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First Ride: 2007 BMW HP2 Megamoto
By Jon Urry on 28/03/2008 11:03:01
With only 30 in the country and a stratospheric price tag of £12,595, the Megamoto is as exclusive as it is rampant. Get ready to spend your city bonus.
such as a GS and fit forks, especially considering its off-road potential, and the Megamoto proves the point. Although it is undoubtedly helped by its light weight (not to mention the fact it has 17-inch wheels front and rear) the Megamoto feels much lighter
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First Ride: BMW HP2 Megamoto
By Jon Urry on 02/04/2008 17:26:41
BMW launch their most radical, stripped-down bike ever. With only 30 in the country and a stratospheric price tag of £12,595, the Megamoto is as exclusive as it is rampant. Get ready to spend your city bonus.
, especially considering its off-road potential, and the Megamoto proves the point. Although it is undoubtedly helped by its light weight (not to mention the fact it has 17-inch wheels front and rear) the Megamoto feels much lighter than its claimed weight
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First Ride - BMW G450X
By John Cantlie on 07/09/2009 14:54:23
They’ve flirted with it for years, but now BMW finally get stuck into the business of serious off-roading with their new enduro tool
cure this overnight, but it shouldn’t have made it this far to be fair.It’s bloody great to see BMW finally make the move into serious off-road sport. The 450X has been substantially tested in enduros already and is aimed straight for KTM’s jugular
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First Ride: 2013 Yamaha TMAX Black Max 530 review
By Ben Cope on 11/04/2013 17:13:00
Yes, it's been out for a while but Yamaha never invited us on the launch. We pitch it against London's broken streets and Birmingham's frozen motorways.
tail light from the R1, there's no mistaking Yamaha want the TMAX to ooze sporty appeal.The TMAX BLACK MAX we tested features a matt-black finish and a matt-black Akrapovic slip-on exhaust. It looks the part.Sat on the TMAX it feels small and squat. It
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Splitting heirs: Yamaha YZF-R6 2005 vs. 2006
By James Whitham, Tim Dickson on 27/01/2011 10:26:19
I know the R6 well not only 'cos I raced one for three seasons in World Supersport but also because we used 'em as marshals' bikes on our track days.
.Continue the Yamaha YZF-R6 2005 vs. 2006 test - 2/4EVOLUTION1999 The first R6 and a modern classic. The easiest way to spot the original R6 is to look for the carbs; later models got slightly less garish paint schemes. The front tyre is an all-new 120/60 size2003The
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2011 Triumph 1050 Sprint GT road test review
By Mark Forsyth on 11/08/2010 10:19:29
More powerful (but a bit too revvy), longer wheelbase with single-sided swingarm, very stable, geared more for touring than its predecessor and overall a very decent tour bus
and white lines. Touch a white line while cranked over and the GT will give a little shimmy. It follows ruts and tramlines with a slow yawing movement and exaggerates bad road surfaces to the extent where I really did believe I had a front puncture at one
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First Ride: 2002 Yamaha YZF-R6
By Visordown on 12/07/2002 10:21:49
Getting back on the R6 was like getting back on an old friend. I don't normally ride my old friends, you understand, but the R6 responds like no other to a massive session of throttle abuse
geometry at the front, and you've got to wonder whether the problems Jim Whitham's had crashing with the bike might be down to that. His team-mate Casoli does the same thing."But that's right at the limit. On the road and for normal people at the track
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First Ride: 2012 Honda Fireblade review
By mark forsyth on 25/11/2011 17:38:11
More grip, Vicar
, lighter front Bridgestone R10 tyres every aspect of the steering was improved - turn-in, feedback, accuracy and braking stability - the latter a really noticeably attribute when you're having to brake from 160mph+ (downhill) at the end of the back straight
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First Ride: 2013 Triumph Daytona 675R review
By Ben Cope on 16/12/2012 19:25:19
Forget 250s. This is the best handling bike you can buy.
THIS is the Daytona 675 Triumph always wanted to build. It isn’t just a couple of tweaks and a facelift, it’s a totally new model - the front mud guard is about the only part that carries over from the old bike.According to the Daytona 675’s lead
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First Ride: Aprilia Caponord Rally Raid review
By Kevin Ash on 14/09/2010 13:37:29
Aprilia's revamped Caponord may have its roots planted in the dirt, but like most of the big trailies it was built for touring
us off road on the new Caponord Rally-Raid. The fact that it's a touring bike was barely mentioned; nor did Aprilia's staff openly admit that any more than a tiny handful of owners would even attempt the sorts of simple dirt trails we were pointed at
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