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Niall's Spin: Honda CB1300 ABS review
By Niall Mackenzie on 20/09/2010 16:28:15
Honda's retro design: robust and rewarding or disastrous and disappointing?
and tip the scales by a further six kilos. This was a cracking era in racing when I watched Haslam, Gardner and Dunlop swapping paint with the 1100s in what was at the time the UK's top production series.Having a giant motor means giant torque, so
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First Ride: 2002 Crescent Rizla GSX-R1000 review
By Niall Mackenzie on 15/09/2010 17:03:43
If the fastest, bestest big-bore sportsbike in the world is just too passé for you, then look no further. Nothing shouts 'look at me' more than a beefed up, tarted-up über sportsbike
was not the Dream Machine John Reynolds, Yukio Kagayama paint job or the shiny Tri-Oval Yoshimura end can, it was the truly shiny Dunlop 208s.The bike had been on display at one of the team sponsors premises and a helpful gofer had decided that polishing
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First Ride: 2007 Aprilia Mana
By Visordown on 10/04/2008 21:51:31
Aprilia’s Mana puts a fully-automatic transmission into a conventional motorbike, creating the last word in practical biking. So is the Mana a fantastic scooter for grown-ups, or the worst of both worlds..?
. The radial four-pot calipers and Dunlop’s Qualifiers seemed well up to the job.The Mana’s practicality was handy out of town, too. When we stopped for a coffee at the top of one twisty hillside road, it was handy to be able to leave my helmet in the dummy
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First Ride: 2006 Buell Ulysses review
By Visordown on 13/10/2006 15:19:02
If you like adventure bikes and you want that air-cooled Harley character, then your choice is pretty limited. Enter the Buell Ulysses
This review is part of the Monster Trailies Lap France mega-test review. Click the link for the rivals.My part in this little lap of France doesn't start with a bleary, early-morning Dover-Calais ferry, like most. Nope, I got the job of flying
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First Ride: 2004 Victory Kingpin
By Mark Shippey on 30/03/2008 19:38:09
Victory hopes to attract a younger generation by producing a versatile, powerful cruiser. Can Victory pin down the kings for the full count?
-enough-for-a-cruiser 180.The Dunlops work well, giving plenty of feel and grip on the road and that's very important as the Kingpin is such a long beast. The slower turning will take a while to get used to, but the wide bars offer enough leverage to countersteer
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First Ride: 2001 Ducati 620ie Monster
By Jon Urry on 27/03/2008 21:20:35
Jon Urry tests out the Ducati 620ie Monster
.The first thing you notice riding the 620ie is the smoother response from the motor, compared to the low speed snatchiness of the current 600. There's still the same irritating lack of steering lock though that makes carving through commuter traffic a real
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First Ride: Honda VTR1000 SP-2
By John Cantlie on 29/03/2008 16:21:42
By winning the World Superbike Championship in 2000 in its very first year of production, you could argue that Honda’s SP-1 doesn’t have much to prove. But race development waits for no man, and so for 2002 we’ve got the SP-2.
because we didn’t ride it there, but on the circuit you could feel the rear Dunlop squat down and grip on the way out of corners where there was always a remarkably dead feel from the SP-1. The rear shock has modified internals while the new HRC
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First Ride: Victory Jackpot
By Mark Shippey on 08/05/2008 22:03:19
The Jackpot is Victory's latest gambit - a bold move into premium custom territory. So is it likely to fold, or will it be straight flush with success?
The Jackpot is an important bike for Victory. In the US, the extreme or 'premium custom' market represents 30,000 sales per year. The Jackpot is aimed at taking sales away from competitors such as Big Dog, most of whose rides will set you back
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2010 Kawasaki Versys launch test review
By Mark Forsyth on 02/08/2010 10:50:20
Dependable do-it-all gets a facelift and a suspension twaeak. Mark Forsyth rode the new version to bring you chapter and verse
travel and 145mm of rear wheel travel (now softer sprung and damped than the previous model) and wide-section 17-inch Dunlops, it doesn’t really matter what the road surface is up to. I’m not sure whether it’s the low footrests, the wide bars or the long
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Buell 1125CR - Road test review
By Ben Cope on 12/10/2009 17:00:50
If we bought motorbikes using our head alone, Buell would be out of business. Will the 1125CR help Buell onwards and upwards?
and ride it the moment you fire it up. It doesn’t tolerate being ridden from cold. Sat on the bike, you immediately feel the reach to the bars, low and long, the clutch bites when the lever is nearly fully out, which is off-putting at first, especially when
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