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First Ride: 2007 Honda CB600F Hornet
By Roland Brown on 02/04/2008 12:56:43
Honda's top-selling naked middleweight gets a top-to-toe revamp, sharp new looks and the world's ugliest exhaust collector box
Japanese bikes don't come much more Italian than the revamped Hornet 600. Despite the name on its tank, the Hornet was shaped by Honda's European design studio in Italy, and built at the factory in Atessa. Given Italian sales were largely
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Ducati Streetfighter first ride review
By Rob Hoyles on 07/04/2010 16:40:55
If you thought the S4RS was barking, then think again. Ducati’s latest machine goes right back to streetfighting basics…
, the Italian chief project engineer, Giulio Malagoli, and their development team have made an excellent job of hiding any ugly wiring or plumbing, as well as keeping strong elements of the 1098’s stunning good looks in such a way that it really looks like they
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First Ride: 2006 Cagiva Raptor 650
By Jon Urry on 22/09/2010 11:00:00
Italian style meets Japanese functionality as Suzuki donates its new SV650 engine to Cagiva's aggressively-styled naked tool.
you see them on the road and, with Cagiva going through the usual Italian bike manufacturer process of being sold, bought then sold again, I assumed the Raptor had been put out to pasture. No so, as here is a new model.So what's new? The chassis
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2009 Moto Guzzi Griso first ride review
By John Hogan on 09/04/2010 13:49:12
Subtle just got a whole lot cooler as the already great looking Griso gets an overhaul
thinking about what I would change or adjust to make it better, I just wanted to ride it more.The Griso SE is a truly unique alternative to everything that street bikes offer. While retaining the definitive Italian hook that, once under your skin
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First Ride: 2005 KTM Super Duke Review
By Niall Mackenzie on 30/03/2008 22:46:45
An Austrian brute pumped full of steroids is the only way to describe the first ever-pure streetbike from KTM. If Arnold Schwarzenegger was a bike he'd be the Super Duke...
- and you should do just that whenever possible. Here, here!The sun needs to shine to see the metal flake in the orange version, so it was a good job KTM chose to launch the bike in Fuerteventura not Scotland, but whatever the colour there is no question
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First Ride: Moto Guzzi Stelvio 1200 8V and Stelvio NTX
By Tom Higham on 08/04/2011 10:45:55
Having an adventure with the new Moto Guzzi Stelvios
The Stelvio is Moto Guzzi's adventure bike and named after the Stelvio Pass in the Italian Alps, a road that BBC's Top Gear once called the best road in the world.Although clearly aimed at the adventure and GS market, Moto Guzzi know that Stelvio
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First Ride: 2012 Triumph Street Triple R review
By mark forsyth on 12/06/2012 14:47:09
Middleweight heavyweight
truly amazing for this class.The on-paper performance figures don’t tell the whole story. Yes, it’s a detuned Daytona motor but the extra low-down torque this offers makes it very, very easy to ride quickly on the roadAt the pointy end, radially mounted
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First Ride: Moto Guzzi MGS-01 review
By Kevin Ash on 15/09/2010 11:52:35
After years in the sportsbike wilderness, Moto Guzzi has bounced back with the new MGS. It may lack the high tech credentials of its Italian V-twin brethren, but is it any good?
, fast BMW and reliable Buell. So assuming the next generation of school leavers can actually read or write, the new MGS-01 is going to confuse them horribly - it is a Moto Guzzi, and after scoring the first ride on a near production ready prototype, I
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First Ride: Moto Morini Corsaro
By Roland Brown on 29/04/2008 22:54:13
Shiver my timbers, it's a new Moto Morini. But will this pirate sail the high seas or walk the plank to Davey Jones' locker?
-rate linkage.The Corsaro - 'pirate' in Italian - feels aggressive from the moment you climb aboard its fairly tall seat and slightly leant-forward riding position. The big V-twin spins up quickly at the touch of the throttle, and rumbles through its pair of big
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First Ride: 2002-03 Aprilia RSV-R Mille
By Warren Pole on 29/03/2008 19:29:06
What on earth could Aprilia do to improve their already-ace Mille-R? Not an enormous amount as I discovered at the launch of the 2003 bike in Italy.
translate into any tangible differences from the riding seat?As far as the first couple of sessions of the day were concerned then the answer to this has to be 'no' because these stints were taken up with learning the track, sussing braking markers and gears
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