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First Ride: 2005 Suzuki Bandit 650-650S
By Jon Urry on 31/03/2008 22:37:42
Suzuki's trusty Bandit has swollen in capacity for 2005, but is this enough to put the planet's longest-serving middleweight back in the frame?
like an on/off switch on fast stretches of road. By 9500rpm the power is all but gone though, and you get the 'flogging a dead horse' feeling.Continue the 2005 Suzuki Bandit 650 & 650S Review - 2/2JON SPEAKS TO BANDIT CHIEF ENGINEER TOSHIYUKI ENDOQ: Why
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Road Test: 2007 Z750 v FZ6 v GSR v Hornet
By Jon Urry on 28/05/2008 22:13:52
Welcome to a world of high tea, cucumber sandwiches, and screaming petrol engines as the naked middleweights tear into...
There's something wonderfully British about the Goodwood Estate. It's the kind of haven of eccentricity that can only ever exist within the glorious boundaries of the British Isles. Within its 12,000 acres it boast two golf courses, a horse race
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Living with a 2007 Triumph Tiger 1050
By Jon Urry on 16/05/2007 13:45:58
Urry swaps the speed of sports bike for the sedate Tiger 1050 to experience the sense of adventure
about the festival let me explain the problem. The site spreads over 100 acres, which sounds big. In farming terms you are meant to keep one horse per acre, but during the festival 170,000 people eat, sleep, shit, piss, drink, dance, indulge in various
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First Ride: 2008 Triumph Speed Triple
By Jon Urry on 10/04/2008 21:43:07
It’s Triumph best selling bike, a style icon, movie star and it’s still only 14 years old. Life is anything but dull with the Speed Triple as Jon Urry finds out on the roads of Lanzarote.
under its belt the future looks good for Triumph’s old war-horse. Although it’s unlikely to ever tread the red carpet at the Oscars it’s still won an army of fans, and deservedly so.SPECS:Price: £7,999Engine: 1050cc, liquid-cooled, DOHC, 12 valve, three
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First Ride: 2007 Suzuki GSX-R1300 Hayabusa
By Jon Urry on 29/03/2008 10:23:35
With a tyre-shredding 194bhp on tap and a fully revised chassis the original Hypersports bike is refusing to grow old gracefully. Hold on tight, because the 'Busa is back and is meaner than ever...
to come from it?"There is more to come from it, I think so. If customer modifies it then maximum horse power and engine performance will increase. There is more to come, but be careful, durability will be reduced."Did you explore traction control at all
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First Ride: Ducati 1098R
By Jon Urry on 10/04/2008 21:09:57
If you can’t beat them, get the rules changed so you can then build a bike with all the bits you need to dominate the racetrack out of the box. Ducati’s 1098R is pure WSB homologation magic...
an afterburner. It’s stunning. Exiting any second gear corners at Jerez and as soon as I gave the 1098R some throttle it reared up like an angry horse. You simply can’t give it full throttle until it’s into third gear, such is the ferocity of the power delivery
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King of Bikes
By Jon Urry on 27/03/2008 14:37:23
Eight bikes, each a winner in its class, slug it out in the ultimate test. BMW R1200GS, Harley-Davidson VRSCA V-ROD, Honda CBR600RR, Kawasaki Z750, Kawasaki ZRX1200R, Suzuki GSX-R1000K5, Triumph Speed Triple, Triumph Sprint ST.
. But I accept corners aren't what it's designed to do, and as a sheer posing tool the thing's fantastic."Jon had another view: "I love the V-Rod, but riding it above 60mph is a waste of time. I agree with Tim up to a point, the great engine and cruiser
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2007 CBR1000RR v ZX-10R v GSX-R1000 v R1
By Jon Urry, James Whitham on 26/05/2008 21:03:41
Is WSB exciting right now, or what? JT's Blade neck and neck with the R1 of Nitro and Troy C. Not to mention Max and the new K7. But what of the road bikes that lie beneath? Yes, what of...?
PSG-1 team is a horse," (The year before Regis had likened it to a bull. Speaking of bull...)We say: Regis is towing the company line. Like the road bike it's obvious that the race bike is fast enough, but the handling is errant. When they can get
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