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Winter Warmer - Ducati 848
By Jon Urry on 14/01/2009 13:30:24
Ducati claim its 848 is a new breed of useable superbike, but is it useable enough to deal with a daily commute in mid-winter?
, but there again it’s not a hell of a lot more than a Japanese 1000. What the 848 has, according to Ducati, is a whole heap of features that are designed to make it a far more easy-going and less aggressive bike than its bigger brother, the 1098. Believe it or not
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The £1000 Ducati (and why you wouldn't)
By Ben Cope on 25/11/2011 12:51:08
If it's an experience you're after...
and the Monster gave up. The engine died with little warning other than the previous 500 words you’ve just read. Considering all that, this was possibly a very overdue death. I thought it could be fuel, so I fiddled with the tap, pulled the clutch and tried
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Discuss: Has Ewan McGregor saved the UK motorcycle industry?
By Ben Cope on 02/02/2013 10:41:34
Where would the industry be now if it weren't for the Hollywood actor's trip?
'just out to kill ourselves' we're passionate adventurers, battling the conditions. Just by buying an adventure motorcycle and heading off somewhere foreign (be that Ivory Coast or the Cat 'n Fiddle), you're an instant hero.So the question is: would we
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The rise of the 2002 Yamaha YZF-R1
By Bertie Simmonds on 22/04/2002 15:24:57
After the original 1998 R1, this version had a tough act to follow. So how did they go about developing and improving the previous model
normal injection throttle body. This means that no matter how aggressively the rider opens the throttle (and so the butterfly) the slide governs the rate that the air enters the engine and hence the torque produced. Net result is that with some fiddling
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Living with a 2001 Aprilia Caponord
By Giles Butcher on 26/02/2002 12:05:19
Giles Butcher, who? Talks about owning an Aprilia Caponord
. The Caponord handles pretty well and is quite happy to scrape the footpegs at every opportunity (due to limited ground-clearance rather than my skill), but the front end feels vague under braking.A bit of a fiddle, set of pipes (anyone do some for a Caponord
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Living with a 2001 BMW R1150R
By Gordon Ritchie on 26/04/2002 12:35:09
World Superbike journalist, Gordon Ritches, chose a BMW R1150R to review. And very nice he thought it was too
fiddled with as you please.I can honestly say that no bike I have had in the loving embrace of my gluteous maxima has been easier to take for granted as a dependable, efficient, competent consumer article. Few have been as quirky but stylish, and laden
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Team Hates: Eight intense team-mate rivalries
By Bertie Simmonds on 11/11/2010 11:36:45
It's a rule of thumb in racing that you have to beat your team-mate. And to beat him, you must employ every method at your disposal. Delve into the world of when the team-mate system goes wrong
the Scottish harbinger of doom from Dad's Army. As one team member recounts: "He'd stick his head out of the garage, see a cloud, think it was going to rain and say: 'We're dooomed!'"After years of playing second fiddle in a string of teams and with a few mid
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The Honda VFR Story
By Bertie Simmonds on 30/04/2006 14:05:42
Honda's VFR has stood for two decades as a machine which owners and press alike have claimed to be the world's most perfect motorcycle. Surprising, then, that the VFR story was almost over before it had begun
balance and therefore doesn't need any balancer shafts. Sure, placing all the ancillaries can be difficult, which also makes it a fiddle to work on and, despite water cooling, the rear bank of cylinders runs a little hot. Oh yes, and cost becomes an issue
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Pioneer Spirit
By Colin Goodwin on 25/06/2008 14:57:49
Toodle pip and chocks away, Ginger! TWO's off on the oldest classic bike run in Blighty. Hurrah! Don't spare the horses, and last one home's a rotten egg
's no danger of that happening to me, but all the same, at this rate I'll be there in time for fish and chips.Riders crouching by parked bikes are a common sight, fiddling with sloppy drive belts or making minor adjustments to carbs and what nots
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Living with a 2001 Honda CBR929RR Fireblade
By Bertie Simmonds on 26/04/2002 10:59:44
Former TWO magazine editor, Bertie Simmonds, talks about his experience of owning a Honda CBR929RR Fireblade
once through the worst of winter's blizzards. On the reliability front, you've not so much as coughed, spluttered, wheezed or farted in front of me - even when I plonked a sexy Arrow end can on you without fiddling with the fuel-injection system. Yup
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