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First Ride: 2009 Derbi Terra 125 review
By Catherine Barrett on 23/02/2009 11:37:26
Punchy, easy-to-handle Terra takes confident Cat and her girly hands through the test and for country weekends
that lovely steering lock. Module 2 is the road part of the test and I just relaxed and concentrated on the ride knowing the Terra wouldn’t spring any surprises.It must have worked. I passed. The Terra is a great bike for riders who, like me, are still
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Fifteen Degrees of Separation - Ducati Monster V KTM Super Duke
By Jon Urry on 06/04/2010 16:12:47
All-new and more powerful than ever, Ducati's big Monster is back to battle the super-naked benchmark: KTM's Super Duke
As the scaremongering media fills the front pages with talk of how the world's perched on the brink of meltdown, slipping on a crash helmet is fast becoming the only way to truly escape the circus of madness currently surrounding us. The pub, having
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Living with a 2005 Yamaha MT-01
By Grant Leonard on 15/06/2005 14:26:39
Grant Leonard started TWO magazine. And he is a very nice chap indeed. He had a Yamaha MT01 for a year and here's his review
July 2005I LOVE HARLEYS. But I'm not the kind of Harley lover who would tattoo it on my arm or arse or wherever. I love them for what they are - big, noisy, rumbling, grunty V-twins. So I was far from offended by Yamaha slipping its Road Star onto
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Niall's Spin: KTM 950 Adventure (2003-04)
By Niall Mackenzie on 08/10/2010 12:04:00
Niall spins his review on the KTM 950 Adventure, an exotic dirt bike that makes an excellent touring machine
capable of covering vast distances.With a fuel tank that holds a genuine 24 litres, a deeply comfortable ride position, effective fairing and killer handling, it makes a first class road bike capable of demolishing anything in its path. The brakes are a
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First Ride: KTM 690 Duke
By James Whitham on 10/04/2008 21:26:14
The Duke has been, and KTM intend it to continue, as the flagship of the smaller end of their range. And as such the engine and drive train is virtually the only thing that it has in common with the Enduro and the SMC. The rest is all different
is the same anyway.Although it’s very aggressive to look at, the general layout of the bike is much more conventional with the fuel tank to be found in the usual place up front and the airbox behind it, mounted within an aluminium rear sub-frame that supports
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First Ride: 2008 Harley-Davidson Range
By Grant Leonard on 02/04/2008 17:53:08
Harley-Davidson present the cast of another Mad Max sequel - Rocker, Fat Bob and the Nightster. Remember the Nightster!
and wheelbase make it super-stable, a trait highlighted by how well it coped with the awful roads we were bouncing around on. Unlike most of Harley's range, the Rocker doesn't mimic any classic model from its history.Its styling is pure custom special, a factory
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2010 BMW R1200RT launch test review
By Richard Hallett on 02/08/2010 09:36:46
BMW’s already excellent big tourer gets a new motor with more grunt and a host of comfort improving gadgets for 2010, not to mention a fruity exhaust note
, it is a notably agile and rewarding ride. The sweet handling associated with the GS is just as evident in the RT, which shares its Telelever front-end and Paralever swingarm. Steering through the 17-inch front wheel is naturally more road oriented, feeling
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Bimota Tesi 3D tested around Brands Hatch
By Mark Forsyth on 11/08/2010 12:15:43
If you’ve never ridden a Tesi and never wanted to, now is the time to re-adjust your head and embrace weirdness
down Brands Hatch pitlane last week on a brand new Bimota Tesi.For starters, the rider’s eye view is king-size weird. Without the visual security of a pair of fork tops and beefy triple clamps the front end of the Tesi looks and feels like it’ll snap
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2013 Kawasaki Z800 review
By Ben Cope on 06/12/2012 11:54:04
Wading into the beefy middleweight sector with an extra 58cc but carrying a few more pounds too. Is the Z800 a knockout?
is. This is a long way from the original Z750, where the front end felt soft and surface changes in the road felt magnified when the pace picked up.The ride quality feels better than the suspension on a ‘budget’ bike should be. You don’t get fully
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Road Test: RSV-R Factory v. 999S v. F4 1000R
By Niall Mackenzie on 26/05/2008 13:10:44
Sometimes you've just got to kick back and let rip. Niall Mackenzie blows away the cobwebs at Oulton Park with a fiery threesome of desirable Italian exotica.
Niall Mackenzie is a legend round these parts. He's a legend because of what he achieved n the 80s and 90s, at home and abroad, in GP and superbike racing. And we like to think he's still got his hand in today, thrashing about testing bikes for us
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