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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.
the Megamoto delivers. As well as that arse-kicking engine you get the exclusivity that comes with the BMW performance tag. How much is that worth to you?SPECS TYPE - SUPERMOTOPRODUCTION DATE - 2007PRICE NEW - £12,595ENGINE CAPACITY - 1170ccPOWER - 113bhp@7500
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First Ride: Honda XL700 Transalp
By John Cantlie on 10/04/2008 22:59:27
Older than the hills themselves, Honda’s original Adventure bike just got itself a total makeover for 2008. And a whole new lease of life...
. Which the Transalp wasn’t really meant to do (to any great degree) so at the time it was dubbed either a silly roadbike or a rubbish dirtbike. More recently, I rode 1,600 miles around Turkey for the last issue on a 650 Transalp, which probably makes me
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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...
longer stroke, the Hayabusa's engine has a special bore coating to reduce internal friction and new three-ring forged aluminium-alloy slipper pistons that are 1.4 grams lighter than before. Compression is raised from 11.5:1 to 12.5:1 while the con rods
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First Ride: 2007 Bimota DB6 Delirio
By Jon Urry on 18/03/2008 20:46:37
Who the hell let Urry out on a bike that expensive? He'll bring down Lloyds of London if he falls off.
rpmTORQUE - 75.9lb.ft@4750rpmWEIGHT - 177kg SEAT HEIGHT - 820mmFUEL CAPACITY - 16LTOP SPEED - 120mph0-60 - n/aTANK RANGE - N/A
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First Ride: 2007 Bimota DB6 Delirio
By Jon Urry on 02/04/2008 15:36:24
Who the hell let Urry out on a bike that expensive? He'll bring down Lloyds of London if he falls off.
appreciation and exclusivity.VERDICT 4/5 Expensive, exclusive and a (steadily) moving work of art. SPECS TYPE - STREETBIKEPRODUCTION DATE - 2007PRICE NEW - £13,249ENGINE CAPACITY - 1078ccPOWER - 95bhp@7750rpmTORQUE - 75.9lb.ft@4750rpmWEIGHT - 177kg SEAT HEIGHT
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First Ride: 2007 Ducati Hypermotard
By Jon Urry on 18/03/2008 20:57:38
Urry's let loose on Ducati's new super-duper motard and shows Ruben Xaus a thing or two about backing it in - or so he said...
SPECS TYPE - STREETBIKE PRODUCTION DATE - 2007PRICE NEW - £7750ENGINE CAPACITY - 1078ccPOWER - 90bhp@7750rpmTORQUE - 76lb.ft@4750rpmWEIGHT - 179kg SEAT HEIGHT - 845mmFUEL CAPACITY - 12.4LTOP SPEED - 130mph0-60 - n/aTANK RANGE - N/A
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First Ride: 2007 Suzuki B-King
By Niall Mackenzie on 29/03/2008 10:03:26
In the six years since we first saw the B-King it has been the subject of heated discussion in Japan. Should it be dumbed down for mass market or a full-blown radical bike? Find out who won the argument...
- 2007PRICE NEW - £8999ENGINE CAPACITY - 1340ccPOWER - 181bhp@9500rpmTORQUE - 108lb.ft@7200rpmWEIGHT - 240kgSEAT HEIGHT - 805mmFUEL CAPACITY - 16.5LTOP SPEED - 160mph0-60 - n/aTANK RANGE - N/A
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First Ride: 2001 Triumph Bonneville America
By Alex Hearn on 29/03/2008 13:56:15
Feet stretched to way-out-front highway pegs. A single, fat, white-faced chrome-edged speedo dominating a chunky ally top-yoke. Heavyweight tank-mounted console for the basics and a nacelle headlight reflecting the whole world in its seamless perimeter.
. It looks much better than it rides which could be said of 80% of cruisers, but that doesn't matter to most of the folk that are likely to be interested in it. And the price, at around $8,000 (£6,200), is very right. Judging by the amount of US citizens who
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First Ride: KTM 690 Duke
By James Whitham on 10/04/2008 21:26:14
The Duke has been, and KTM intend it to continue, as the flagship of the smaller end of their range. And as such the engine and drive train is virtually the only thing that it has in common with the Enduro and the SMC. The rest is all different
Dry weight: 148.5kg (claimed)Seat height: 865mmFuel capacity: 13.5lTop speed: 115mph (est)Colours: Orange
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First Ride: 2007 Triumph Rocket III Touring
By John Hogan on 10/04/2008 23:08:01
As American as the English language, this Hinckley super-tourer is all set to give the US cruiser market a good old taste of British spunk.
reworked to provide more torque (154ft/lb @ 2,000rpm), but with less horsepower, 108bhp at the crank on the standard pipes or 125 with the straight through option that’s available. Power is electronically capped in the first three gears to prevent you from
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