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Winter Warmer - Ducati 848
By Jon Urry on 14/01/2009 13:30:24
Ducati claim its 848 is a new breed of useable superbike, but is it useable enough to deal with a daily commute in mid-winter?
The 848’s digital dash is glowing bright in the gloomy light cast by the streetlights, its large digital speedo wavering between 29 and 30mph while the bars on the rev counter intermittently creep over the ‘3’ marker. Next to the speedo a smaller framed figure reads ‘AIR -2 °C.’ ...
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Road Test: Tornado RS V Ducati 999S V MV F4 1000
By Jon Urry, Tim Cummings on 13/04/2008 13:21:13
Once the preserve of the mega rich, these first-generation Italian superbikes can now be snapped up for less than the cost of a new sports 600. Here’s the deal.
2002 999 should cost around £5,300 in a dealer, £4,000 private, with the ‘S’ costing £6,500 in a dealer or £5,500 private. Deals can be had, but pay more or less dependent on condition. The next generation (2004) costs around £2,000 more both private
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Insurance Refugees: TLR, VFR800, ZX-12R & ZX-10R
By Jon Urry on 21/10/2008 15:22:43
Some secondhand bikes have slipped through the insurance net and can be bought and insured for less than half the price of a new supersport machine. We grabbed a 22 year-old student and found the most ridiculous insurance deals on these four
forced to offer subsidised insurance deals to entice customers towards their flagship models.Which is all very well and good until the renewal notice drops onto the doorstep. To insure a 1,000cc bike on the road will often cost twice the amount of your
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Road Test: Suzuki Bandit 1200, BMW R1200GS Adventure, Triumph Sprint ST, Yamaha FZ1 Fazer
By Jon Urry on 06/07/2006 09:41:21
Can an ageing, bum basic £5299 all rounder really offer the best of all worlds against a raft of higher priced, specialist competition? Read on to see where the smart money lies
Surfing the Internet the other day I ended up on Suzuki UK's webpage. Among the usual banners flashing up 0% finance deals, Yoshi parts for GSX-Rs and cut price off-roaders, the one advert that actually made me stop and look was for the Bandit 1200
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First Ride: 2006 Yamaha FJR1300 A-AS
By Jon Urry on 22/09/2010 12:00:00
For once a missing clutch lever doesn't indicate a low speed spill. We ride the FJR1300AS, featuring Yamaha's latest piece of electronic gadgetry.
1300AS with its electronic gear change and auto clutch with an open mind.But before we deal with that we should consider the revised FJRs as a whole. Both the FJR1300A and AS are absolutely (nearly) identical and come with Yamaha's combined brakes
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Where we were kings: used sports bike test
By Jon Urry on 10/09/2010 15:50:32
The quintessential Blade that was so good it was generally overlooked, the underrated GSX-R750 that was admired by those who bought one and the R1 a Japanese bike with styling that matched the Italians
and screw a really good deal out of them. Price tags are only a guide in the current climate and money is starting to talk very loudly indeed. Turn up with the cold, hard cash and you might very well walk away with a bargain buy. So why not make it one
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First Ride: Benelli Tornado Tre
By Jon Urry on 13/09/2010 14:07:35
Benelli boss Andrea Merloni describes the Tornado as his 'crazy project'. After four years in development this bike will either make or break his company.
to see how it deals with the bumps and ruts on UK roads but all the same it was very impressive. On the low speed corners the Tornado takes minimal effort to turn into a corner and goes from upright to knee-down extremely quickly. Usually this would mean
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Grey Matters - 400cc test
By Jon Urry on 29/07/2010 14:49:50
In the early 1990s, 400cc race reps were all the rage. But that was nearly two decades ago. Are these pocket rockets still a viable buy in the secondhand market or simply relics from the past?
If you were young and looking at buying a sportsbike in the early 1990s your choice was limited. This was long before the times of the 0% finance deal or free insurance currently being offered to try and entice younger buyers.In the 1990s you could
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Second Chance - Honda VTR1000 Firestorm
By Jon Urry on 27/03/2008 11:33:20
Jon Urry explains why Honda's V-twin Firestorm makes such a great secondhand buy
,500? Or you can quite easily catch one with fairing damage for a grand. That's a deal hard to pass up - and it's a deal that's repeated week after week because we're talking Honda's brilliant VTR1000 Firestorm here, Honda's repost to the Ducati phenomenon
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First Ride: 2006 Kawasaki ER-6F
By Jon Urry on 12/05/2008 22:27:11
Less self-consciously 'funky' thank its unfaired sibling - but has Kawasaki's new twin got what it takes to beat Suzuki's SV650S?
what a newer rider would want.But for the more experienced rider the SV has a longer life expectancy. It's got more strength in depth - you can even take it on track and ride it pretty hard. And then there are the deals. Suzuki is offering two years
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