of the city!).Using their contacts in China, they sourced a wide range products from that country – from trampolines, climbing frames and wetsuits to remote-controlled cars, electric bicycles and minimotos – and traded them on eBay. A couple of years later, a

trek up north, at night, with the outside temperature gauge showing 2-degrees, I missed a few of the creature comforts associated with maxi-scooters.First of all, the adjustable screen isn't adjusted with an electric motor on the go, it requires

up as much of his deficit as he could at the first corner, with the inevitable result. Asking too much of his tires at Redgate, Toseland slid, fell and ended up in the gravel, rejoining the race already nearly 40 seconds down.Electric Voodoo

and 888 before ending the run of Ducatis with a 748. "I had to get rid of the 851, the electrics were driving me mad. I pushed it further than I rode it," says May. He's also had loads of Hinckley Triumphs, from Speed Triples to a Thunderbird Sport to 955i

. But come on - a healthy dollop of extra capacity for the V4 engine, fuel injection, lots of bells and whistles (including an electric screen), surely the revised Pan must be a revelation compared with a bike conceived almost in another era of motorcycling

Somewhere in my body the electrical connection between my brain and my throttle hand is getting lost. I'm not 100% sure where the short circuit is, but I'm almost certain that the muscle-contracting pulse of energy that should be making my wrist

burns. Talking about the motor I feel I have to emphasize the word linear as there is no hesitation or flat spot in the power delivery, no matter of where you are with revs or gears. It feels like an electric turbine from 2,000 to 13,000rpm but the new

to that Shippey, you lanky git, take your own bloody ZX-12R next time! To cap it all, Wozza borrowed it for a couple of nights and knackered the electrics. I just had to throw a paddy!On the plus side, the Pyramid Plastics double bubble screen has now been fitted

May 2005Since taking delivery of my WR at the beginning of December I've ridden it every week this winter. There's something about an off-roader with an electric start that just gives you the extra incentive to jump on it at every opportunity

heated seat and electric mirrors.In its 10 years, the Burgman 650 hasn’t seen a great deal of changes. What has changed in the last 10 years is the motorcycling market and that’s one of the reasons Suzuki has blown the dust off the original 650’s project