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Road Test: 2005 1000cc Superbike Review
By Tim Dickson on 27/04/2008 20:26:21
There's a stretch of autoroute south of Clermont Ferrand that is the perfect tonic to the preceding several hundred miles of motorway monotony - if riding four of the world's finest litre bikes can ever be considered monotonous.
are heading south to Barcelona for the pre-season MotoGP test at Barcelona. We needed an excuse to ride this year's headline-grabber, the new GSX-R1000, up against the Fireblade, ZX-10R and R1, and that seemed to fit the bill. An overnight P&O ferry from
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Road Test: BMW HP2 v. KTM 950SM
By Tim Dickson on 14/01/2011 15:48:11
Searching for new highs? Try injecting a dose of these mainline fixes. Supermotos on steroids go mad in the mountains.
PRICE NEW - £12,995ENGINE CAPACITY - 1170ccPOWER - 92bhp@7475rpmTORQUE - 75lb.ft@5600rpm WEIGHT - 199kg (WET)SEAT HEIGHT - 920mm FUEL CAPACITY - 13L TOP SPEED - N/A0-60 - n/aTANK RANGE - N/A
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Excess all areas - June 2005 - 1000's test
By Tim Dickson on 01/06/2005 13:40:06
TWO head to France to test out the Honda CBR1000RR, Kawasaki ZX-10R, Suzuki GSX-R1000 K5 and Yamaha YZF-R1.
different. Wind up the R1 and there's an astonishing rush of power in the last 2000rpm to the 13,500 redline, giving it a kind of runaway freight train feel, but below that it feels refined and very smooth. The ZX-10R feels raw and vicious, thanks to very
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Living with a 2004 Yamaha YZF-R6
By Tim Dickson on 15/06/2004 10:18:07
Tim proves that the Yamaha R6 can handle the tracks, the commute and life as a tourer
knew most of that already, but it was fun making sure.January 2005The R6's standard exhaust does the best it can but strangles the motor above 12,500rpm. Power drops off sharply after that, and there's little to be gained revving beyond 13,000 - that
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World In Motion
By Harriet Ridley, Alex Hearn, Tim Dickson on 23/02/2008 15:05:39
Travel by car and you're watching a movie. Travel by bike and you're in the movie. Which is reason enough in our book to hit the road for a touring holiday. The question is, how do you want to do it?
the ST1100 for four years until Honda brought out the linked model with ABS in 1996, so I bought that and ran it until 2002 when I got the new 1300.I tour with different people on different bikes and the truth is you can tour on anything. But bikes like
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