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Living with a 2007 Triumph Tiger 1050
By Jon Urry on 16/05/2007 13:45:58
Urry swaps the speed of sports bike for the sedate Tiger 1050 to experience the sense of adventure
for long-term testing. It's a hell of a perk of the job. So, faced with new GSX-R1000s, R1s, ZX-6Rs, Z1000s, CBR600RRs, what did I choose? Triumph's Tiger 1050. Why? I have finally had my fill (for the time being at least) of 'owning' sports bikes
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Best of British
By Jon Urry on 01/03/2007 23:36:25
There are still a few bulldogs out there, bearing their teeth at the foreign hordes. Let's celebrate all things British with a little help from two of our own musical legends. Pip pip and tally ho!
. While the original was the CBR600RR of its day and favoured by rocker racers, you aren't going to be doing much tearing around on the new Bonneville.For 2007 the Bonnie gets the new 865cc motor, but it's still a bit of a wet drip. There's nothing really
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Road Test: Hornet 600 v Z750 v Bandit 650 v FZ6
By Jon Urry on 27/04/2008 22:03:57
Whitham takes us by the hand and leads us through the streets of Huddersfield. Four battered middleweights, a bag of chips and a Fanta, please.
relieved to have prised the Hornet's keys out of Niall's clenched fist before we left. On unfamiliar roads the Honda is the perfect tool. Its CBR-derived engine is smooth enough to flatter even the most cack-handed riding. Enter a corner too slowly
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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...
diluted. A CBR600RR isn’t a race bike with lights, it’s a million miles from the WSS racer, it just looks the same. But Ducati’s 1098R really is as close as it gets. Its performance is mind-bending, the handling stunning and the level of technology you get
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Road Test: Middleweight Test
By Jon Urry on 22/04/2008 20:52:45
We put seven of the best naked middleweights through our toughest test ever...
under the seat, the pegs are pretty high and there's no grab-rail. Move to the Hornet and the heritage thing comes across. The '98 CBR600 motor is from yester-year, armed with smaller carbs (34mm as opposed to 36mm) for better mid-range. Practical stuff
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Road Test: Supersport Superstars
By Jon Urry, Niall Mackenzie, James Whitham on 24/04/2008 18:56:19
How do you split five of the best supersport machines ever made? It's not easy, but using two of the UK's most successful and experienced racers, a Spanish race track and a day's riding on dry mountain roads is certainly a good start...
's the trade off for quick steering. Great motor and through the corners it's ace, makes you push harder.""You just can't upset the CBR," reckoned Niall, "I love this, it feels stronger than before, especially driving out of corners. The old one was as flat
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