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	1098R and the Fastest Island in the World By Jon Urry on 29/04/2010 16:03:13 Ducati’s glorious 1098R thrashed around the the Isle of Man just days before thousands of bikers got there for the 2008 TT. If there’s a two-wheeled heaven, this may just be it minute-by-minute timing to check that my mates have made it home.Most of the time they do, but in the last few years several have not. At these times I find myself questioning the validity of an event where life is lost so easily and regularly, which

	BMW HP2 Sport first ride review By Jon Urry on 04/05/2010 14:25:42 Is BMW’s HP2 Sport the ultimate Boxer, or just an over-priced showman? We spent a day on the road with the £15,000 BMW that floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee to green. Only when the last of the green lights is out will the bike run properly, that’s when the onboard diagnostic systems have run their checks and decided that the engine is up to temperature and ready for the off. Although you can still pull away, up

	Highland Fling By Jon Urry on 12/10/2007 12:23:42 Niall, James, Daryll and Jon venture north to celebrate Burns' night, eat Haggis and drink whisky. "They fought like Scotsmen. And won their freedom" , and more importantly its heater, is starting to look like a tempting prospect.A quick check of Teletext reveals that the snow isn't actually falling near our route and the temperature is a virtually tropical (for Scotland in January) 7° above zero. Excuses

	BMW R1200GS Adventure vs. Moscow By Jon Urry on 29/11/2010 13:36:29 Behind the Iron Curtain with only a BMW R1200GS Adventure for company, Comrade Urry sets out to explore a rapidly changing Moscow artics bearing down on you, one on each side of the road. At first it's terrifying but after a while it becomes normal. By the time I reached the Belarus border I was knackered. The guard took down some details, checked my passport and the bike

	Retro File: 1993 Ducati Monster M900 By Jon Urry on 24/09/2010 15:21:00 The bike that saved Ducati was a design icon, which remained unchanged for 15 years. Forget the 916, the Monster is the bike that made Ducati what it is today . After 50,000 miles the engine will need new piston rings and new main bearings, so it’s worth doing this and checking the sprag clutch.The engine is painted in heat resistant silver paint, which is easy to get done. Ask your bike shop to recommend a

	Second Hand By Jon Urry on 12/10/2007 12:49:25 With a Â£5000 budget we delve into the second-hand market to test four of the best used bargains around, the 2001 Aprilia Mille, 2000 Duacti 748, 2001 Honda Fireblade and 2001 Suzuki GSX-R750 ."Niall is equally bemused by the GSX-R: "Check it out. Why do people put blue screens on blue and white GSX-Rs? And look at the FireBlade's wheels. What the hell is that? It looks like the kind of tape we used to put on Mark III Cortinas."Daryll has discovered some

	Bare Naked Ladies: Tuono, Super Duke, Brutale & Speed Triple By Jon Urry on 12/10/2005 14:13:34 In search of naked satisfaction our lads strip down, strip off and head to the seediest street in Europe, Hamburg's Reeperbahn on the Aprilia Tuono Racing, KTM Super Duke, MV Brutale and Triumph Speed Triple We are only about 20 miles into France and things aren't going well. Three naked bikes are slip-streaming each other down the dual carriageway with about a foot separating their wheels.Every now and then point man Daryll tucks in an elbow to check

	First Ride: 2004 Kawasaki KLV1000 By Jon Urry on 30/03/2008 21:21:18 Haven't I seen you before somewhere? Deja-vu strikes as Urry rides Kawasaki's KLV1000. . Not so to Big K apparently, because it has even left the bloody Suzuki sticker on the frame. Next time you see a KLV, check out the frame number plaque - it has "Suzuki Motor Corporation" stamped on it!So what's different? Kawasaki has taken the V

	First Ride: 2006 Ducati Multistrada 1100 By Jon Urry on 02/04/2008 10:53:15 A Ducati with 50 per cent reduced maintenance costs? What have they done? Chopped off one of the cylinders? A confused Jon Urry investigates. They say: "Widening the horizons of all those who are sports motorcyclists" DucatiWe say: "It's the heavy clutch that has made my wrist limp, don't get any funny ideas about widening my horizons!" Jon UrryDucati's Multistrada has always had a

	First Ride: 2007 KTM 990R Super Duke By Jon Urry on 02/04/2008 16:18:38 Urry's been to Hungary to track test KTM's super spec Super Duke. The new 990R Super Duke has been 'built for the love of it' say KTM. Which suggests there wasn't any need for this uprated Super Duke but we're glad it's here, because it's even better than the stocker.To be completely honest (it's the only way Jon