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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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KTM Duke VS Kawasaki ER-6n
By Jon Urry on 21/08/2008 13:16:43
The KTM690 Duke and Kawasaki’s ER-6n have plummeted out of the ugly tree, clattering every branch along the way. is that all?
, adj preloadFront brake: 300mm disc, two-piston calipersRear brake: 220mm disc, one-piston caliperDry weight: 174kg (claimed)Seat height: 785mmFuel capacity: 15.5lTop speed: 124.5mphColours: blue, black, green
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2010 Yamaha Fazer8 and FZ8 first ride review
By Jon Urry on 21/04/2010 15:20:18
Yamaha aim to reinvent its best selling Fazer brand with a bigger capacity engine and whole new ethos. Will it help banish memories of the disappointing FZ6 range?
bore to give it the 779cc capacity and a new four-valve head design rather than the FZ1’s five-valve.To keep its costs down the FZ8’s inverted forks aren’t adjustable and the shock only gets spring preload to fiddle with, but it does have four piston
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Road Test: Suzuki Bandit 1200 VS 1250
By Jon Urry on 13/04/2008 13:34:51
With a cult following that makes Scientology look like a small book club gathering, Suzuki’s Bandit 1200 has brought big-bore grunt to the biking masses. Does the new water-cooled engine continue this reign, or relegate it now to a forgotten religion?
of providing the rider with a bike that can be fun on the back roads without the feeling of riding a slightly out of control air-bed at speed. And it’s comfortable too. The new Bandit 1250 shares an almost identical riding position to the old Bandit, a factor
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First Ride: 2004 Ducati 999R
By Jon Urry on 30/03/2008 22:03:19
When the going gets tough, Ducati brings out a new model to beat the opposition. Cheating? No, just bending the rules...
further, too.Reshaped cylinder heads and new pistons boost compression while titanium conrods bolt to a lighter crankshaft with a revised internal lubing system. The Marelli fuel-injection is revamped with a more sophisticated ECU and 12-hole injectors
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First Ride: 2007 Honda CBF600S
By Jon Urry on 10/04/2008 22:19:58
An easy learner friendly machine, or a bike with about as much soul as a sandbag? Honda’s middleweight goes for function over style...
?SPECSPrice: £5,399Engine: 599cc, liquid-cooled, DOHC, 16-valve inline fourPower: 76bhp@ 10,500rpmTorque: 44.3b.ft@ 8,250rpmFront suspension: 41mm forks, adjustable preloadRear suspension: Monoshock, adjustable preloadFront brake: 296mm discs, three-piston
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First Ride: 2008 Honda CBF600S
By Jon Urry on 17/02/2008 15:27:28
An easy learner friendly machine, or a bike with about as much soul as a sandbag? Honda’s middleweight goes for function over style...
discs, three-piston calipers, ABS, CBS Rear brake: 240mm disc, single piston caliper, ABS, CBS Seat height: 785mm +/- 15mm Fuel capacity: 20 litres Top speed: 130mph (est) Wet weight: 220kg Colours: Black, Red, Grey or Silver
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First Ride: Suzuki GSX1300R Hayabusa
By Jon Urry on 02/04/2008 18:24:39
With a tyre-shredding 194bhp on tap and a fully revised chassis the original Hypersports bike is refusing to grow old gracefully. Hold on tight, because the 'Busa is back and is meaner than ever...
'90s when it was withdrawn from the GP calendar due to organisers deciding that its sheer speed, not to mention the proximity of Armco barriers, were a safety issue. Sounds like the perfect spot to test out the world's fastest production bike to me
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First Ride: 2008 Triumph Speed Triple
By Jon Urry on 10/04/2008 21:43:07
It’s Triumph best selling bike, a style icon, movie star and it’s still only 14 years old. Life is anything but dull with the Speed Triple as Jon Urry finds out on the roads of Lanzarote.
-up on the Speed Triple.A new Nissin radial master cylinder (from the Daytona 675) combined with a new Brembo four-piston radial calliper give, according to Triumph, 14% more braking performance with 12% more initial bite. Quite how they came by this figure is a
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Road test: 2008 KTM 950SM vs. Ducati Hypermotard
By Jon Urry on 06/11/2008 16:37:38
What would get you out of bed an hour early in winter just to play on deserted roads? try the new KTM 990SM or Ducati’s Hypermotard. It certainly worked for us...
Ducati Hypermotard SpecificationPrice: £9,250Engine: 1,078cc, DOHC, 4v, V-twinPower: 78.1bhp @ 7,200rpmTorque: 63.6bhp @ 4,750rpmFront suspension: 50mm MarzocchiRear suspension: Öhlins monoshock Front brake: 305mm discs, four-pistonRear brake: 245mm
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