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Niall Mackenzie Column - Jan 2005
By Niall Mackenzie on 01/01/2005 13:14:20
Winds of change blow again
Dark horses?No sooner had the season finished than all thoughts turned to who would do what in 2005. A few new rider/team line ups have formed already, and for my money there are lots of potential new top three riders. Or, if you like, Dark Horses.I worked with Karl Harris a coup...
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First Ride: 2004 BMW R1100S Boxer Cup Replika
By Niall Mackenzie on 30/03/2008 21:37:30
BMW's take on 'race bike for the road' makes a refreshing change from the usual Jap fare.
My short relationship with the limited edition BMW R1100S BoxerCup Replika was an adventure to say the least. Yes, it was a little traumatic - not to mention expensive - at times, but an adventure none the less.All I had wanted to do was get a few miles under my belt in the hope ...
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First Ride: 2006 MV Agusta F4 1000R
By Niall Mackenzie on 22/09/2010 14:30:00
MV has always boasted it builds the most beautiful bikes in the world, but our Niall's not so sure. Will this new offering change his mind?
Click to read: MV Agusta F4 1000R owners reviews, MV Agusta F4 1000R specs and to see the MV Agusta F4 1000R image gallery.Claudio Castiglioni, big boss of MV Agusta, would like to put everyone's minds at rest regarding the future of MV Agusta. During the Misano launch of the MV ...
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First Ride: 2005 Kawasaki ZX-6R
By Niall Mackenzie on 19/02/2005 16:32:41
It's all change in the supersport class. First Yamaha, then Honda, now Kawasaki. Niall braves the rain again and tries his best to stay on board the new ZX-6R
flagged by nervous Kawasaki staff wanting to keep their bikes in one piece.So instead the surrounding quiet but challenging roads were where we put the much-changed middleweight Kawasaki through its paces. Waiting for the rain to clear gave me a good
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Niall Mackenzie Column - Feb 2007
By Niall Mackenzie on 01/02/2007 10:27:32
A South African experience has seen Niall Mackenzie return a changed man. It could have been "I'm an ex-GP racer, get me out of here!" But no, Spuds concedes, Ducati are the boys
became 998 cc in 1995, and although the bore and stroke has changed since the race bikes are still the very same displacement today. I also believed that if the Japanese ever got serious and built a proper twin-cylinder race bike then Ducati wouldn't have
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Living with a 2005 Honda Hornet 600
By Niall Mackenzie on 15/11/2005 12:10:56
Niall Mackenzie rags his Hornet 600 all in the name of giving us lot a long term review. And it worked
've found myself with a GSX-R1000 for the last three years and it was time for a change.Being a child of the 70s I dribbled many times over a maroon Honda CB400-Four that was parked up halfway along my milk round. It seemed really dinky, and the four
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Living with a 2008 Suzuki GSX-R750
By Niall Mackenzie on 16/01/2009 12:55:14
Niall Mackenzie reviews the 2008 Suzuki GSX-R750 throughout a year of abuse
to change them however was because I noticed a crack appeared across the width of the rear tyre. I’m not sure what the reason is for this, I’m not a tyre expert and woudn’t want to come to any misguided conclusions, but I’ve been told that dealers would fit
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Living with a 2007 KTM SuperDuke
By Niall Mackenzie on 23/03/2008 10:47:31
Niall Mackenzie's long term review of the KTM SuperDuke
March 2008Since I took delivery of this black beauty in May ‘07 it has rarely failed to bring a smile to my face. Be it on a summer’s day, jacket and jeans blast (a rare occurrence last year I admit) or a full wet suit trudge up the M1 I have never tired of my stealth machine. Th...
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First Ride: 2005 Honda CRF450R - CRF250R
By Niall Mackenzie on 30/03/2008 22:29:28
Niall gives Honda's '05 model CRF450 and 250 'crossers a muddy run for their money.
Apart from winning the grin of the month award, having two motocross launches in two weeks gave me a great opportunity to compare two of the fastest moto-crossers ever built, the Suzuki RM-Z450 and the Honda CRF450R.CRF450RThe Honda hasn't changed
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First Ride: 2009 Suzuki GSX-R1000K9
By Niall Mackenzie on 03/03/2009 13:59:17
Niall Mackenzie fires back his initial thoughts from Almeria on Suzuki's latest flagship sportsbike
I'M NOT sure if it was deliberate but Suzuki has somehow managed to build a completely new motorcycle but kept the changes so subtle you could easily mistake it for the K7/K8 model. I’ve attended launches when manufacturers have claimed ‘forty five
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