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Bare Necessities - Naked 1000s
By Jon Urry on 08/12/2003 16:02:22
Niall, Gus, Jon and Daryll get back to nature and dabble in a bit of group nakedness
to watch.Although to be fair Niall did manage to make it almost ten yards before hoisting the front of the Z1000 and performing a very graceful stand-up wheelie down the road. Gus did slightly better, he managed all of 15 yards before repeating the trick
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Road Test: CB1300 v ZRX1200R v GSX1400 v XJR1300
By Niall Mackenzie & Jon Urry on 24/04/2008 19:22:39
Niall, James, Daryll and Jon venture north to celebrate Burns' night, eat Haggis and drink whisky. "They fought like Scotsmen. And won their freedom"
enough, just two miles up the road Niall was on the hard shoulder as he too tried to locate the ZRX's reserve. James was long gone. A conserving eight-mile dawdle followed before we met up with James at the next service station. "The Honda's fuel light
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Italian Exotica - Aprilia RSV-R Mille, Benelli Tornado & Ducati 999
By Jon Urry on 08/12/2003 15:14:26
When it comes to style few can match the Italians. But is Ducati's 999, Benelli's Tornado and Aprilia's RSV-R's beauty only skin deep?
.Parking them in the pit lane of Albacete Circuit in Spain, they instantly draw a crowd in the way that few other bikes can. If Niall, Daryll and myself had rolled up on any of the new Japanese bikes no one would have given us a second glance, although Niall
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Class of '89: Honda RC30 V Ducati 851
By Jon Urry on 17/11/2010 11:53:24
It’s 1989. Superbikes are on the cusp of being quite brilliant, and Honda’s RC30 and the 851 Ducati are now leading the charge
white RS Taichi leathers slung on the back seat of his Mercedes 190, that famous AGV with the thistle on the crown resting on the passengers seat. Niall’s attention is immediately drawn to the two bikes.Continue the Honda RC30 V Ducati 851 Road Test
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Supersport Superstars - 2005 600cc test
By Jon Urry on 01/03/2005 12:09:13
How do you split five of the best supersport machines ever made? It's not easy, but using two of the UK's most successful and experienced racers, a Spanish race track and a day's riding on dry mountain roads is certainly a good start...
Sitting in a Spanish bar following two days of testing the new breed of 600s on both the track and road, we still haven't come to a conclusion. There are two pressing questions. First, who is our favourite film star and secondly, which is the best
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Used Test: Mille vs 748 vs Fireblade vs GSX-R750
By Jon Urry on 27/04/2008 19:39:50
With a £5000 budget we delve into the second-hand market to test four of the best used bargains around.
budget for the bikes in this test I was amazed at the gems we uncovered. A call to D&K Motorcycles, one of the largest second-hand dealers in the UK, soon provided an absolutely mint 2002-model Aprilia RSV, a very tidy 2001 Honda FireBlade with a few
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First Ride: 2004 Ducati 749R
By Jon Urry on 30/03/2008 20:50:17
Following its launch at a soggy Valencia, we try Ducati's beautiful 749R in the dry at Donington.
There are some lessons in life that you learn the hard way. Accidentally urinating on an electric fence is one of them, drinking too much cheap cider is another and trying to out-brake Niall Mackenzie is one that I learnt while riding Ducati's 749R
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Road Test: Hornet 600 v Z750 v Bandit 650 v FZ6
By Jon Urry on 27/04/2008 22:03:57
Whitham takes us by the hand and leads us through the streets of Huddersfield. Four battered middleweights, a bag of chips and a Fanta, please.
-cooled, sportsbike-engined competition, but it is about a grand cheaper.Over by the also-revised Hornet Niall was making odd cooing noises. This actual bike is going to be his longterm test bike for the year, and it's the first time he's seen it in the flesh. "It
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Home James: Middleweight Nakeds Test
By Jon Urry on 01/07/2005 13:58:51
Whitham takes us by the hand and leads us through the streets of Huddersfield. Four battered middleweights, a bag of chips and a Fanta, please
-cooled, sportsbike-engined competition, but it is about a grand cheaper.Over by the also-revised Hornet Niall was making odd cooing noises. This actual bike is going to be his longterm test bike for the year, and it's the first time he's seen it in the flesh. "It
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Road Test: 2007 600 Supersport review
By Jon Urry on 26/05/2007 20:30:05
Have the latest sports 600s taken track focus to a level where it has limited their viability as road bikes? It certainly looks that way, but then looks can be deceiving...
oddball capacity is the Triumph track or road focused? Handling and styling say track, engine says road.So with all this in mind the only way to test the latest generation of sports 600s was to ride them in every environment. As well as letting Niall do
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