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Road Test: Tuono vs 749 Dark vs. 660SM vs Thruxton
By Niall Mackenzie on 22/04/2008 21:17:41
Niall Mackenzie re-lives his youth and heads for Bonnie Scotland, with four very different bikes.
CAPACITY - 748ccPOWER - 106bhp@10,400rpmTORQUE - 56lb.ft@8700rpmWEIGHT - 197kgSEAT HEIGHT - 780mmFUEL CAPACITY - 15LTOP SPEED - N/A0-60 - n/aTANK RANGE - N/ASPECS - KTMTYPE - SUPER MOTOPRODUCTION DATE - 2004PRICE NEW - £5995ENGINE CAPACITY - 654ccPOWER - 70.1
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Living with a 2008 Suzuki GSX-R750
By Niall Mackenzie on 16/01/2009 12:55:14
Niall Mackenzie reviews the 2008 Suzuki GSX-R750 throughout a year of abuse
over that speed that might be what caused the problem. We need to look at the tyre before we make a proper statement.”NIALL’S SET-UPFRONT:• Preload, 2 turns out from max• Rebound, 1.5 turns out from max• High Speed compression, six flats out from max
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2009 Yamaha XJ6 and Diversion road test review
By Niall Mackenzie on 31/03/2010 13:58:15
Niall Mackenzie goes walkabout with a pair of Yamaha’s budget bikes in the Australian outback. Disappointingly, Jenny Agutter is nowhere to be seen.
Click to read: Yamaha XJ6 owners reviews, Yamaha XJ6 specs and to see the Yamaha XJ6 image gallery.Considering the state of the economy, Yamaha couldn’t have picked a more appropriate year to launch these two entry-level 600s. With my favourite of the two, the XJ6, costing just f...
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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"
- 2005PRICE NEW - £6745ENGINE CAPACITY - 1164ccPOWER - 120.2bhp@8400rpmTORQUE - 83.9lb.ft@6800rpmWEIGHT - 223kgSEAT HEIGHT - 790mmFUEL CAPACITY - 20LTOP SPEED - 150.8mph0-60 - n/aTANK RANGE - N/ASPECS - SUZUKITYPE - STREETBIKEPRODUCTION DATE - 2005PRICE
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First Ride: 2006 MV Agusta F4 1000R
By Niall Mackenzie on 22/09/2010 14:30:00
MV has always boasted it builds the most beautiful bikes in the world, but our Niall's not so sure. Will this new offering change his mind?
cc four-cylinder motors tend to tail off at the top end whereas the MV arrives at the 13,000rpm rev limiter with ease.Click here to read the MV Agusta F41000R review verdict.
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First Ride: 2006 Triumph Daytona 675
By Niall Mackenzie on 20/09/2010 21:12:48
It's the one we've all been waiting for. Niall Mackenzie finds out if Triumph's new 'Urban Sports' bike delivers on the hype
, I could have tested the new Daytona 675 Triple and had it back by lunchtime. No one told Triumph this, so instead I got to fly half way round the world to try it at the Sepang Circuit and on the road in Malaysia.My one and only previous visit
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2008 Suzuki GSX-R600 first ride review
By Niall Mackenzie on 07/05/2010 11:15:38
The look is similar, but Niall discovers that Suzuki’s supersport bike’s beauty is more than just skin deep
Click to read: Suzuki GSX-R 600 2008 owners reviews, Suzuki GSX-R 600 2008 specs and to see the Suzuki GSX-R 600 2008 image gallery.With so many new models to digest at the NEC back in November, my opinion of the 2008 GSX-R600 was that apart from a
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Road Test: Suzuki GSX-R1000K5
By Niall Mackenzie on 24/04/2008 21:05:24
Probably lighter, certainly faster, but is it any better? Definitely. Niall Mackenzie rides the new GSX-R1000 at Eastern Creek.
but significant capacity hike helps increase torque, while an extra 1500rpm on the upper rev limit (now 13,500rpm) contributes to a boost in top end power. Lighter titanium valves help here, while a new shape combustion chamber, reinforced crank and conrods
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Mackenzie rides the WCM MotoGP entry
By Niall Mackenzie on 29/05/2003 11:18:39
The WCM team built a Grand Prix bike around the bones of a Yamaha R1 in less than 14 weeks. Niall Mackenzie tests the impressive Harris WCM GP bike
and the WCM is as good as that, with even more power.The bottom end and mid-range torque feels much stronger than the GSX-R, although this could be to do with the WCM machine weighing 12kg less than the BSB bike at a very bantam weight 150kgs.Handling is hard
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First Ride: Honda CBR600RR (2007)
By Niall Mackenzie on 02/04/2008 11:42:59
Yamaha won the supersport 600 sales war in 2006, and Honda is out for revenge. They think the all-new CBR600RR is the tool for the job, and Niall Mackenzie reckons they might be right.
CBR for 2007.But Honda haven't done anything radical, choosing instead to rework the current CBR in to make it the very best on road and track.While sports 600 machines, even standard ones, can lap tracks incredibly quickly, recently the Japanese have
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