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The clever bits of the new Honda VFR1200
By Mark Forsyth on 07/06/2010 14:31:05
...and some of the (maybe) too clever bits, like the ABS. Whatever happened to a front brake lever that gives you all the front brake?
offered by the Honda parts catalogue is the soft, grippy, suede-like Alcantara as seen here4. MufflerI hated the silencer when I first saw it but the big conical device has grown on me. It’s size is more of an issue with noise regs and having to include a
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How does the DCT on the Honda VFR1200 work?
By Mark Forsyth on 07/06/2010 14:47:04
The new VFR1200 features Dual Clutch Transmisson, we investigate the benefits of it
I have to admit images of a CB400 Hondamatic sprang to mind when I first heard about this new DCT system. How wrong…First clue that there’s something amiss is the lack of gear pedal and clutch lever. Then you spot the handlebar mounted handbrake device and flappy paddles.What the...
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History of the Hondamatic
By Mark Forsyth on 11/06/2010 10:54:14
Where the idea originated with the ill-fated Honda CB400 Hondamatic
A monumental step forward in motorcycling history. The Honda CB400 Hondamatic was the firm’s last foray into automatic technology. With a dizzy 27bhp propelling 200kgs of lardy, badly suspended rolling stock the performance was never going
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ABS - Is ABS the future for sports bikes?
By Mark Forsyth on 19/12/2008 14:45:44
In an industry first, Honda have produced a working prototype sportsbike ABS system that they hope will contribute to safer superbikes on the roads of Europe.
accidents since the introduction of safety features. Jimmy Saville’s early clunk-click campaign coinciding with the seat belt law introduction made a stellar difference. Pre-tensioners, air bags, crumple zones, safety cells, head restraints, anti-lock brakes
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Tracing the Crosstourer's V4 DNA
By mark forsyth on 23/02/2012 10:19:43
Part One: Ninety degree Vee
Honda have always had great faith in the V-4 layout and there’s no denying that it’s been responsible for powering some great bikes over the past three decades.NR 'Never Ready' 500 race bikeTheir first attempt at V-4 victory was possibly best
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Dunlop Sportmax GP Racers track tested
By mark forsyth on 30/09/2011 14:53:13
Grip? Oh my life...
Insurance companies giving something back to their customers? Eh? Come again?Yes, it’s true.Nipped along to Snetterton on Tuesday where Bennetts Insurance had 100 competition winners along for a free track day. And judging by the hand show when the room was asked how many people ...
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I've tested ABS to the max...
By mark forsyth on 21/07/2011 11:00:09
...and I like it
(somewhat stupidly) to obtain a non ABS Fireblade as my 2011 long-term test bike. Honda were pretty insistent that I needed an ABS version. Not wanting to look a gift horse in the mouth for too long or too obviously, I relented.And several thousand miles
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Mick Extance off-road school review
By Mark Forsyth on 10/04/2012 12:20:41
Wales, like you've never seen it before
Dakar Rally finishes his chosen routes over this terrain are diverse in the extreme. The toy cupboard? Brand-spanking new Honda CRF250 Enduro bikes. Luvverly. There's also the option of lowered bikes and a 150 for the less confident or a 450
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Moped Endurance
By Mark Forsyth on 26/10/2010 13:35:58
Step aside MotoGP, cheap-as-chips supermoto moped endurance racing is about to hit the big time. Mark Forsyth took a real racer and factory mechanic to the job - and still didn't win
last bastion of two-wheeled stupidity, albeit with a hefty serving of common sense organisation and clockwork efficiency. It's a heady mixture of, ahem, highly tuned 50cc two-smoke scoots and Honda C90s with top speeds approaching 100mph. Maybe.For £20
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Missing Link - The Story of Trick Frames
By Mark Forsyth on 22/07/2008 20:00:30
In the days when the Japanese thought a frame was just something to hang an engine from, there was a booming trick-frame market in the UK. Did we show them how it should be done?
It was the summer of 1985. Me and my Honda CBX Thou' were heading north up the M6 in a hurry. We were racing a 2.8 injection Capri and this 125-130mph duel had been going on for the previous three or four miles, but now it was no longer visible
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