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Top 10 fastest naked motorcycles for £3k
By Sachin Rao on 05/03/2013 16:52:00
So you like 'em cheap, fast and in their birthday suit?
IF there’s one thing better than speed, it’s cheap speed. Loads of horsepower for not much money is an equation that just never fails to get one's loins all a-tingle.In this Top Ten, we give you the ten fastest nakeds you can buy for under £3
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Yamaha’s sports 250 to go naked too?
By Visordown News on 27/03/2013 09:57:52
The rumours just keep on coming
details. And now the rumour mill around the machine is winding up again with suggestions that there will also be a naked version. So as well as an R250, we can expect an FZ250 using the same engine and probably the same chassis.Of course, it makes sense
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New: Rizoma 4D mirrors
By Visordown on 15/03/2013 09:31:00
Seeing is believing...
.Designed to fit most modern naked roadsters and adventure tourers, the 4D mirror is made from CNC-machined billet aluminium and is available in satin black or polished silver finishes. Price: £109
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New bike sales still dropping
By Visordown News on 08/03/2013 13:23:00
February's figures: grey as the winter sky...
period a year ago.Good performances from the Naked (+7.3%, to 591 units), Trail/Enduro (+35.2%, to 307) and Touring (+53.4%, to 89) segments were countered by the Sport/Tour (-46.4%, to 96 units), Adventure Sport (-15.9%, to 318) and Supersport (-16
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Sales slide persists in March
By Visordown News on 17/04/2013 10:16:00
Year-on-year sales down by a tenth
and 3,660 in February 2013).The major categories all took hits - Naked down 11.4% to 2,95 units, Scooters down 9.9% to 2,263, Supersport down 13.3% to 1,990, Adventure Sport down 8.5% to 1,955. The Sport-Touring, Custom and Mopeds categories were also
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First Ride: 2013 Honda CBR500R review
By Sachin Rao on 19/02/2013 16:04:01
What's in a name? We ride Honda's 'sporty' new 500
that good-looking bike? And can I afford it?'As you know from reading our 2013 Honda CB500F review, the CBR500R is the sporty sibling in Big Red's new family, flanking the naked F and the adventure-styled CB500X. (Actually, because the three bikes
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First Ride: 2013 Honda CB500F review
By Sachin Rao on 19/02/2013 09:14:46
We get a feel of Honda's most significant bike of the year
more speed than the Spanish authorities and my mum would approve of, and it gets a bit hairy. However, even as the weather worsened, I was confident the 2013 Honda CB500F wouldn't let me down.The CB500F is the no-frills naked version of the trio
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Buyer's Guide: Kawasaki Z1000
By Visordown on 15/04/2013 12:06:00
Our definitive guide to buying and owning Kawasaki’s big supernaked
THE Z1000 (formally designated the ZR1000) was launched in 2003, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Kawasaki’s legendary Z1 of the 1970s. An exceptionally stylish bike – arguably the best-looking Japanese nakeds of the day – the new Zed was big
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Pirelli Angel GT tyre review
By Ben Cope on 18/04/2013 20:47:00
We test Pirelli's new touring tyre on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier and at the Nardo test track. Can a pure touring tyre really deal with an R1 on track?
, we're getting older and moving away from sportsbikes towards large nakeds, sports tourers and tourers. Pirelli and all the other tyre manufacturers for that matter, have taken note and that's why we have such a wide range of quality sports
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