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Bridgestone Battlewing BW 501-502 review
By Jon Urry on 15/10/2006 10:41:45
I HATE on/off-road tyres. Most trailie owners are never going to take their bikes off-road, so why fit tyres that compromise thehandling?
It seems I'm not alone in these thoughts, because the new Battle Wing tyres are designed to be a more road-orientated rubber.While it keeps a chunky pattern, which owners want because it fits the look of the bike, the BW has a stiffer construction
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Second Hand
By Jon Urry on 12/10/2007 12:49:25
With a £5000 budget we delve into the second-hand market to test four of the best used bargains around, the 2001 Aprilia Mille, 2000 Duacti 748, 2001 Honda Fireblade and 2001 Suzuki GSX-R750
notices that none of the Ducati's fairing panels appear to be the same colour.So here we have the first problem with second-hand bikes: owners often 'customise' them, and generally for the worse in the eyes of everyone but them. Anodised bolts are easily
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American Muscle - Yamaha V-Max
By Jon Urry on 09/09/2009 17:39:26
In 1985 Yamaha launched an unashamed brute of a bike. Born on the drag strip the V-Max was a mass of metal and chrome which instantly drew a cult following. Now, 23 years on, does the old master still command any respect?
can see where it gained its reputation. Like so many cult bikes the Vmax has one outstanding feature, while the rest requires serious work to get it to function properly. This is the challenge to owners and one they happily take on, and so the cult
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Simon Daukes buys a naked motorcycle
By Jon Urry on 01/01/2007 17:20:21
Here at Visordown HQ we have no idea who Simon Daukes is. But we're guessing he's some sort of marketing cheese from the Haymarket days. Here he is, buying a motorcycle. Allegedly
position and at the expense of some top end power and speed.Who the hell are you? Simon Daukes is your traditional sportsbike owner who has ridden (and had stolen) a variety of race replica bikes. He is looking at buying a new bike but having test rode
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In search of excitement with a Deauville
By Jon Urry on 26/10/2010 12:31:01
Courting death, danger and drudgery, Urry dons a heart monitor to see if Honda's vapid but virtuous NT700V Deauville can raise a beat
inspirational, is it?But can riding one really be so uninspiring? These things sell well, so what do owners get out of them? There must be a way of finding excitement on a Deauville so, in an effort to either quash or confirm the Honda's reputation, I set out
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Second Chance - Honda VTR1000 Firestorm
By Jon Urry on 27/03/2008 11:33:20
Jon Urry explains why Honda's V-twin Firestorm makes such a great secondhand buy
, previous owners have made. The forks are typically revalved and the springs changed for better kit, such as WP or Hyperpro. An alternative fixit, and a popular one too, was to throw in a set of conventional 1996-97 FireBlade forks, although we'd stay away
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How my stolen 'Blade ended up on the WSB grid
By Jon Urry on 24/06/2010 10:28:00
In 2004 I had a Honda Fireblade, and very nice it was too. Then some lowlife scum decided to relieve me of it. Now, years later, the police have recovered the bike. What happened in between?
is the same, when it comes to standard HPI checks the bike appears legal and can easily be sold on.Read more on how the Fireblade came back to it's ownerI bought Urry’s stolen blade! By Paul FarrellI bought the bike from a local dealer. He wanted £5000
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Five great £3000 track weapons
By Jon Urry on 31/05/2012 16:51:00
Want a road bike that'll also cut in on the track? You don't need to blow the bank, check out these smart buys instead
William rode a Daytona! The 650 version was only around for one year as a stop gap between the 675 and 600 and is essentially a 600 with a 3.2mm big bore (V&M team owner Jack Valentine swears blind this wasn’t used in the BSS bike).The Daytona not only
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Three And A Half Grand Secondhand Steel
By Jon Urry on 14/10/2007 15:22:12
With the unlikely premise of £3500 fast burning holes in their pockets, four TWO teamsters are buying second-hand steel. It's head v hearts all the way
even he'd sweat the transaction. Urry would have to hock one of his LCs and then finance the rest. But for Hogan and JB, now sprogged-up, this is a fantasy exercise. To do this for real they'd need to get a real job with real money - and it'd still
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One Fine Day
By Jon Urry on 28/03/2008 17:49:37
To discover the best 10-mile stretch of road anywhere in the UK you have to go to Loch Leven in Scotland. But it's worth the ride. We whipped the brand new Street Triple, the manic KTM690SM and the glorious GSX-R750K7 into a frenzy
the day.We needed a sportsbike with grunt, but not too much grunt, and handling to make the most of the corners. A simple choice, Suzuki's GSX-R750, probably the best overlooked (by the fashion conscious 'much have a 1000' owner anyway) sportsbike out
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