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Retro File: 1993 Ducati Monster M900
By Jon Urry on 24/09/2010 15:21:00
The bike that saved Ducati was a design icon, which remained unchanged for 15 years. Forget the 916, the Monster is the bike that made Ducati what it is today
and, from its launch in 1993, went from strength to strength, mutating into various sizes with different engines but still remaining true to its original design. Which is both its charm and its downfall.Continue for the 1993 Ducati Monster M900 used
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All Rounders
By Jon Urry on 20/01/2008 16:59:18
Why let your choice of bike confine your riding experience? Expand your horizons and visit new places with the latest breed of multi-tasking bikes, the BMW R1200GS, Honda CBF1000F and Triumph Tiger 1050
the stock bike at least looks like it could take on the world, which is all that's important.Triumph, on the other hand, has taken a far more radical step with its new Tiger. In launching this new bike Triumph has effectively held its hands up and admitted
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One Fine Day
By Jon Urry on 28/03/2008 17:49:37
To discover the best 10-mile stretch of road anywhere in the UK you have to go to Loch Leven in Scotland. But it's worth the ride. We whipped the brand new Street Triple, the manic KTM690SM and the glorious GSX-R750K7 into a frenzy
roads? Having ridden this machine on its launch around some fantastic smooth, twisty roads around Italy I couldn't wait to see how it coped with the UK's finest. And, to be truthful, I simply couldn't wait to ride one again. I am that shallow. So
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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...
control worked? Well – sort of. For the launch of the 1098R Ducati chose to equip the bikes with Pirelli Diablo Supercorsa tyres, in very soft compound. So much so that the rear tyre was changed every three 15-minute sessions and the front every six. On a
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Road Test: Harley-Davidson Street Rod v. Yamaha R1
By Jon Urry on 26/05/2008 13:39:21
One man's floor is another man's ceiling. The words 'sports bike' can mean very different things, so we compare two contrasting takes takes on a common theme.
periods in the saddle. The big, 60-degree V-twin has a smoother rumble than the Evo motors and even sat idling shows a willingness to rev. It's a big bike with a long wheelbase but launching it straight into series of bends gives a feeling of soft yet
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First Ride: Ducati 848
By Jon Urry on 10/04/2008 22:12:19
It’s just like the 1098 but smaller, right? Er no, actually it isn’t. Ducati has taken a completely new change of tack with its 848.
’t be, the 848 is still a fantastic bike, just in a slightly different way. Ducati chose to launch the 848 at Spain’s Almeria circuit, a favourite spot for BSB teams when it comes to testing because it’s tight, twisty and has a mega long back straight. I
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Living with a 2005 Suzuki DR-Z400SM
By Jon Urry on 16/02/2006 15:27:50
Urry loons around on the supermoto DR-Z400
.Over the past month I've spent a lot of time out of the country testing bikes, it being the season of launches. So the DR-Z has been languishing in the new office car park (while contractors lay new Tarmac, then inexplicably dig holes in it a week later
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Colditz
By Jon Urry on 01/11/2005 16:41:47
It's every officer's duty to escape. So our four battle-weary soldiers slipped the confines of Blighty for the freedom of Germany's autobahns to stretch the legs of four very fast bikes
formed a 150-180mph slip-streaming snake winding its way east, the kind of activity that would launch a squadron of police helicopters and an armada of pursuit cars in the UK. But this is Germany."A car driver reported that you overtook him on the inside
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Best of British
By Jon Urry on 01/03/2007 23:36:25
There are still a few bulldogs out there, bearing their teeth at the foreign hordes. Let's celebrate all things British with a little help from two of our own musical legends. Pip pip and tally ho!
's biggest vehicle manufacturer with 47,500 bikes rolling off the production line in 2006. But which model has been their mainstay over the last six years? The Bonneville.In 2001 Triumph launched a parallel twin styled on the 60s Bonneville. And they called
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Road Test: Versys V Bandit 650S V MT-03
By Jon Urry on 13/04/2008 13:09:52
We destroyed Australia in the rugby World Cup, and quite possibly that’s all that matters.To give our underdog team a bit of extra support, TWO took the backroad route to France on a Kawasaki Versys, a Yamaha MT-03 and a Suzuki 650 Bandit...
happy to express their interest. Launching on the back of its already very oddly styled brother, the ER-6n streetbike, the big-trailie, supermoto Versys isn’t afraid of causing a visual stir. The vibrant orange paint scheme only serves to accentuate
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