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Cool Runnings - Kawasaki ZZR-1400 Vs Suzuki Hayabusa
By John Hogan on 06/05/2010 11:39:31
We were invited for an exclusive ride with the British bobsleigh team at Innsbruck but needed to get there in a hurry. Cue Suzuki’s Hayabusa and Kawasaki’s ZZR-1400
The roads in Austria at this time of year are peppered with ice, and incredibly dangerous. Yet here we are, heading into a bend on the side of a snow-covered mountain doing 80 mph. As the front end collides off the kerb and veers dangerously towards the barrier I put my head down...
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Road Test: SXV5.5 v. ZZR1400 v. GSX-R750 v. Rocket
By Niall Mackenzie, Tim Dickson, John Hogan, Jon Urry on 20/05/2008 10:30:19
Motorcycling with the mostest and living with extremes: Kawasaki ZZR1400, Triumph Rocket III, Suzuki GSX-R750 and an Aprilia SXV5.5. Can too much ever be enough?
result in my book! Kawasaki ZZR1400Special excess: a claimed 197bhp Lived with: Tim DicksonSaturday 15 July, 2006. 11.15am. Put leathers on, open garage, wheel out ZZR1400. Head down the M40 into London, ride through the centre of town and out the other
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Traffic Light GP - motorcycle launch control
By John Hogan on 07/06/2009 12:26:46
We all do it. Even if we don’t admit it. Traffic light racing. Silly and purile maybe, but when another bikes lines up alongside and the lights turn green, you going to just let him go? How to do it. And the best bikes to do it on...
one of the fastest drag racers in the UK, Steve Venables, to staff and a lad who’s only just learned to ride, we wanted to find out who is quickest on what. Ready? Because the lights just turned amber...Continue the Traffic Light GP - Kawasaki ZZR1400
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Two Hundred Miles Per Hour
By John Hogan on 21/06/2010 12:17:58
Take six people who've never done 200mph before, take one of the fastest bikes in Britain, add a two-mile long runway and this is how it feels
200mph is a number banded around a lot these days as a number easily achievable on a modern superbike. It's a bit silly really as all these bikes are limited to 'only' 186mph, and a Hayabusa or ZZR1400 will happily hit this point, then go no further
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The story behind the revamped 2008 Hayabusa
By John Hogan on 21/06/2010 11:43:44
After nine years waiting, Suzuki unveiled their all-new Hayabusa in 2008. Promising 198bhp and the fastest acceleration of any production superbike, we spoke to the team of people who put it together
and race replicas. They achieved both objectives with remarkable success, as global sales figures attest.This time around the plan wasn't so clear cut. And any suggestions that the new Hayabusa is a repost to the Kawasaki ZZR1400 were quickly dismissed
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2009 BMW K1300S launch report review
By John Hogan on 31/03/2010 12:46:52
BMW is taking the fight to the Japanese hypertouring behemoths. The K1300S brings a touch of European class to the party
is limited to the Suzuki Hayabusa and the Kawasaki ZZR1400, both of which have a long line of evolution, sales success and loyal followers. The new K1300S is more than up to the job of competing with them.The S model forms the basis for the R incarnation
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2008 Suzuki GSX-R1300 Hayabusa
By John Hogan on 27/03/2008 11:20:21
After nine years waiting , Suzuki finally unveil their all-new Hayabusa. Promising 198bhp and the fastest acceleration of any production superbike, we spoke to the team of people who put it together...
ZZR1400 were quickly dismissed."The existence of the ZZR1400 had no influence on this project. Its performance was analysed while we developed the new Hayabusa, but it wasn't factored into our plans and its launch in no way changed the direction of our
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Double Ton - cracking the 200mph barrier
By John Hogan on 17/06/2008 14:51:06
Six riders attempt to crack the illusive 200mph barrier at Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground
achievable on a modern superbike. It's a bit silly really as all these bikes are limited to 'only' 186mph, and a Hayabusa or ZZR1400 will happily hit this point, then go no further. For the dedicated speed freak or M4 terrorist, it's all frightfully
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