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Tested: Yamaha XT660R
By Andy Stevens on 11/04/2012 14:52:30
Can you really have the best of both worlds?
. The hardest trails most of us will encounter on UK roads are ideally suited to the XT and after a wet weekend of thrashing through the UK countryside you can jet wash it clean, pump up the tyres and ride to work for the sleepy Monday morning start
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Superbike classics - Ducati 916SP v Honda RC45
By John Cantlie on 17/06/2010 09:17:31
The mid 1990s was the era of the racebike on the road. World Superbikes became massive, so the manufacturers produced exotic superbikes for the fight. And none were more special than Ducati’s bellowing 916SP or Honda’s mighty RC45
machines from those built on Monday mornings. But both were also ruthlessly exclusive and to be seen on either one clobbered you serious kudos from the knowing sportsbike crowd.Today, these two bikes are as desirable as ever. The resurge of interest
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Starter Motors: Kawasaki Ninja 250R, BMW F650GS & Ducati Monster 696
By Colin Goodwin & Michael Irwin on 06/09/2010 10:00:44
Passed your test? Here are three solutions for joining the motorcycle community and gaining riding confidence
The NoviceName: Michaela IrwinAge: 29 Height: 5’2”Riding experience: 3 yearsOne in five new motorcyclists taking their test last year were female. That’s an astounding figure, all the more so because I’m not seeing them on the roads. Is there perhaps some
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Longest Test: Triumph Bonnevlle
By Barry Tavner on 02/11/2009 10:42:07
Until recently, Barry Tavner’s Bonnie has been mocked by most in the office. In the south of France, however, things are very different...
on his and all I’m doing is heading to Provence. How hard can it be?The guys in the office have been less than complimentary about my choice of long-term test bike but it has proven to be the perfect London tool idling along and nipping through traffic
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Road Test: The Chosen Ones - Yamaha YZF-R1
By Warren Pole on 22/04/2008 22:07:14
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 .
-of-season GP, followed by a knees-up in town.Sunday: back to the circuit for the big race, wave Rossi flags, jump up and down, and generally get all excited.Monday: wash the whole trip down with a day's riding on God's own twisty roads just a stone's throw from
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BMW R1200GS Adventure vs. Moscow
By Jon Urry on 29/11/2010 13:36:29
Behind the Iron Curtain with only a BMW R1200GS Adventure for company, Comrade Urry sets out to explore a rapidly changing Moscow
and driving licence. I'm scared.Another officer writes something down. It says '60kph', which I assume is the speed limit, '120kph', my speed, and '100 Euros'.I take out the money but the policeman won't accept it. He's pointing down the road and getting
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Living with a 2002 Kawasaki ZX-9R
By Mark Shippey on 12/07/2002 12:44:27
The Kawasaki ZX-9R didn't survive this long term test in the hands of Shippey
Cumbria flooded.Wozza and Ben turned up early Monday morning to whisk the ZX-9 away. I never really like lending my bike out to people, bar one or two that I can trust that is. Unfortunately I wouldn't trust these two as far as I could throw them, and so
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Road Test: Tuono R vs. TDM vs. Varadero
By Colin Goodwin on 12/05/2008 21:41:46
Who are everywhere right now. Nope, these Arctic Monkeys are our brave idiots who rode three unsuitable motorcycles to Switzerland. To do the Cresta Run. Eh?
dose of dandruff or a draught in Kate Moss's living room can muster.Continue reading Road Test: Tuono R vs. TDM vs. Varadero 2/3
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First ride: 2013 KTM Duke 390
By Sachin Rao on 22/05/2013 13:56:00
Austria's latest hand-grenade gets lobbed at some lovely wet, bumpy, slippery UK roads...
and the 690 comes the eagerly-awaited 390 (the moniker reflecting ease of nomenclature rather than the actual engine capacity) - the perfect size for an urban-oriented bike that's powerful and light enough to be fun on Sundays and Mondays, plus cheap enough
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Longest Test: Kawasaki GTR1400
By Ben Miller on 02/11/2009 10:39:43
The GTR’s been waiting for a trip like this. Over two weeks at large in France, Ben Miller’s Kawasaki proves little less than awesome
A1 south, Stamford to Calais, Monday morning 6.45am and getting out of bed’s easy when a continent, not an office, awaits. Slinging the last of my gear on the back seat and locking the house for the last time for three weeks, the August sun
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