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2010 Yamaha Fazer8 and FZ8 first ride review
By Jon Urry on 21/04/2010 15:20:18
Yamaha aim to reinvent its best selling Fazer brand with a bigger capacity engine and whole new ethos. Will it help banish memories of the disappointing FZ6 range?
clarified the situation - start riding on the XJ6, progress to the FZ8 when your are more experienced and finish on the FZ1 when you really want your brains fried. But is this a route worth taking?Thankfully the new FZ8 and Fazer8 owe much more to the FZ1
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First Ride: Buell Ulysses XB12T
By Jon Urry on 22/09/2010 12:24:11
Spawned from the much-maligned Ulysses comes the latest entry to the adventure tourer world, Buell’s Ulysses XB12XT
been improved and the stratospheric seat height reduced to a more normal altitude.Now, I admit to not being a fan of the Ulysses, but the XT is a different matter. The changes to the suspension and tyres have transformed the bike into what is probably
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Style Counsel: F800S, 883R, ER-6N, Mulhacen and MT-03
By Jon Urry on 17/01/2011 14:14:21
In a fashion conscious market what does it take to stand out from the crowd and attract a new breed of rider?
what they can offer?Make it look good. To this end bike manufacturers are building a new type of bike that relies as much on style and image as it does performance. Arguably more so. This new breed offers cheap, reliable motorcycling in a non
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Road Test: Ducati Sport 1000 vs. Triumph Thruxton
By Jon Urry on 13/05/2008 22:59:52
New dogs, old tricks. Does a factory retro sit well in the modern garage?
comes around again. And when it does it inherits a certain cool-factor, often more than it had the first time around. Did any adults seriously ride a Raleigh Chopper in the 1970s? Not a chance, but the majority of 'new' Chopper buyers are thirty
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First Ride: 2004 MZ 1000S
By Jon Urry on 30/03/2008 21:29:42
From the Eastern Block to the East End, MZ has come a long way. But can the firm's new MZ1000S sports tourer really take on the likes of VFR, Sprint and ST3?
of the back of a van aren't that bad. Despite looking like an extra from Dr Who, I actually quite like the MZ's angular features. A few in the office were a bit more cruel and said the rear end looked like it has been reversed into a bollard while the front
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Road Test: Tuono v Duke v Brutale v Speed Triple
By Jon Urry on 27/04/2008 21:07:12
In search of naked satisfaction our lads strip down, strip off and head to the seediest street in Europe, Hamburg's Reeperbahn.
on the Trumpet, I volunteered to swap the MV with him for the next leg of the journey. Cruising along on the Triumph is a comforting sensation. Personally I didn't find the seat that hard, probably something to do with having more arse padding than Alex due to a
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First Ride: 2007 Triumph Speed Triple
By Jon Urry on 02/04/2008 17:44:21
With £2,000 taken out of the Daytona 675's price tag is Triumph's Street Triple the bargain sportsbike of 2007? Or have the boys from Hinckley cut corners on their new middleweight triple...
makes it feel even more manoeuvrable than its sporty brother. I can't think of any bike that would be quicker through the second and third gear corners or any that would be as fast with such a lack of effort or with so much poise.Despite not having any
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Second Chance - Honda VTR1000 Firestorm
By Jon Urry on 27/03/2008 11:33:20
Jon Urry explains why Honda's V-twin Firestorm makes such a great secondhand buy
That's right - £1500 for a used FirestormHOW DO you fancy a V-twin 1,000, good for a genuine 155mph, set in a sleek alloy beam frame offering more than passable handling, decent brakes and damn fine build quality for a starting price of £1
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Splitting Heirs: Ducati 998 v 1098
By Jon Urry on 19/01/2011 14:50:02
The Ducati 999 was just a stop-gap between the legendary 916 and the stunning new 1098. So for the first time ever, here are the two stablemates ridden head to head...
was only 80. This wasn't just a few bolt-on goodies, this was the homologation special that had by then won six World Superbike Championships, 150 races, and had nearly made a household name of Carl Fogarty. More's the pity.The 998R's engine is completely
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Pack Instinct: SM510R vs. 690SMC vs. SXV550
By Jon Urry on 11/11/2008 12:55:51
When you absolutely, positively, have to go completely stark raving mad this weekend there is only one path to take
, bringing us turgid runarounds like the DR-Z400SM and XT660X, powered by flaccid engines with no guts for a proper fight. These bikes are little more than styled city commuters, more scooters with fancy clothes than the monstrous converted crossers
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