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First Ride: 2003 Suzuki SV650 review
By Jon Urry on 15/09/2010 12:43:41
Its faired brother is more suited to motorway miles, but how does the SV650 handle rush hour traffic?
Click to read: 2003 Suzuki SV650 owners reviews, 2003 Suzuki SV650 specs and to see the 2003 Suzuki SV650 image gallery.When we tested the SV650S both on its own and against the rest of the middle-weight competition there was always one nagging problem with the bike. Through town...
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Living with a 2003 Triumph Daytona 600
By Jon Urry on 12/10/2003 14:18:31
We like Jon Urry, despite the fact he owns a 2CV. He is a very nice man and he reviews his Daytona 600 here using words and images
August 2003YOU HAVE TO feel a bit sorry for the poor Daytona. Despite it currently showing 3500 miles on it's clock, it hasn't actually been ridden on the road yet! You see my lovely new Daytona 600 is one of the bikes that was used during the world launch of the Triumph at circu...
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First Ride: 2007 Bimota DB6 Delirio
By Jon Urry on 27/05/2008 22:41:46
Who the hell let Urry out on a bike that expensive? He'll bring down Lloyds of London if he falls off.
and the two machined oil line holders that are so unnecessarily extravagant. From what I could see every single nut, bolt and fastener is of the very highest quality, but that's what you would expect on a bike costing £13,249.Yes, these new Bimotas
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First Ride: 2007 Suzuki Bandit 650
By Jon Urry on 02/04/2008 14:49:15
Old faithful returns with a new jacket, starched braces and a spanking new motor
, the classic air/oil cooled motor has been consigned to the crusher in the sky, and one of the last bastions of carbs has fallen to fuel injection.And unlike my dad, who converted his jeans to garage rags, progress with the Bandit's here to stay.As you can see
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First Ride: Ducati Sport 1000S
By Jon Urry on 02/04/2008 12:18:52
Achingly beautiful, plain aching to ride. Another classic stunner from Italy.
Why do women wear stilettos? Despite the discomfort they wear them because walking on tiptoe makes their legs look longer, their bums more shapely and their boobs stick out. It's fashion over function.Why do you want a Ducati Sport 1000S? The very same reason. Because despite the...
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First Ride: 2007 Moto Morini 91-2
By Jon Urry on 02/04/2008 12:36:04
Corsaro too lairy? Then here's a more amiable naked.
Nostalgia is a powerful thing. There is no way half the crap that's sold on eBay would have been shifted if it wasn't for someone, somewhere, remembering their youth. And the bike world is no different.There is currently a revival in the retro bike market, or at least for modern ...
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First Ride: Triumph Bonneville America
By Jon Urry on 02/04/2008 14:07:19
Britain takes on America in the budget cruiser battle
Triumph's Bonneville America is a bike I admit I didn't understand until I rode it. I couldn't work out why it existed. Bonnevilles are all about the retro scene - you know, rekindling the flames of youth and all that, but doing it with a machine that starts everyday on the butto...
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First Ride: 2007 Buell Super TT
By Jon Urry on 02/04/2008 14:14:00
A supermoto, sort of, from the land that invented the genre.
You might be surprised to hear this but the whole supermoto scene actually started in America, despite what the French like to claim. Sometime in the early 80s the Yanks devised a race series for TV that combined on and off-road riding and called it Superbiker. The idea was that ...
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First Ride: 2007 KTM 990 Super Duke
By Jon Urry on 02/04/2008 14:30:50
Small refinements make KTM's naked bike the must have accessory of 2007
Launched two seasons ago, KTM's 990 Super Duke knocked the spots off the naked opposition. And for 2007 it's even better.KTM hasn't altered the basic structure of the bike much. It still keeps the same 999cc, 75¡ V-twin engine, trellis chassis, WP suspension and quirky looks, but...
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First Ride: 2007 Yamaha XJR1300
By Jon Urry on 02/04/2008 15:21:10
The grandfather of the retro scene is back (with a new hip replacement)
Yamaha has been fairly quiet over the updates to its XJR1300. No fanfare, no big announcement, just a quiet re-introduction of one of Yamaha's old faithful.Now, the observant among you may well spot the major differences between the new and old XJR. Yep, the rear light is now twi...
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