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Second chance: Triumph Daytona 600
By Jon Urry on 18/03/2008 22:32:08
Expensive new but affordable now, Jon Urry has a second look at Triumph's sporting middleweight
enough for road use in a bike that only weighs 165kg.It does have its bad points, however. The brakes aren't as sharp as the Japanese competition's and can fade during hard track use (not a huge drama for road-riders, mind), the gearbox is pretty horrible
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Used Review: Yamaha Fazer V Suzuki Bandit
By Chris Moss on 02/04/2008 21:38:44
Two of the hardiest perennials in the middleweight category go head to head
massively popular and Suzuki couldn't build them fast enough.After being one of the UK's best selling bikes for three years, Yamaha responded to the Bandit with its Fazer 600. It followed Suzuki's lead by using many key components from other bikes in its
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Unchanged Melodies
By Jon Urry on 15/01/2009 10:54:11
Once upon a time they built unassuming bikes that were so good from the word ‘go’ that they didn’t change once during their production run
test. Together Kawasaki’s ZZR600, Yamaha’s Thundercat, Ducati’s 900 Monster and Suzuki’s Bandit 1200 have pooled over 20 years of virtually unchanged glory. Which makes them fantastic secondhand buys. No matter what your budget is, one of these bikes
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The Undertones - Hornet 900, 955i and ZX-9R
By Jon Urry on 15/01/2009 15:59:09
Sometimes bikes are launched that fail to excite and slip under the biking radar for one reason or another. We find three of the best.
wrong. Either way the bike doesn’t sell, slips out of magazine tests and becomes almost invisible to the average, mainstream, buyer.Which is where we now pick them up. Armed with a budget of £4,000 we took a long, hard, look into the second-hand bike
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Used Test: Suzuki GSX-R1000
By Bertie Simmonds on 05/08/2008 22:31:27
Upon its launch in 2001, the Suzuki swept all before it. Six years later it is still arguably the best of the litre sports bike brood, but how does it handle in the fiercely fought second-hand sector?
-Rs - like most fuel-injected machines - benefit massively from decent dyno time and set-up with a Power Commander. Improvements are around 5-10bhp.Continue the 2001 Suzuki GSX-R1000 used review
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Road Test: CBR900RR vs YZF750 v TL1000s V BMW 635i
By Warren Pole on 20/04/2008 21:43:23
£2,500 gets you a lot of motorbike if you use your noggin these days. We did just that and landed a trio of minto sportsbikes. Then we got a Beemer for the same miserly sum just for comparison's sake
"Like the mag lads," said the bloke to us in the office's local pub, "but why don't you test secondhand bikes? Not all of us can afford the new stuff you're always on about." And he had a point. So in the interests of research I asked him how much
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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.
is. It's smooth and delivers instant and really strong power."Continue the Used Test - 2/2
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Buyer's Guide: Honda CBR900RR Fireblade
By Visordown on 31/01/2012 15:19:42
The ultimate buyer’s guide for Honda's 929cc and 954cc RRY, RR1, RR2 and RR3 Fireblades. The ultimate Honda CBR900RR Fireblade review.
to the opposition, the FireBlade cannot be accused of being down on real-world power. What it does have it uses well for the road. One negative point here is the fact that some machines – both feel at low rpm, while others have a strange ‘buzziness’ at 5-7000rpm
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Used Test: Yamaha Fazer 1000
By Bertie Simmonds on 16/08/2008 21:50:12
Eagerly anticipated but horrendously expensive on its launch, the Fazer needed a price cut before gaining the popularity it deserved. But what about a used one?
top end approaching 160mph, the Fazer is easily tuneable to 130-140bhp without major problems. Servicing intervals are every 4000 miles.Oil levels: Oil consumpion isn't in Daytona 675 territory, but thrashed motors burn oil in a similar way to older
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Buyer Guide: Suzuki GSX-R750
By Visordown on 15/10/2010 12:15:14
The ultimate buyer’s guide to the ultimate hooligan written by the people who actually own the bike...
well on the road and are even more comfy than most sports bikes. It also turns out they’re among the more reliable bikes available too. Here’s what GSX-R750 owners reckon…Continue the Suzuki GSX-R750 Buyer GuideSuzuki GSX-R750 Specifications1985Engine
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