're making progress.I approach a set of lights, they go to orange. There's a white van in front of me, so of course he's going to gas it through them and I'm going to tuck in behind him. That's London rules. But hang on. He's braking. Really? I grab a handful

smoother the the last. Then there's DQS, which is Ducati's Quick Shift, it helps you feel in gears with such speed you wonder whether it's actually cheating. Then there's EBC, which is Ducati's Engine Brake Control, designed to help keep the rear wheel

and actual weight, it feels more nimble than you'd think it had any right to be. It might surprise you to know that the bike wasn't extensively developed on a high-speed ring, instead most of its development was on country roads with a bit of autobahn testing

shock. On top of this you get an upgraded Brembo master cylinder, Brembo radial monoblock front brakes, a quickshifter, fancy paint and carbon fibre goodies.The 675R comes fitted with Pirelli's Supercorsa SP tyres but the model I rode was fitted

tail light from the R1, there's no mistaking Yamaha want the TMAX to ooze sporty appeal.The TMAX BLACK MAX we tested features a matt-black finish and a matt-black Akrapovic slip-on exhaust. It looks the part.Sat on the TMAX it feels small and squat. It

like a mean solo on a bass guitar.For those few seconds I was hard pressed to tell the difference between the Streetfighter 848 and the firm's baby superbike, the 848 EVO.Popping out from behind the clocks and hard on the brakes to scrub off as much

refreshing amount of muscle - certainly enough to highlight the limitations of the suspension and brakes - but its limitations were really the key to its charm. You didn’t need to go 100mph to feel like you were up no good. On a Z750 you were almost always up

is the Öhlins TTX36, as used on the Daytona 675R and Panigale S. Once again, the spring in the Speed Triple R's rear shock is slightly stiffer than that of the standard bike; it uses a 100 instead of a 95.The Brembo monobloc braking setup is the same as what

and take the edge of rain-soaked city roads.Our test model, in Black, looks sharp on its own, but when parked up with other bikes it blends in and disappears under the radar, hopefully meaning it'll be less likely to be pinched.vs. Long BlastsThe A303 isn

that make the new ZX-10R so good. It handles like a 600, infact better than most. The front end feels so plush, so precise and very light. In order to build confidence, I have to trust the front-end and when I was running into corners too hot in the early