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First Ride: 2003 Ducati 999S review
By Jon Urry on 13/09/2010 16:10:22
If you want a bike that makes you feel a million dollars whenever you ride it there is only one manufacturer to turn to
is at the absolute peak of its game. And riding a 999S is all this, and even more.Waiting to take it out on track at Brands Hatch I was more nervous than I have ever been about riding a bike. It wasn't just the thought of the £11,250 bill should things go wrong
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Go drag racing ...on your stock road bike
By Jon Urry on 21/10/2010 17:02:24
It’s motorsport in its purest form. Take two vehicles, ¼ mile of straight tarmac, a set of traffic lights and two warring parties. The bullshit stops when the lights turn green…
a circuit?) we knew we were in a different world. It was bumper to bumper chav chariots as ‘pimped’ up Novas tried to out-do other various hot-hatch backs with their own terrible selection of music, all egged on by girlfriends with acne, scragged
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Bluffers Guide...Club Racing
By Jon Urry on 21/10/2010 16:52:36
Ever watched MotoGP and thought “I could do that if I had the breaks...”? Well stop dreaming and get racing. Here’s the inside line on the curious world of the British club racing scene...
. But it will invariably involve them.Where do I go to see It?Get to Brands Hatch on the 7th of March or to Snetterton on the 28th to catch the first two BMCRC/MRO Road Race rounds of 2009. You can find a club race going on virtually every weekend up and down the country
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Five unlimited budget trackday bikes
By Jon Urry on 08/06/2012 13:03:00
From a road homologated WSB Ducati to ex-500GP machinery. If you're into trackdays and money is no object, then why not invest in the best bikes, born with racing in mind
1992 ROC Yamaha YZR500 - £48,300Admit it, who wouldn’t give their right bollock (or nearly £50,000 if you are precious about your man parts) to fire one of these beauties up at a Brands Hatch trackday! A ROC Yamaha YZR500 was sold in a Bonham
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Living with a 2008 Triumph Street Triple
By Jon Urry on 16/11/2008 12:24:40
Jon Urry is a lovely chap and he's quite tidy on a motorcycle y'know? He reviews this Street Triple for a year for your delectation
of those days. I had a slot booked to take the Triple on a trackday at Brands Hatch on the full circuit, but the Triumph was on Maxxis Supermaxx tyres, which I have never used on circuit before, and I was wearing a new set of leathers. Being a slightly
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Road Test: SXV5.5 v. ZZR1400 v. GSX-R750 v. Rocket
By Niall Mackenzie, Tim Dickson, John Hogan, Jon Urry on 20/05/2008 10:30:19
Motorcycling with the mostest and living with extremes: Kawasaki ZZR1400, Triumph Rocket III, Suzuki GSX-R750 and an Aprilia SXV5.5. Can too much ever be enough?
, but the GSX-R750 is one of the purest forms of motorcycling ever created.Aprilia SXV5.5Special excess: race bike on the road Lived with: Jon UrryI've been riding the Aprilia for less than 20 yards, in fact I haven't even made it out of the office car park
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