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Used Review: Aprilia Tuono
By Bertie Simmonds on 08/04/2008 22:00:52
For sheer naked fun, nothing short of a frolic with Lucy Pinder can beat the Aprilia Tuono. Launched in 2003, it immediately won an army of fans
. Gearing Tuonos have 17-tooth front sprockets with 42 teeth at the rear. Many owners go the route of lowering the gearing, with 16- or even 15-tooth front sprockets popular, or 44-tooth rears. A new front sprocket costs around £20 and takes just over
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Used Review: Yamaha YZF-R6
By Bertie Simmonds on 05/04/2008 16:08:21
Yamaha's feisty little R6 has deservedly gained a cult status amongst its fans, as a rev-happy, sharp-edged alternative to Honda's more easy-going CBR600.
'claimed' 120bhp (more like 105bhp at the rear wheel) and was also the first production bike to boast 200bhp per litre.But these figures only tell half the story. What did make the bike the success it became was its single-minded attitude to sports biking
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Used Review: Yamaha TDM 850-900
By Bertie Simmonds on 05/04/2008 22:28:24
Always a massive seller in Europe but an underrated under-achiever in the UK. Nevertheless, the TDM in all its forms is a secret waiting to be discovered by the second-hand buyer.
leak on the Mk 2 850s, but not all suffer from it. Engine service intervals are generally every 4000 miles. In the meantime use a normal semi-synthetic oil for topping up and the like.TRX CRANKS Mk 1 TDM850s (pre-1996) had 180-degree cranks. Some owners
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The Good, The Bad & The Ugly: used Fazer test
By Jon Urry on 05/08/2010 15:37:08
With the new Yamaha Fazer 800 arriving we dip into the secondhand market to sample the best and worst of the Fazer family…
is its replacement, the FZ6 Fazer. At £4,199 this 2008 model bike is an S2, the second generation of the R6-engined Fazer 600, but in truth little changed between the FZ6 models. And finally we have the daddy of the Fazer range, a 2002 Fazer 1000. At £3
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Road Test: Real World 600s
By Jon Urry on 03/06/2003 14:54:52
If pound notes are more important than lap times these 600s offer the best compromise of race replica handling with real world practicality. New and secondhand these still top the sales podium
miles. Which is why the F-1 has been kept in the range. Die-hard sports bike fans will consider it second-rate to the single-minded RR, but for real world riding it has its fans.It's a similar story for the 2002 ZX-6R. Despite it being the most road
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Future Classics: '97 Suzuki TL1000S, '94 Honda Fireblade & '98 Triumph T595 Daytona
By Jon Urry on 03/08/2010 11:14:57
Looking for an excuse to buy a bike that’s both great fun and a potential money-maker? Each of these beauties costs less than £2,500 but all are future classics still just flying below the radar of mainstream popularity. Try these three for size. Go on
reputation as one of the nastiest bikes ever launched? Perfect, and at £2,195 it was cheap, if a little tatty. Finally a 1994 FireBlade caught the eye. In truth the stunning Urban Tiger paint scheme did. The 1994 isn’t as popular as the original 1992/93 model
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Used Test: 1998 Triumph Sprint ST
By Chris Moss on 14/09/2010 12:48:54
If you want a real-world alternative to Honda's venerable VFR, then look no further. Think VFR with character and soul and you're not far off the Sprint ST
when it's caned. Give it a damned good thrashing and you'll trigger the Gatsos at 160mph.Continue the used review of the Triumph Sprint STEvolution of the Triumph Sprint ST model1998: Launched as a competitor to Honda's well-respected VFR800. Features
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Buyer Guide: Yamaha Fazer 600
By Visordown on 13/10/2010 15:15:35
The ultimate buying guide to the Fazer 600 written by the people who actually own the bike...
are underrated so there’s plenty to be had on the used market from about £2,200.Continue the Yamaha Fazer 600 Buyer Guide
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Grandad Turismo - Pan European, FJR1300A, K1200GT used test
By Jon Urry on 02/06/2010 14:45:26
Want to cover massive miles without spending mega pounds? Someone else has very kindly taken the depreciation hit on these secondhand tourers so you don’t have to. We try these three recent big bore bargains for size
is Honda’s legendary Pan European, a bike that when it was updated in 2002 caused a mini-war among the old 1100’s fiercely loyal fan base. It also generated a few worrying headlines about handling problems. Then there’s Yamaha’s FJR1300A, a big capacity
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Splitting Heirs: Honda Pan European ST1100 & ST1300
By Alex Hearn on 12/10/2010 13:31:27
Beloved of the happily middle-aged (and the police), unobtrusive, but more than capable of letting fly on a twisty road, Honda's ST1100 was a marvelous thing. Can the same be said of the ST1300?
owners were telling me that the new bike wasn't as good as the old one. The ST1100 still had such a following that we were selling ST11s to ST13s at a ratio of ten to one for a while."Continue the Honda ST Pan European Splitting Heirs 2/3
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