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First Ride: 2006 KTM 950 Adventure review
By Visordown on 13/10/2006 16:59:01
KTM's first 950 Adventure won over a horde of fans when it first hit the market with rave reviews. So what's it like on a blast to France?
This review is part of the Monster Trailies Lap France mega-test review. Click the link for the rivals.Relaxing on a Spanish beach after a hard day's riding with sausages sizzling and a cool San Miguel to hand. This is how I pictured this test
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What The Press Say: Kawasaki ER-6n reviews
By Visordown on 01/01/2012 12:17:14
The press' impressions of the 2012 Kawasaki ER-6n
Pryde, Superbike"It's fair to say there's been plenty of meddling with this new ER-6n but the changes make the bike more accessible and easier to live with day-to-day." Ben Cope, Visordown - October 19 2011 Read the full review
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First Ride: 2007 Yamaha Midnight Star 1300
By Visordown on 02/04/2008 12:12:15
Yamaha's latest Star is an exercise in big-small.
Cruiser engines are getting so huge these days that Yamaha's new Midnight Star is billed as a middleweight even though its V-twin motor displaces 1304cc, the traditional American 80 cubic inches.The liquid-cooled XVS1300A squeezes into Yamaha
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First Ride: Kawasaki ZX-10R
By Visordown on 20/09/2010 14:06:19
Last year Kawasaki bought a race circuit to sharpen up its bikes on. The first to feel the benefit is the occasionally wayward ZX-10R.
that was perhaps a bit too mad and bad for its own good. The even better news, after a day and a half of thrashing it around one of the most spectacular tracks I've ridden on, is that the ZX-10R is still one seriously exciting motorcycle. Kawasaki has made
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First Ride: 2006 Triumph Tiger 955i review
By Visordown on 13/10/2006 16:40:00
Triumph's trusty Tiger is comfortable, reliable and good fun to ride. But does it fall short anywhere? We find out
This review is part of the Monster Trailies Lap France mega-test review. Click the link for the rivals.Five more minutes in bed to savour the starched pillow and lumpy mattress - tonight the ground won't be as forgiving. My body feels like I
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First Ride: KTM 950 Adventure
By Visordown on 14/09/2010 10:46:49
Light, punchy, fast and capable of genuine off-road excursions, the big new KTM rocks. But there are slight question marks over comfort and vibration
.30 this morning in a downpour, and what should have been a great day's riding both on- and off-road had been marred by almost continual rain more reminiscent of Scunthorpe than southern Spain. The steep off-road course had been abandoned before I reached it
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What The Press Say: Triumph Speed Triple R reviews
By Visordown on 27/01/2012 12:07:15
The verdict from the motorcycle press on R edition of Triumph's popular Speed Triple
it in tyres, but when you look at the bike to see if any of the changes would make it less capable on the road, the answer is no. Why? Well because it's got the same engine, smooth and torquey. The riding position hasn't changed, the bars aren't any wider
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First Ride - Suzuki DR125SM
By Visordown on 07/09/2009 15:56:41
Suzuki’s latest 125 is a street-smart supermoto, ready to do battle with the urban rat race at a sedate pace.
the needle was only inclined to indicate that because of the road’s descending nature. Bank on 60mph being a more regular and eventual maximum.On a kart track later in the day the DR gave a decent enough account of itself under the ultimate pressure. It got a
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2009 Suzuki DR125SM first ride review
By Visordown on 20/04/2010 11:16:03
Suzuki’s latest 125 is a street-smart supermoto, ready to do battle with the urban rat race at a sedate pace
Click to read: Suzuki DR125SM owners reviews, Suzuki DR125SM specs and to see the Suzuki DR125SM image gallery.We older more experienced types should envy those getting their first leg up onto the biking ladder. For them the buzz of it all has yet
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What The Press Say: Kawasaki Versys 1000 reviews
By Visordown on 02/12/2011 10:37:15
Kawasaki add to the Versys range with a new 1000cc older brother, here's what the British press made of it
Here's what the British motorcycling press said in their 2012 Kawasaki Versys 1000 reviews:"Unlike the ZX-10R, Z/SX riding experience, though, there was something lacking in terms of the riding experience. I felt. Nothing really stood out as being
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