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First Ride: 2007 Kawasaki Versys
By John Hogan on 02/04/2008 10:58:57
Fancy an ER-6 but find it a bit too small? The Versys offers relief. John Hogan rides Kawasaki's lanky new 'any road' tool.
the translation for 'any road' is 'multistrada'. Sounds catchy doesn't it, (if not a little familiar). If space was any tighter I could wrap this test up now by saying the Versys is a Japanese Multistrada.At first glance, from head-on, the headlight looks like
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Tested: Yamaha Fazer8 ABS
By Andy Stevens on 18/10/2011 13:32:48
We've lived with the Fazer8 for 3 weeks, how has it held up?
. As an overall package I would say that’s bang on. Best suited to calmly filtering through traffic and rewarding on swift open roads.Unfortunately the Fazer8’s suspension is not adjustable and if you start to push it through late breaking and fast direction
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Kings of the stone age - Yamaha XJR1300 V Honda CB1300
By John Hogan on 08/04/2010 09:45:42
The two surviving muscle bikes of the modern age come together for a pose-down and a rideout, but which one is king?
The Southbank in the sunshine is as cool a place to ride bikes as any reasonable twisty road. Trade flowing for filtering and lean for lady watching – there is fun to be had. You may have to get used to having chicken strips on your tyres
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2009 BMW K1300 GT first ride review
By John Hogan on 09/04/2010 09:09:50
The new 1300GT is BMW doing what they do best; a fast, comfortable mile-muncher
entertained if you get idle hands. And if you don’t, thankfully the engaging riding dynamics of the revised tourer will hold your interest.Ridden normally in pretty much every riding environment I found something to like. Filtering through the Spanish rush
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2009 Yamaha R1 - Niall Mackenzie's big bang launch review
By Niall Mackenzie on 30/03/2010 17:15:46
The Yamaha R1 promises to be a genuine breakthrough, making use of a crossplane crankshaft developed in MotoGP to deliver smooth, even power. Will this radical new technology put the R1 ahead of Honda’s awesome current-generation Fireblade?
’re told it’s engine electronics or chassis construction, but we never really know if it has filtered down from GP, and we certainly can’t tell.This time it’s different.From the moment you hit the starter button a whole new world of sports bike riding
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Living with a 2001 Yamaha YZF-R6
By Harriet Ridley on 12/09/2003 15:58:33
Harriet's track day R6
with a road bike.But back to the bike in question - and do you know what the best thing is about the R6? (No Bertie, it's not that it looks good in your mirrors). It's that the Yam has potential and stacks of it - in both engine and chassis departments
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CCM RM30, KTM 520EXC, KTM Duke II, VOR 503SM
By Stuart Barker on 19/04/2008 22:10:19
Chris Walker's used to sliding bikes but this is out of control. As he flashes into view, out of the forest behind, there's a violent, rasping bark from his KTM's carbon can as the bike slews sideways.
roads when the last Panda car was decommissioned.Continue the wild supermoto test
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First Ride: Ducati Hypermotard
By Jon Urry on 02/04/2008 15:59:16
Ducati enters the supermoto scene with a bang. That'll be the mirror on a car's door then...
pterodactyl.In a radical move for Ducati the Hypermotard has mirrors that actually work. The two dinky bar end jobbies fold out, giving the rider a perfect view of the road - and create a ten-foot 'wingspan' for the bike. Thankfully for filtering they also
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Jewel Sport - KTM 990SMR v Aprilia Dorsoduro
By Mark Forsyth on 14/06/2010 15:50:07
As a time and motion study, jewellery heists are a pretty profitable blag. What do you need? Simple innit, two fast, thuggish supermoto bikes with plenty of V-twin stomp. A KTM 990SMR and Aprilia Dorsoduro should be enough to get the job done
little bit of business.Hacking through grid-locked traffic en-route from our East End lock-up to pay our chosen shop a visit, there’s little to split the two. When the going’s snarly, the super-slim-style Aprilia is the filter-king of the two, dodging
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Used Test: Kawasaki ZRX1100
By Chris Moss on 14/09/2010 13:33:34
The ZRX1100's retro styling absolutely rocks...And it's got a flexible and powerful motor, boasts sporty handling and is a bit of a bargain to boot
on test was listed for for £4495 - decent value in anyone's book.Despite being a pretty big and tall bike, the 1100 is actually easy to manage, and once underway sheds much of its weight. It's quite well balanced, and the dominant riding position
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