what about Vale at Silverstone?
compact V4 Aprilia definitely felt more circuit focused but needed to be ridden hard before it would handle properly. The quick shifter, anti wheelie and traction control were probably more refined than the BMW's but overall the S1000RR is a more user
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2011 ZX-10R: 685 miles, first impressions
By Ben Cope on 01/06/2011 10:26:07
How does the 2011 ZX-10R stack up in the real world?
into London and back-road blasts. I'm pretty happy with that, although Mark Forsyth smugly claims a higher mpg from his 2011 Honda Fireblade.I'm getting around 135 miles between fill-ups, which is good enough for me. On the BMW S1000RR that I took
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First UK Ride: 2012 Yamaha YZF-R1 review
By Ben Cope on 05/12/2011 21:04:59
We're granted exclusive first UK ride. Yamaha enters the traction control club, revising its flagship sportsbike for 2012. Does it move the game on?
wheel and measures the difference in speed between the two. The important difference between the new R1's traction control and that of the BMW S1000RR, Kawasaki ZX-10R and Aprilia RSV4 APRC SE is that the R1's system is reactive. Unlike the others
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