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Ring Cycles
By Colin Goodwin on 01/07/2005 14:09:10
Poking death with a stick then running away scared, our four intrepid testers take on the Nurburgring armed with four sports tourers, BMW R1200 ST, Ducati ST3, Honda VFR800 and Triumph Sprint ST
journey more of a pleasure and less of an endurance.Even though Ducati has been building its ST touring bikes for years, we still tend to think of sportsbikes and Monsters when the name is mentioned. This despite the fact that bikes like the 916-engined ST
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Road Test: R1200ST v. ST3 v. VFR800 v. Sprint ST
By Colin Goodwin on 27/04/2008 22:29:47
Poking death with a stick then running away scared, our four intrepid testers take on the Nurburgring armed with four sports tourers.
journey more of a pleasure and less of an endurance.Even though Ducati has been building its ST touring bikes for years, we still tend to think of sportsbikes and Monsters when the name is mentioned. This despite the fact that bikes like the 916-engined ST
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Road Test: Street Rod vs. MT-01
By Colin Goodwin & James May on 29/04/2008 21:05:40
Top Gear's James May and Autocar Magazine's Colin Goodwin team up with Yamaha and Harley-Davidson in a quest for the alternative to scary sports bikes.
in your local showroom isn't that different. Don't confuse this bike with Yamaha's BT1100 Bulldog. That bike was a bit of a marketing/product planning cock-up that produced a big-engined air-cooled twin intended to appeal to virgin riders. Which
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Big V-twins
By Warren Pole on 26/03/2008 15:55:50
Aprilia Mille Factory, Ducati 999 and Honda SP-2 hurtle across Europe in search of sun, speed, a track day at Imola and a big day out at Italy's largest rock festival. Groovy!
links one country to another in a seamless blur. Speedos rarely below 120mph we banged out the 1100 miles from London to Imola in short order. Fuel stops were a chance for a stretch, some water and a visor de-bugging before heading back into the breach
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Road Test: RSV1000 v. Ducati 999 v. Honda SP-2
By Warren Pole on 29/04/2008 21:16:28
In which three big V-twins hurtle across Europe in search of sun, speed, a track day at Imola and a big day out at Italy's largest rock festival. Groovy!
links one country to another in a seamless blur. Speedos rarely below 120mph we banged out the 1100 miles from London to Imola in short order. Fuel stops were a chance for a stretch, some water and a visor de-bugging before heading back into the breach
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Road Test: ZX-12R v CBR1100XX v K1200S v GSX1300R
By Jon Urry on 07/05/2008 19:55:48
It's every officer's duty to escape. So our four battle-weary soldiers slipped the confines of Blighty for the freedom of Germany's autobahns to stretch the legs of four very fast bikes.
on sub-100mph twisty roads the power of these machines hits you really hard; their motors are unbelievably strong.When it comes to big power the Busa rules the roost - it really is a monster of an engine. From 3000rpm to the redline there's no let
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