would have plums big enough to exploit the RR’s potential on the road. It’s a race bike for the road, and now the chassis finally matches the motor’s pace.” Alastair Fagan, Fast Bikes – May 2012"The first S1000RR was already leagues ahead

, but it was considered to be potentially intimidating so they settled for a 900 and commenced an intensive testing program in America to evaluate the motor with the help of Gary Nixon and Paul Smart. It was during this period that it was re-named Project New York Steak

. Only the packaging was a lot less racey, a lot more streetbike, and while attractive from certain angles, it was nowhere near as drop-dead beautiful as the 916. But it did offer the usual Honda attributes - a wonderfully strong motor, year-in year

modern stuff, but on the road it’s a good, stable ride. My first 7R was replaced by a 2002 model and the ’96 bike became a very tricked-up track bike, with a 130bhp+ motor. With both my road-bike 7Rs, the only problems I’ve had has been carb icing (quelle

. The RR model was launched in 2000 with a 929ccc motor, updated less than two years later with a 954cc motor.Here’s the received wisdom on 21st Century ’Blades.Head racesThese take a hammering on the ’Blade thanks to the light weight, big torque and short

motor is reasonably torquey and flexible too, meaning your left-foot doesn’t always need to blur from constant gear-changing to maintain any sort of speed.Click next to continue

young designer called Kunihiko Miwa, and rather than try and breathe new life into the YZF Genesis 750 motor or lighten the Thunderace’s massive lump, Miwa started afresh with the R1, developing some radical new ideas.Yamaha has long been a company known

them a dynamic match for pretty much anything on the road. So after an uncertain beginning when a few press hacks moaned the Fazer wasn’t the lairy stunt beast they’d wanted to play on for a few afternoons, the bike buying public were treated to a new

RR after testing the water with the CBR600F Sport. The RR was part breath of fresh air and part poke in the eye with a sharp stick. It had an air of HRC quality about it.The RR is a machine designed to win races and it’s incredibly fast on the road

Here's what the British motorcycling press said in their 2012 Honda Crosstourer reviews:“I finish my ride amazed at just how good the Crosstourer is – why had I ever been skeptical? The bike is comfortable, has a great motor and superb handling. It