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2009 Aprilia RSV4 Factory first ride review
By Ben Miller on 09/04/2010 10:03:09
Three years and nearly £20 million in the making, Aprilia’s all-new V4 superbike is a Herculean effort for a firm that five years ago was in dire financial straits. It’s also quite brilliant...
Click to read: Aprilia RSV4 Factory owners reviews, Aprilia RSV4 Factory specs and to see the Aprilia RSV4 Factory image gallery.First thing this morning £15,000 sounded like a lot of money; one-and-a-half R1s, a one-off payment to take the sting
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2009 Triumph Thunderbird first ride review
By Ben Miller on 13/04/2010 10:20:14
One of motorcycling’s few truly great names is back. Again. And this time it’s attached to a cruiser aimed squarely at Harley-Davidson. Slickly engineered it may be, but she’s no wild one
Click to read: Triumph Thunderbird owners reviews, Triumph Thunderbird specs and to see the Triumph Thunderbird image gallery.As soon as the new Thunderbird and I leave the motorway, life gets better. Since Barcelona the three-lane highway’s been
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2009 Kawasaki ER-6n first ride review
By Tim Cummings on 14/04/2010 09:32:07
The budget twin designed to look like a traditional Japanese theatre mask gets a useful update and manages to be more than the sum of its parts
. It applies to bikes too. a learner machine will always be too dull to get an expert rider’s juices flowing. Or so we used to think, but when a group of us riding Kawasaki’s revised for 2009 ER-6n on a twisty coast road spotted another two wheeled gaggle
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2009 Kawasaki ZX-6R first ride review
By Jon Urry on 14/04/2010 12:16:39
It may only look like a small update, but there’s a lot more under the skin of the new ZX-6R. With a new look comes a more refined attitude
on revs and was flatter than the world economy anywhere else.This was a bike pitched at the trackday enthusiast and despite it being a finely honed circuit tool, when it came to riding on the road was a massive pain in the arse. Compared to the discovered
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2010 Yamaha Fazer8 and FZ8 first ride review
By Jon Urry on 21/04/2010 15:20:18
Yamaha aim to reinvent its best selling Fazer brand with a bigger capacity engine and whole new ethos. Will it help banish memories of the disappointing FZ6 range?
Click to read: Yamaha Fazer 8 owner reviews, Yamaha Fazer 8 specs and to see the Yamaha Fazer 8 image gallery.Since the original model was launched in 1998 the Fazer family has been a mainstay of Yamaha’s range, a model that many (actually 250
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2010 Aprilia RSV4R first ride
By Rob Hoyles on 02/06/2010 12:00:26
The nearest most of us were ever likely to get to living the MotoGP dream (the RSV4 Factory) cost fifteen grand last month. Now there’s a more affordable alternative
Click to read: Aprilia RSV4-R owners reviews, Aprilia RSV4-R specs and see the Aprilia RSV4-R image gallery.Did anyone really think Aprilia could pull off a four-stroke masterstroke and build a world-beating V-four powered superbike? I know I didn
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First Ride: Buell Ulysses XB12T
By Jon Urry on 22/09/2010 12:24:11
Spawned from the much-maligned Ulysses comes the latest entry to the adventure tourer world, Buell’s Ulysses XB12XT
Click to read: Buell Ulysses XB12T owners reviews, Buell Ulysses XB12T specs and to see the Buell Ulysses XB12T image gallery.Spawned from the much-maligned Ulysses comes the latest entry to the adventure tourer world, Buell’s Ulysses XB12XT
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Niall's Spin: Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6
By Niall Mackenzie on 07/10/2010 16:47:33
Endorsed by many as the best superbike in 2006. The K6 Gixxer holds a special place in the heart of Niall Mackenzie, here's why...
Click to read: Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6 owners reviews, Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6 specs and to see the Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6 image gallery.The standard GSX-R1000 is the best performing bike in its class on the racetrack. Fact. In 2006 Brendan Roberts, then a 21
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Niall's Spin: Ducati 748E
By Niall Mackenzie on 30/09/2010 14:33:04
It might be the latest and the greatest but don't expect everyday comfort or plush suspension
Click to read: Ducati 748E owners reviews, Ducati 748E specs and to see the Ducati 748E image gallery.STUNNING LOOKS, TRACK handling to match all but the latest and greatest, but don't expect Honda-like practicality and reliability. This 'E
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2009 Suzuki DR125SM first ride review
By Visordown on 20/04/2010 11:16:03
Suzuki’s latest 125 is a street-smart supermoto, ready to do battle with the urban rat race at a sedate pace
Click to read: Suzuki DR125SM owners reviews, Suzuki DR125SM specs and to see the Suzuki DR125SM image gallery.We older more experienced types should envy those getting their first leg up onto the biking ladder. For them the buzz of it all has yet
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