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Getting into biking on a budget
By aenikata on 22/06/2007 16:56:09
Chinese bikes are here to stay - for better or worse?
functioning as expected, and a little care on the purchasers part can make this much less likely.On the parts quality, some parts that appear to be chrome in a picture may turn out to be plastic. This isn't exclusive to Chinese bikes, but it still surprises
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Road Test: Suzuki Bandit 1200 VS 1250
By Jon Urry on 13/04/2008 13:34:51
With a cult following that makes Scientology look like a small book club gathering, Suzuki’s Bandit 1200 has brought big-bore grunt to the biking masses. Does the new water-cooled engine continue this reign, or relegate it now to a forgotten religion?
to the new style with a digital speedo and analogue clock (previously both dials were analogue). Unfortunately the horrible fake chrome surround was retained. A few bits of plastic were altered here and there, the most noticeable being the half-faired Bandit
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First Ride: 2008 Triumph Speed Triple
By Jon Urry on 10/04/2008 21:43:07
It’s Triumph best selling bike, a style icon, movie star and it’s still only 14 years old. Life is anything but dull with the Speed Triple as Jon Urry finds out on the roads of Lanzarote.
changes, all I can say is good riddance to the horrible tacky chrome-plated bars. Street bikes need a big set of chunky bars, not something that would look at home on a Raleigh bicycle. I like the new blacked out fork legs and while some say the twin
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First Ride: 2007 Suzuki GSX650F
By Jon Bentman on 10/04/2008 22:51:37
Just a Bandit with a full fairing? TWO flies to France and discovers the new GSX650F is a bike that’s much greater than the sum of its parts.
protection for the rider. The fairing mounted mirrors do a decent job too. The instruments, a white faced tacho and LCD speedo are again GSX-R-alike, offering a cool upgrade over the chromed case retro clocks on the Bandit. Practical types might lament
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Living with a 2006 Triumph Scrambler
By James Whitham on 15/06/2006 16:49:10
James Whitham knows a thing or three about bikes. So how did he get on with the Triumph Scrambler?
is the best bit - I don't look anything like Steve McQueen! But there you go...After I moaned about the Scrambler being too quiet, Triumph, bless 'em, sent a goody box of shiny things to bolt on. Ooh, it was like Christmas - a single seat and chrome rack
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Road Test: F800S v Derbi v 883R v ER-6N v MT-03
By Jon Urry on 26/05/2008 14:04:30
In a fashion conscious market what does it take to stand out from the crowd and attract a new breed of rider? Say hello to the new wave in motorcycle design .
-biker and invariaibly the reply is 'oh, is it a Harley?'So what's the first step on the road to Harley-dom like? The first thing to remember is that Harleys are meant to be big, thumping, imposing machines with mountains of chrome and huge, visible engines. The 883R isn
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Ring Cycles
By Colin Goodwin on 01/07/2005 14:09:10
Poking death with a stick then running away scared, our four intrepid testers take on the Nurburgring armed with four sports tourers, BMW R1200 ST, Ducati ST3, Honda VFR800 and Triumph Sprint ST
't like the chrome stripe on the fairing sides. It looks like it's come off a Hillman Minx." After lunch at a hotel next to the Spa circuit we ride into the Ardennes. I've never been into this region before, and the others soon realise, as after 40 minutes
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Road Test: Tuono vs 749 Dark vs. 660SM vs Thruxton
By Niall Mackenzie on 22/04/2008 21:17:41
Niall Mackenzie re-lives his youth and heads for Bonnie Scotland, with four very different bikes.
come close to converting me. For a start, I liked the matt black finish, which contrasted well with the standard chrome fork legs and the big white dash, plus I've always thought black is the only colour that suits the unusual look of the 21st century
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Road Test: Tuono v Duke v Brutale v Speed Triple
By Jon Urry on 27/04/2008 21:07:12
In search of naked satisfaction our lads strip down, strip off and head to the seediest street in Europe, Hamburg's Reeperbahn.
."It looks cheap, like the designers have had a sneak around the factory and pinched parts to bolt onto a bike. Look at the bars, this bike needs Renthals, in gold. Not those thin, chrome things," he moaned.But I had a feeling that a ride would soon change
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Road Test: R1200ST v. ST3 v. VFR800 v. Sprint ST
By Colin Goodwin on 27/04/2008 22:29:47
Poking death with a stick then running away scared, our four intrepid testers take on the Nurburgring armed with four sports tourers.
't like the chrome stripe on the fairing sides. It looks like it's come off a Hillman Minx." After lunch at a hotel next to the Spa circuit we ride into the Ardennes. I've never been into this region before, and the others soon realise, as after 40 minutes
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