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First Ride: 2003 Suzuki SV650S
By Jon Urry on 13/09/2010 15:16:46
The new SV650S has a hell of a reputation to live up to as it steps into the shoes of its vastly popular predecessor
Click to read: Suzuki SV650S owners reviews, Suzuki SV650S specs and to see the Suzuki SV650S image gallery.If you were given a clean sheet of paper and told to write down your perfect real-world bike what would your list include?Well, for a start a bike has to handle so a sweet ...
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First Ride: 2003 Suzuki SV650 review
By Jon Urry on 15/09/2010 12:43:41
Its faired brother is more suited to motorway miles, but how does the SV650 handle rush hour traffic?
Click to read: 2003 Suzuki SV650 owners reviews, 2003 Suzuki SV650 specs and to see the 2003 Suzuki SV650 image gallery.When we tested the SV650S both on its own and against the rest of the middle-weight competition there was always one nagging problem with the bike. Through town...
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Road Test: CBR1000RR v ZX-10R v GSX-R1000K6 v R1
By Jon Urry on 18/05/2008 16:53:33
1000cc sports bikes go ballistic to Majorca. Does the water taste like what it oughta?
The French copper is looking confused. "Accident?" It's more of a question than a statement. His bemused gaze passes over the four brand new-looking bikes parked in front of a petrol pump. "There has been a crash?" Some fast-fingered motorist has
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Fifteen Degrees of Separation - Ducati Monster V KTM Super Duke
By Jon Urry on 06/04/2010 16:12:47
All-new and more powerful than ever, Ducati's big Monster is back to battle the super-naked benchmark: KTM's Super Duke
As the scaremongering media fills the front pages with talk of how the world's perched on the brink of meltdown, slipping on a crash helmet is fast becoming the only way to truly escape the circus of madness currently surrounding us. The pub, having
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Bluffers Guide...Club Racing
By Jon Urry on 21/10/2010 16:52:36
Ever watched MotoGP and thought “I could do that if I had the breaks...”? Well stop dreaming and get racing. Here’s the inside line on the curious world of the British club racing scene...
Kawasaki World Superbike hero. Go Tom!Legendary race HeroesAs most of the spectators watching club racing are friends, family and crash vultures. All club races are legendary, but mostly only to the rider. If you’ve ever sat on the edge of your sofa
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The Time Tunnel - Motorcycle Speed Record
By Jon Urry on 14/10/2010 14:57:49
The fastest bike in the world: 322.149mph, two Harley engines, 10,000 fans and one very brave man
on and eventually the force ripped the bars from my hands and we crashed. I thought I could just ride through the wobble. I was wrong."I bruised my thumb, but the bike was really beat up, so we needed to rebuild it for another run. We traced the problem to the front
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Zero to 100mph to Zero
By Jon Urry on 26/05/2010 09:05:14
So what if your motorbike is over 10 years old, it will still demolish a £150,000 supercar away from a set of traffic lights
We gate crashed Autocar magazine's annual 0-100-0 contest and brought along a selection of second-hand motorbikes to see just how cheaply you can wipe the floor with the fastest, most expensive cars in the world. The test is very simple: monster
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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
of beer, large ladies exposing their breasts to the baying crowds and bikes being ridden at a terrifying pace on the public roads.I remember a few of the grimmer parts, the local news reporting two racers being killed in morning practice, seeing crashed
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Whitham's guide to better braking
By Jon Urry on 29/11/2010 15:36:51
Let Whit impart his fair share of knowledge to you, to help you get yer'sen stopped reet quick
1 START STOPPING"Most crashes on the brakes are down to the initial input. A panicked grab can result in a locked front wheel and a trip down the road. In the dry you can just slam it on, but not so in the wet. What you need do then is get some
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Sharpen your mind: Be faster on track
By Jon Urry on 21/09/2010 16:36:53
Are you getting the most out of your track day, riding as fast as you can and pushing you own limits? Or have you slipped into the comfort zone?
Recently I've noticed something about my riding on trackdays. I'll hit a certain pace but rather than trying to go any faster and risk a crash I'll simply circulate at a pace that is well within my boundaries. I've slipped into the Comfort Zone
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