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	First Ride: Revised Buell 1125R By Jon Urry on 22/09/2010 16:55:46 After a fairly troublesome birth Buell’s 1125R is back. But have they got it right this time? Click to read: Buell 1125R owners reviews, Buell 1125R specs and to see the Buell 1125R image gallery.The 1125R was meant to be Buell’s break through, its first water-cooled engine and the bike that would move the American manufacturer from being an interesting quirky anonym to a...

	First Ride: 2006 Ducati Monster S2R 1000 By Jon Urry on 20/09/2010 21:58:29 If the prospect of a liquid-cooled S4Rs Monster goes against all you stand for, how about trying a 1000cc air-cooled one on for size? an added complication.Once you sit on the bike it feels like any other Monster; slightly heavier due to the larger motor, but on the whole typically Monsterish. But then you get moving and within a few yards realise two things. First, the new exhaust

	Used Test: Suzuki TL1000R By Jon Urry on 13/09/2010 13:18:40 Created as Japan’s first V-twin World Superbike champion, the TL1000R fell short as a racer. But as a road-going missile, the big Suzuki offered a chunky alternative to Italy’s uncompromising, highly-strung twins. And now it’s criminally cheap Click to read: Suzuki TL1000R owners reviews, Suzuki TL1000R specs and to see the Suzuki TL1000R image gallery.Suzuki’s TL1000R was, if the pre-launch hype was to be believed, the company’s great white hope. The marketing types lead us to think this 1000cc V-twin would take on Du...

	First Ride: Triumph Bonneville America By Jon Urry on 02/04/2008 14:07:19 Britain takes on America in the budget cruiser battle . Not that you would know this, like most of the modern Bonneville range the America sounds pretty flaccid with stock cans on. I'm told a set of Triumph aftermarket ones sort this out, but as standard it really is a wet drip of an exhaust note

	First Ride: 2007 Yamaha XJR1300 By Jon Urry on 02/04/2008 15:21:10 The grandfather of the retro scene is back (with a new hip replacement) . Yep, the rear light is now twin LEDs rather than the old stacked lights. Oh, and one of the exhaust pipes appears to be missing.The truth of the matter is that the old XJR has been EU-ed in order for its engine to pass new emissions laws. Fuel

	First Ride: 2004 Ducati 999R By Jon Urry on 30/03/2008 22:03:19 When the going gets tough, Ducati brings out a new model to beat the opposition. Cheating? No, just bending the rules... engine. Bigger valves - intake up from 40 to 42mm, exhaust 1mm wider at 33mm - are made from titanium instead of steel, so are 35% lighter, and have slimmer stems retained by 749R-style cones, not shims. New cams with more lift mean the valves open

	First Ride: Ducati Sport 1000S By Jon Urry on 02/04/2008 12:18:52 Achingly beautiful, plain aching to ride. Another classic stunner from Italy. Why do women wear stilettos? Despite the discomfort they wear them because walking on tiptoe makes their legs look longer, their bums more shapely and their boobs stick out. It's fashion over function.Why do you want a Ducati Sport 1000S? The very same reason. Because despite the...

	First Ride: 2007 Moto Morini 91-2 By Jon Urry on 02/04/2008 12:36:04 Corsaro too lairy? Then here's a more amiable naked. Nostalgia is a powerful thing. There is no way half the crap that's sold on eBay would have been shifted if it wasn't for someone, somewhere, remembering their youth. And the bike world is no different.There is currently a revival in the retro bike market, or at least for modern ...

	First Ride: 2007 Buell Super TT By Jon Urry on 02/04/2008 14:14:00 A supermoto, sort of, from the land that invented the genre. You might be surprised to hear this but the whole supermoto scene actually started in America, despite what the French like to claim. Sometime in the early 80s the Yanks devised a race series for TV that combined on and off-road riding and called it Superbiker. The idea was that ...

	First Ride: 2007 KTM 990 Super Duke By Jon Urry on 02/04/2008 14:30:50 Small refinements make KTM's naked bike the must have accessory of 2007 Launched two seasons ago, KTM's 990 Super Duke knocked the spots off the naked opposition. And for 2007 it's even better.KTM hasn't altered the basic structure of the bike much. It still keeps the same 999cc, 75¡ V-twin engine, trellis chassis, WP suspension and quirky looks, but...