practice to be fair about them, be honest about the pros and cons, show no bias but, in complete honesty it’s very difficult to find fault in the Speed Triple. Sure it has its little niggles, sometimes doesn’t find second gear, front end trails a touch when

June 2005WHEN JON TOLD me there was something waiting for me downstairs, I thought it'd be a box of boring stuff. Instead I found a Honda CBR600RR. I hugged Jon (eek!), got my gear on and took my new toy for a spin.I haven't been so excited about a

-thrus. But the manufacturers, facing a huge loss in motorcycle sales and, potentially worse, an effective squeeze on young new bikers into the market, rose to the occasion. They started building sports mopeds - hugely attractive bikes which looked like proper motorbikes, would

qualities and sportiness that are evident through its impressive suspension and running gear.The bike's new half-fairing is integrated into the overall design, it emphasises the sporting character of the bike, while the front fairing offers significantly

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of supercross. Secondly, the race is seen by many to be the greatest supercross race of all time that featured Bailey and Johnson."Many modern teams and riders will be outfitted with gear and bikes with an '80's retro theme. That's gonna be, like so all the way

. Imagine that, Sir Trevor replete in skintight bike gear - someone's gotta be having a laugh.A similar poll among men saw X-Factor judge and 'sort of' singer Dannii Minogue come top with Vernon Kay's saucy northern strumpet wife, Tess Daly, in fifth place.

say that the star of increasingly dull programme Top Gear was just being flippant.No, really? You don't say! Mind you, you'd think someone in these safety groups would have enough brain cells between them to work out that 186mph in London is not very

for the United States.The CVT means a gearbox that can handle more power, deliver less fuel consumption and give an almost infinite number of gear options.If Yamaha can get the computer brain working with the CVT system it could mean the bike always being kept

Dave didn't much fancy Hyosung's latest offeringWELCOME FOLKS to Visordown's weekly caption competition, where you get a chance to slap your wittiest quote on some interesting shots from around the motorcycling world. This week we've got what must