of 7 goes at 91 miles, just 17 miles down the road. Then another 17 miles later, at 108 miles, bar four out of seven has gone.Well we're just over half way and looking like doing over 200 miles to the tank. Bar five goes at 121 miles, just 13 miles

ONE OF THE major reasons Valentino Rossi is defecting to Ducati MotoGP in 2011 is down to a engine power, it been revealed.The news came about after former 500cc World Champion Wayne Gardner recently struck up a conversation at an airport with Jerry

its failings though, the biggest of which is getting off the line. Like most 600’s you have to rev the Kawasaki like a madman to prevent it from bogging down off the line, not good when you have an errant Vespa on one side and an angry cyclist

of the Triumph fraternity. Maybe I'll see you there.January 2006YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD it before, but doing a track day is a great way to improve your riding technique. Not long after I got back from my epic ride to Italy and back on the DaytonaI was back

on the race track. During the year I do a fair amount of instructing at circuits around the country so after noting the success of the Super Duke Battle race series I rested my R6 and started to use the Duke. Unsurprisingly it did lose out a bit on long

to Stirling, then the A9 all the way up to Inverness. If you break it down into these sections the journey doesn't feel so long, and on the RR I managed:Average speed: 66mph Total time: 9hrs 24mins Distance: 620 miles Fuel costs: £48.68 Fuel consumption: 62

beach and from the town centre. To be honest, the run was pretty uneventful. Things slow down when you cruise, we averaged 80mph, all the way in tight formation. We were stopping for fuel every 100-115 miles because the Fury petrol light comes on at 100

I've ridden BMW's new superbike, the S1000RR for two sessions here at Portimao, plenty of time to get a feel for the bike and here are my initial impressions.Just sitting on the new BMW S1000RR makes me think of my long-term R6. I'm five-foot eight

? There is such a place and it's right on your doorstep: it's called the Isle of Man. An independent country with the oldest parliament in the world, the Isle of Man has long done things its own way. And when its parliament permitted car (and later bike) races

the barrier I put my head down and hold my breath in the way that you do when you are expecting an impact and pain. 10 seconds ago I was giggling like a stoned schoolboy, now I’m just plain scared. Somehow we get through the corner and I risk raising my vision