| |
 |
First Ride: 2002 Harley-Davidson VRSCA V-Rod review
By Bertie Simmonds on 27/03/2008 21:03:21
Harley-Davidson unleash their most important model for 50 years. With a watercooled, 115bhp, 60¡ V-twin motor straight out of their VR1000 racebike, it marks the start of a new direction for the Milwaukee firm. This is big.
, nothing could prepare me for the bike I saw. This is the boldest move for Harley-Davidson in recent history and this is the VRSCA V-Rod.V is for V-twin, R is for racing, S is for street, C is for custom and A means this is the first of a new breed
|
|
 |
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
and apparently was a noted 'fag hag' who once told the unmarried female producer of the show to get herself "a nice poof..." Bikes and scooters were one of her passions (along with the booze and fags) and since the 1970s she rode a Honda C90 as a means to get
|
|
 |
First Ride: 2001 Honda VTX1800
By Bertie Simmonds on 29/03/2008 13:12:58
There's a low, mean burbling coming from somewhere near my pants as my posterior is pummeled by a searing wave of torque. God, can you believe I've just written such tosh?
sales.So, it's a good, comfortable, well-braked bike. Despite sheer size and torque, it's not an intimidating creature - more of a Val Doonican than a Keith Flint.It's just a shame that I can't get Honda's superb - and comparitively priced - F6C Valkyrie
|
|
 |
Living with a 2003 Kawasaki Z1000
By Bertie Simmonds on 12/07/2003 15:18:14
Uncertainty soon turns to attraction as the big Zed wins over Bert
for the miles and the roads I regularly use?Thankfully, Saturday dawned bright and clear. Time to gel with her. My local B-roads were superb on the Z1000, just like they were on my old ZX-9R C2. That beefy mid-range, courtesy of the bigger 953cc mill and fuel
|
|
 |
Living with a 2001 Honda CBR929RR Fireblade
By Bertie Simmonds on 26/04/2002 10:59:44
Former TWO magazine editor, Bertie Simmonds, talks about his experience of owning a Honda CBR929RR Fireblade
under lock, key and cover chez Bertie, the Blade started on the button, first time of asking when I fired her up to get back down t0 the office after my time off. And since then I've eventually managed to put another 800 miles on the Blade in the last
|
|
|
|
|
