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First Ride: 2005 KTM Super Duke Review
By Niall Mackenzie on 30/03/2008 22:46:45
An Austrian brute pumped full of steroids is the only way to describe the first ever-pure streetbike from KTM. If Arnold Schwarzenegger was a bike he'd be the Super Duke...
The future is definitely bright for KTM if the recently launched Super Duke is a taster of what it has planned in the street and sportsbike market. With refreshing honesty the usually straight-faced Austrians admit that motorcycling has an element of danger, but this can add to t...
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First Ride: 2006 Triumph Tiger 1050
By Jon Urry on 02/04/2008 18:53:05
Triumph's Tiger sheds the big trailie looks, sharpens its claws and goes for a more road-inspired image. Is this the right direction for Hinckley's big cat?
The beautiful planet we all live on is falling apart. Seas are rising, icecaps are melting and pandas are having trouble getting it up. Global warming is to blame: we're burning too much fuel, creating too many pollutants and allowing cows to fart unhindered. All of which is caus...
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Road Test: Moto Guzzi Breva V1100
By John Cantlie on 27/04/2008 21:00:09
Moto Guzzi come out swinging with their new Breva V11, and they've got BMW's R1150R boxer twin up against the ropes.
Age is a curious thing. You can't hear it, and you can't see it, but one day you wake up and realise all breakfast show DJs are wankers and the country's gone to pot because New Labour are a bunch of low-class liars.I also came to the staggering conclusion that, at 34, I rather l...
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Road Test: Ducati 999R
By Niall Mackenzie on 27/04/2008 21:56:57
The new 999R gets the trickest motor Ducati has ever made. It's also just like Neil's (Hodgson, that is) they say, so we sent our own Niall to ride it.
When I first heard that Neil Hodgson was off to the States to take on Duhamel, Bostrom and co in the AMA Superbike series I never doubted he had the talent and commitment to succeed.However, one concern I did have was that the machinery available wouldn't give him the same chance...
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2011 Kawasaki ZX10R spied
By Visordown News on 06/08/2010 10:01:14
Big Green's 2011 superbike spied out on track with Skyes and Yanagawa testing the Kawasaki ZX10R at Autopolis, Japan
KAWASAKI'S resident Twit has been at it again, Tweeting pictures of the company's 2011 ZX-10R during test trials.The test team, comprising of WSB racers Tom Sykes and Akira Yanagawa, is currently in Japan putting the new 1000cc sportsbike through its paces at the Autopolis circui...
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First Ride: 2011 Honda CBR600F
By Ben Cope on 10/03/2011 11:52:04
The return of the renowned CBR600F or just a full-faired Hornet?
You probably know someone that has, at one stage in their biking life, owned a Honda CBR600F. First launched in 1987, it has been the bedrock of middleweight Honda sales, but, unlike the VFR or NC models, it never really got cult status. It’s never been ‘a must own’ and yet tens ...
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First Ride: Moto Guzzi Norge GT 8V
By Tom Higham on 08/04/2011 09:25:03
A grand turismo intended to have all the fun of a naked sportsbike but with all the protection of a tourer.
Now in its 90th anniversary year, Moto Guzzi has replaced its premium Norge 1200 with the new Norge GT8V.The similar looks don't mean they are similar bikes though, almost 80% of the bike has been redesigned but as Moto Guzzi Brand Manager Gianluca Di Oto stated at the press laun...
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First Ride: Moto Guzzi Stelvio 1200 8V and Stelvio NTX
By Tom Higham on 08/04/2011 10:45:55
Having an adventure with the new Moto Guzzi Stelvios
The Stelvio is Moto Guzzi's adventure bike and named after the Stelvio Pass in the Italian Alps, a road that BBC's Top Gear once called the best road in the world.Although clearly aimed at the adventure and GS market, Moto Guzzi know that Stelvio customers may be dreaming of ridi...
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First Ride: 2007 Honda CB600F Hornet
By Visordown on 02/04/2008 12:56:43
Honda's top-selling naked middleweight gets a top-to-toe revamp, sharp new looks and the world's ugliest exhaust collector box
Japanese bikes don't come much more Italian than the revamped Hornet 600. Despite the name on its tank, the Hornet was shaped by Honda's European design studio in Italy, and built at the factory in Atessa. Given Italian sales were largely responsible for the original Hornet 600 t...
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First Ride: 2004 Buell Lightning CityX
By Mark Shippey on 30/03/2008 21:44:06
It's apocalypse now as Buell unveil their see-through CityX. Is it the must-have new machine for the urban wasteland?
and improved fuel economy (50mpg is claimed) over its bigger brother. Buell has also remapped the fuel injection to pass impending European Cat II fuel emissions.The CityX utilises the three basic principles of Buell technology; mass centralisation of the major
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