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Used Review: Kawasaki ZX-12R
By Bertie Simmonds on 17/08/2008 21:32:11
It arrived on the scene in a blaze of green and tantalisingly promised 200mph motorcycling. It didn't quite deliver that, but it did become a well-loved machine with a loyal cult following.
on the back should be enough for road use. STALLING Pre-2002 machines were hard to get off the line. From 2002-on a heavier crank made it easier, and smoother, to pull away. A narrower flywheel was also used, as were oval throttle pulleys, which help
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Hodgson ends AMA year in sixth
By Visordown News on 29/09/2008 11:56:53
Former BSB and WSB champ only manages sixth, but beats his team mate Duhamel
Superbike Championship at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.The pair started the 28-lap final, held on the same 2.238-mile road course that hosts the Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix, in a five-rider pack contesting second. But as the race went on, the team-mates gradually
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Niall's Spin - Triumph TT600 (2002-03)
By Niall Mackenzie on 08/10/2010 16:15:13
Originally released as a challenger to the supersport crown held by the CBR600 and R6, the Triumph TT600 never really lived up to it's potential
and leathers, is finding anything really wrong with a modern bike.Of course there are glitches like mirrors that don't and sidestands that won't, as well as bikes you may not personally like (I've always had a thing against Laverdas and Moto Guzzis myself
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Used Test: Honda CBR900RR Fireblade
By Niall Mackenzie on 30/09/2010 14:39:16
The Fireblade is fast, comfy and even has a bigger engine. What more could you ask for?
fast motorcycle. Problems are pretty rare and it's even comfy enough to tour or take a pillion a reasonable distance.A ground-up redesign over the previous model, the 2000 RR-Y offered a new, bigger engine (up from 918 to 929cc), fuel injection, upside
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McGuinness still the man to beat
By Visordown News on 30/05/2012 23:38:41
130mph average clocked for the first time this week
, speeds were unaffected and Martin continued to lead on the road with an opening lap of 128.448mph with Hillier crossing the line soon after at 127.811mph, his best ever lap around the Mountain Course. Johnson was next at 127.287mph with Anstey
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Bike Icon: Yamaha FZR750R OW01
By Harriet Ridley on 13/09/2010 16:24:04
Where Honda led, others followed. Enter Yamaha's wannabe RC30-beater, the OW01
engine: indeed the OW01, after Honda's RC30, was one of the first racers you could buy off the shelf for road use, and with it came a heavy maintenance schedule to keep it running sweet.Despite the EXUP valve there to strengthen mid-range, the OW01
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Discuss: Can girls be fast competent riders
By Visordown on 21/10/2009 12:19:00
Can girls be fast, competent riders, or do they lack the basic skills to ride quick and safe? This hot potato copped us a load of flak, so join in!
, are completely shit. MuzzychuckI've put loads of girls through their bike course successfully, and I've had females on courses who surpass the males in every way. The only difference is that females are physically smaller and not as strong as males
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Second bike doesn't mean second best
By Jon Bentman on 01/12/2010 15:52:42
A single bike in the garage isn't enough for some of us. But think beyond the winter hack, the 'shed' and the humdrum commuter
than just being a mere motorcycle, an object, the second bikes were typically catalysts to activities or relationships that would help define their owners.Not all second bikes start life as second bikes, of course. Mike Jones's 1975 CB750 was once his
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Further Education
By Tim Dickson on 23/07/2008 11:09:34
Passed your test and got your bike licence? Congratulations, but there's still a lot to learn. Do you want to take your riding to the next level? Here's eight things you need to know
, and that took the pressure off. The first thing he said was was my positioning was wrong. He encouraged me to use more of the road when going round corners and to be much more aware of potential hazards. If I hadn't been sent on the course it's not the sort
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James Whitham's Fizzy Rascals
By James Whitham on 12/01/2011 16:52:51
Huddersfield to Spa on seven Yamaha FS1Es to ride priceless GP bikes the other end. What could possibly go wrong? Whitham rounds up six buddies and departs on a moped pilgrimage
-stroke stuff. Every year me and a bunch of similarly afflicted mates will wobble off on at least one ill-advised run aboard an assortment of smokey old LC‘s, X7‘s and GT‘s in an attempt to re-live our youth and double our carbon footprint. A couple of years
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