or £9399 with ABS. Service intervals are every 6000 miles, the basic service is £113 and a full service (at 12k and 24k miles) costs £347. I can fill the tank for £20 and this gets me about 149 miles. In the real world it’s a useable, manageable long-term

an impractical way of getting around. But there's nothing else like it on the roads, and consequently you'll get stared at while riding it. Which is great. Elvis driving down Oxford Street in the Popemobile would probably attract less attention.So the way

July 2003No sooner had I taken delivery, Yamaha asked for it back to be tested by another publication. Upon its return five weeks later, I promptly rode it over a large lump of rubble lying in the road at fairly high speed, leaving me with a very

on long-term loan is that we can swap ‘em around a bit and spend time on other people’s wheels. I’ve recently been tearing up and down the A3 (my daily commute) on Rob’s GSXR1000, which is somewhat remarkable in that I arrive home 12 minutes before I

!Still, comfort’s way better than the bike’s looks suggest so covering the 80-100 mile tank range without a break is nae bother. Whether strutting around town, blasting up the motorway or slicing through traffic around Donington Park (see test this issue

to the office, but not with the 9. Which was a tad worrying until they told me Chris had taken it home after the test and I'd be getting it back in day or so. All cool so far..."Not bad but crap brakes and the tyres are pretty squared off," were Ben's sentiments

over function, a real posing tool for the city, we were all sure that our esteemed Art Director would breakdown long before the Triumph did.There are so many questions that remain unanswered in a typical magazine multi-bike test. Naturally, here

tired of my stealth machine. The stealth description works on three counts; its black, it has sharp angular looks and it has an Austrian number plate. I’ll let you work out the last one. So mega fun on the road but the real revelation for me has been

August 2005I'm lucky in that during any year I get the opportunity to sample many different bikes. But whether on an intense track test, a four-day sprint across Europe or a new model launch, I always ask myself if I could live with whatever bike I

cable glides like it's on bearings. It doesn't rattle your jawbone when idling at the lights. And the throttle response is much cleaner and more linear than any Turner twin I ever knew. Best of all, you can go on long trips without needing to take a new