and go, but the Adventure is a bike that you just can’t live without. After a week of commuting on the GSX-R, I’m ready for my Beemer again. After all, my car’s playing up at the moment and I need to help my brother move house.PARTS ADDED: None, it doesn

for this we could have had a great start, the second race the tyre moved on the wheel and was nearly impossible to ride. I am pretty angry about race day but I know we have the pace and want to get to Oulton fast to make me feel better!”James Westmoreland

and mobile, like from a handlebar to a caliper on a bouncing fork stanchion.The advantage starts when you squeeze the lever, as this gives you immediate, er... leverage, over the brake's master cylinder of about four to one. Move the lever 20mm where you

the unit moves smoothly and you can feel resistance. You should be able to hear when there's no more air in the system.Now make your final adjustment to the air gap. This will be more accurate than filling each fork with a measured amount of oil

with Race ABS and DTC. If the vehicle ahead moves out to overtake at the same time as the motor-cycle because the driver has overlooked the motorcyclist or wrongly estimated his speed, the motorcyclist is in danger. Additional LEDs in the turn indicator

and innovation. At the same time, the purist, clear design, colouring and choice of materials instantly suggest a clean, efficient yet agile single-track vehicle which allows one to move effortlessly through city traffic.So the design concept study Concept e

, but stick with us here as the Firebolt is a superb track bike. Let’s get the problems out of the way first – the gearbox is average, it’s not that fast and the drive belt does sometimes snap.Ok, that accepted let’s move onto the plus sides. The chassis

with varying radius, blind turns and bumps bigger than Jordan's. And random pine cones the size of your head.Brake deep into a tightening corner and the Duke doesn't sit up or try to run wide. Crack the gas on early and hard enough to get the back tyre moving

, but it will make cleaning easier next time.Finally, lubricate any moving parts that may have had their grease or oil washed out - footrest and lever pivots, seat locks, ignition switch, switchgear, cables and the sidestand pivot will all end up stiff and clunky

to both steer and move up and down? US firm Rokon’s solution is to keep the 2WD and ditch the suspension…In fact, while most of the bikes on our list are short lived, glorious failures, Rokon is something of success: it’s been making bikes since the 60s