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	Multiplicity: Buell Firebolt, Ducati Multistrada, Triumph Speed Four, Kawasaki Z1000 By Jon Urry on 04/07/2003 10:44:45 It's a town bike. No, it's a mile-muncher. No, it's a back road missile. No, it's a track tool. Meet the bikes with more split personalities than a room full of schizophrenics four bikes that attempt to fulfill these criteria in very different ways.First up is the Ducati Multistrada. Well, what can you say? When it was launched most people's first reaction was "what the hell is it?" Looking like the bastard love child of a

	Colditz By Jon Urry on 01/11/2005 16:41:47 It's every officer's duty to escape. So our four battle-weary soldiers slipped the confines of Blighty for the freedom of Germany's autobahns to stretch the legs of four very fast bikes , Suzuki Hayabusa and Kawasaki ZX-12R obediently followed the cop car into a lay-by, a blue Honda Blackbird continued down the road on its merry way.This moment of police interference wasn't wholly unexpected. For the last 200 miles the four bikes had

	Road Test: ZX-12R v CBR1100XX v K1200S v GSX1300R By Jon Urry on 07/05/2008 19:55:48 It's every officer's duty to escape. So our four battle-weary soldiers slipped the confines of Blighty for the freedom of Germany's autobahns to stretch the legs of four very fast bikes. , Suzuki Hayabusa and Kawasaki ZX-12R obediently followed the cop car into a lay-by, a blue Honda Blackbird continued down the road on its merry way.This moment of police interference wasn't wholly unexpected. For the last 200 miles the four bikes had

	First Ride: Ducati ST3 review By Jon Urry on 14/09/2010 17:05:37 Ducati's newest sports tourer breaks with convention and now comes with a three valve head instead of the usual four and replaced it with the ST3. But instead of going the usual route of nicking another engine from its range Ducati has created a new motor with a three valve head, instead of the conventional four.As the theory goes a two valve head creates better torque low

	Litre-bike super test - Real world superbikes By Jon Urry on 18/03/2008 15:47:12 The boys from TWO give the big four's litre superbikes a going-over . The buzz is now around 1000cc fours, so the rules were changed to allow these into the series, instantly spicing up the entry and so increasing spectator interest. Once again you could see your new road bike there on TV being raced around the world

	Used Test: Mille vs 748 vs Fireblade vs GSX-R750 By Jon Urry on 27/04/2008 19:39:50 With a £5000 budget we delve into the second-hand market to test four of the best used bargains around. .The problem is that the Japanese manufacturers are stuck in a four-year cycle when it comes to bikes. A new bike is launched, the next year it gets a new paint scheme, the year after a slight tweak, usually consisting of an engine mod and some chassis

	Road Test: RSV-R vs. Tornado TRE vs. 999S vs. F4 By Jon Urry on 22/04/2008 21:37:33 Four of the sexiest Italian bikes on the planet, a run through the Alps and a cappuccino in Milan , the Italians lead the way with the Japanese playing catch up.So for a test involving four of the most beautiful and exotic bikes Italy produces we decided on a pilgrimage to their home. A tour through the stunning scenery and roads of the Swiss Alps

	Courier Advice: City bike test By Jon Urry on 22/02/2008 12:54:01 Despatch riding: the ultimate test of man and machinery. Armed with four city bikes, can the staff survive London's urban jungle and earn an honest wage? , and decent brakes are a necessity for avoiding pedestrians and U-turning cabbies.So what better test of four very different city-focused bikes than to become couriers for the day? Could Honda's classic city tool, the CBF500, prove that size doesn't matter

	First Ride: Benelli Tornado Tre By Jon Urry on 13/09/2010 14:07:35 Benelli boss Andrea Merloni describes the Tornado as his 'crazy project'. After four years in development this bike will either make or break his company. Click to read: Benelli Tornado Tre owners reviews, Benelli Tornado Tre specs and to see the Benelli Tornado Tre image gallery."We have no gravel traps at Paul Ricard, just large run-off areas covered in abrasive tarmac," the circuit director proudly announced to the assembled jou...

	Home James: Middleweight Nakeds Test By Jon Urry on 01/07/2005 13:58:51 Whitham takes us by the hand and leads us through the streets of Huddersfield. Four battered middleweights, a bag of chips and a Fanta, please "When I were training as an engineer, just after I left school, I had these safety boots, the kind with the metal protective bit on outside. All the girls used to hang outside the chippy, so I'd come steaming down this hill on me Fizzie, flat out at 40mph with my toes scraping on...