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First Ride: Ducati Multistrada 1200
By Visordown News on 03/03/2010 21:02:55
Will Ducati’s complete revision of the Multistrada be enough to steal top all-rounder tag from the BMW R1200 GS?
for these bold claims. Perfectly asphalted roads snake their way around 807 square kilometers of biking nirvana. At the heart of the Multistrada is the Testastretta L-twin motor as used in the 1198, but radically refined to adapt to each riding mode. Power
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First Ride: 2001 Honda VTX1800
By Bertie Simmonds on 29/03/2008 13:12:58
There's a low, mean burbling coming from somewhere near my pants as my posterior is pummeled by a searing wave of torque. God, can you believe I've just written such tosh?
pleasurable sound at first, but soon grates.The pegs go down as you round your favourite bend. Cue smug grin. But it keeps happening, even if you're slotting this leviathan into a parking slot at Asda. It's daft, as an unsympathetic camber on the road, means
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First Ride: 2006 Cagiva Raptor 650
By Jon Urry on 22/09/2010 11:00:00
Italian style meets Japanese functionality as Suzuki donates its new SV650 engine to Cagiva's aggressively-styled naked tool.
Click to read: Cagiva Raptor 650 owners reviews, Cagiva Raptor 650 specs and to see the Cagiva Raptor 650 image gallery.TO BE TRUTHFUL I was quite surprised when the phone call came in asking if we wanted to test the Raptor 650. It's not that often
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First Ride: 2007 Yamaha YZF-R1
By Niall Mackenzie on 02/04/2008 11:15:27
First out of the blocks for 2007 and hoping to stay there, Yamaha's new R1 looks the goods. But is it? Who better to say than Niall Mackenzie, ex-GP god turned mortal.
found adjusting my riding style and timing helped, but it wasn't perfect. Like last year's R1 SP, the standard road bike now has a slipper clutch, which I worked hard in Qatar and found to be first class.A newly designed chassis with more trail
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First Ride: 2001 Yamaha BT1100 Bulldog review
By Alex Hearn on 27/03/2008 21:09:58
In some respects, Yamaha's new BT1100 Bulldog could be quite an important bike. Not, because of what it is (which we'll get to later) but for what it isn't.
. Brakes up front are a pair of R1-derived four-piston calipers, working on 298mm discs, the single rear 267mm disc gets a twin-piston squeeze. The fuel tank holds a hefty 20 litres, and the whole bike tips the scales at a hefty 229.5kg bone dry
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First Ride: 2003 Honda Rune review
By Dirck Edge on 14/09/2010 15:14:34
Honda doesn't build £17,000 'custom' motorcycles. Honda doesn't create a design study and work 'backwards' towards a production machine. Of course, all of this was true before the Rune
rotor diameter. Dual 330mm discs up front, and a single 336mm disc out back. Three-piston calipers in front work through Honda's linked braking system with a two-piston caliper in the rear.Click to read the final page of Honda Rule review.
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Moto Guzzi V7 Cafe Classic first ride review
By John Hogan on 09/04/2010 09:40:35
Beautiful retro looks coupled with characterful engine layout, could this be the ultimate Italian pose?
pipes and not a stray wire in sight. I was itching to ride the bike, until I’d had a go. Round town it was brilliant, easy to ride, comfortable, easy to keep in front of the traffic and drew heads like Rolf Harris on crack.This is the perfect town bike
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First ride: Aprilia RS4 125
By Tom Higham on 31/05/2011 21:04:46
For the first time on a sports 125, Aprilia now have a bike that features a four-stroke engine
’s engine does feature a larger piston though that gives the engine a deeper sound whilst the riding position is also lower.Just as Yamaha’s YZFR-125 came along 3 years ago and gave 125 sports bikes a fresh style, Aprilia have now moved that on and for my
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First Ride: 2007 Suzuki GSX650F
By Jon Bentman on 10/04/2008 22:51:37
Just a Bandit with a full fairing? TWO flies to France and discovers the new GSX650F is a bike that’s much greater than the sum of its parts.
and it didn’t buzz either, unlike CBF types. And so it turns what is a decent upper-middleweight do-all into a properly handy distance machine. Riding on these smooth fast roads inland of Beziers I couldn’t help but imagine how useful this bike would be for a
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First Ride: 2002 Kawasaki ZZ-R1200
By Alex Hearn on 29/03/2008 18:59:37
I think it's fair to say the old ZZ-R1100 was more than a bit past its sell by date. I last rode one about three years ago, on a flat out European speed mission in the company of a Suzuki Hayabusa and Honda Blackbird.
, redesigned skirt contours) pistons lurk while the crankshaft has been rebalanced to suit the pistons and the all-ally cylinder head runs plated bores. Four Keihin CVKD40 carbs are fed by twin fuel pumps and link throttle position to the digital ignition
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