' to almost the same level. I say almost, because while they may have made the decision to opt for the top-of-the-ranger that little bit harder, they have just opened themselves up to a new market that might not have even considered a Mille before now

of the fastest of the season, which leads you down to the first possible spot for passing, the sharp right of Turn 1. If your best efforts at braking harder and later into the turn than your rivals fail to get you ahead, or if, like Toni Elias in 2006, you found

July 2006To be truthful so far I'm not really enjoying running the GSX-R600. It's nothing to do with the bike, the problem is I'm so convinced the GSX-R will be stolen that it's changing the way I use it.If a mate calls up asking if I want to meet

braking, coupled with the terrible chatter the 2006 Yamaha M1 was suffering at the time seem to have combined to literally tear the tire apart. Michelin will not want a repeat of that experience this year. What's more, they will be out to avenge

the track again, but enough to chase off everyone except Nicky Hayden and Toni Elias, who seized the opportunity to run a few wet weather tests. A choice which may pay off next year, if the 2006 run of rainy race weekends is anything to go by.The patchwork

/RSV-R seems to have been around forever in some guise or other. Next to the relentless Japanese two-year sports bike cycle the RSV-R may appear long in the tooth, but I was impressed when our spanking, sparkling, latest-spec RSV-R Factory received the most

corner, the difference in cornering technique with the Repsol Honda RC212V and next year’s machine?It’s really hard to explain, because there’s basically no two corners in the world that are the same. So to ride them in the same way, I think, may be what

You can hardly accuse Triumph of rushing into the big adventure bike market. They’ve been incubating and hatching the 1200 Tiger Explorer since July 2006. Yes, since before the World went into financial freefall.But the gestation wasn’t helped

away with the race in 2006, leading from start to finish, and never looking in trouble at any point during the race. Brno suits the Ducati, its fast straights, high speed corners and flowing turns all working in the Bolognese bike's favor. And so

as the Open Winter Championship. By 2005 Christian was racing for Husaberg in the World Championship, finishing 6th overall. Aprilia then signed him up in 2006 to team up with supermoto legend Thierry Van Den Bosch in a fully factory team. Christian finished