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Living with a 2006 Kawasaki ZX-10R
By Warren Pole on 16/07/2006 09:35:11
Wozza fawns over the high classed superbike Top Trump card that is the Kawasaki ZX-10R
shaking hand and just about kept my composure until I'd made it the mile or so back to the M40, whereupon I hoiked a ridiculous wheelie all the way down the sliproad before riding home at record pace to spend the rest of the day hiding behind my sofa
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First Ride: Harley-Davidson Electra Glide
By Warren Pole on 13/01/2011 22:59:21
... and watch the world glide by. Sometimes getting somewhere slowly is more important than going nowhere fast. Harley-Davidson has the answer.
than a pair of shreddies and a credit card, riding down wasn't looking likely. But perhaps there was a way out...What I needed was a bike of such epically overblown proportions it could laugh in the face of our luggage mountain, chortle when faced
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Road Test: R1200RT vs. Pan European vs. FJR1300
By Warren Pole on 27/04/2008 19:51:56
When you need to cross Europe in temperatures low enough to make a brass monkey wince, and still need to look chipper at the other end, only a serious tourer will do. We take three of the bestto Prague for the coldest test of the year.
discovered the following morning.Now it was time to head for home, and suddenly that seemed a very long way away no matter how comfy our bikes were.With throbbing heads, negotiating the maze of Prague's old town complete with its endless cobbled streets
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The Chosen Ones - Yamaha YZF-R1
By Warren Pole on 11/10/2007 17:36:22
In homage to Valentino Rossi's Yamaha-mounted world championship win, TWO takes all four generations of R1 to Spain for a right good thrashing and a weekend at the races.
on for the last mile or so and we leave the last long climb behind us, drop over the top of the Pyrenees and head south, down, and on to our destination: Valencia. Oh viva Espa–a. It's 10pm and Daryll and myself have been in the fetid TWO van for what feels like
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Mud Brothers: Motocross How-to
By Warren Pole on 04/09/2003 14:32:20
Here's all you could ever want to know about getting stuck into the wet, wild and wacky world that is motocross
at 3mph.Having never paid a great deal of attention to motocross bikes the CR was a revelation. Minimal and flyweight, it was a work of art. And once fired up the crisp, shrill bark of the diminutive highly-tuned two-stroke motor sent shivers down my
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Road Test: Kawasaki ZX-12R vs. Suzuki Hayabusa
By Warren Pole on 21/04/2008 22:31:36
For what we are about to recieve may the good Lord make us truly thankful because what we are about to receive is more speed than can possibly be good for you as we hop the channel with Suzuki's Hayabusa and Kawasaki's ZX-12
going as fast as you bloody can and sod anything else. That's their buzz. You wanna go a long way quickly and smoothly? Buy a tourer. You want to turn your adrenal gland up to 11? Buy one of these.Click to continue the Kawasaki ZX-12R vs Suzuki Hayabusa
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Kings of the Hill
By Warren Pole on 22/06/2009 10:45:41
Ducati's Hypermotard goes toe-to-toe with KTM and Buell through the vicious twists and turns of a Championship hill-climb event in Wiltshire
long time sportsbike riders have been searching for bikes that offer the hard-charging thrills we crave without the associated issues 180bhp, a clear road and a lack of self-control can conspire to bring about.We've tried retros and streetbikes
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Road Test: CBR1100XX V ZX-12R V GSX1300R
By Warren Pole on 22/04/2008 19:14:21
Wozza, Gus and Tim head from London to Cannes in time for cocktails, so make it as fast as possible please, by Hayabusa, Blackbird and ZX-12R
(like the freezing fog outside Paris), but the highlights had been immense from the ridiculous night-time thrash on the way down and the even more ridiculous opulence of the Martinez hotel. Through it all though, the real stars had been the bikes
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Living with a 2003 Suzuki GSX-R750 K3
By Warren Pole on 12/10/2003 14:48:11
Warren Pole appeared to have the most number of longterm motorcycles to review here, but seemed to write the least about them. Figure that out?
? Depreciation will be negligible as long as you don't lunch it, reliability is up with the best, and insurance isn't quite into stratosphere territory either.Oh, and it is an awesome bike. Handy handling, fast as you like, and with perhaps the greatest four
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Living with a 2002 Honda CBR954RR Fireblade
By Warren Pole on 12/06/2002 12:10:12
Wozza avoids the law with a calm time onboard the Honda CBR954RR
the juicier stuff.For starters, I slapped her on Little Dave's dyno down at First Bike as soon as the first service was out of the way just to make sure all was in order. And with 141 genuine bee aitch pees at the back wheel I'd have to pronounce myself more
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