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Top 10 Sexiest Motorcycles of All Time
By Roland Brown on 16/03/2010 15:56:20
Definitive? We're not sure. Debatable? For sure! It's not about price, it's not about performance. It's about the feeling they give you. Pics courtesy of Bennetts
10. MV Agusta F4CCMV Agusta F4CCIf power is the ultimate aphrodisiac, then MV Agusta’s F4CC is the planet’s most sexually charged motorcycle. Not simply because of its sheer horsepower; a claimed 200bhp with the titanium race exhaust in place. Nor because only 100 units will be b...
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First Ride: Yamaha Tricker
By Roland Brown on 29/09/2005 15:47:07
The kids are alright but they ain't buying enough bikes. Yamaha hopes the Tricker will tempt the young tikes onto two wheels
Bike manufacturers face a problem: not enough young people are getting into bikes. So Yamaha did some research and found that potential young riders like wheelies and customising.Their response? Develop a cheap, light bike that's good for stunts and can be customised. The result ...
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First Ride: 2002 Aprilia Tuono Review
By Roland Brown on 03/04/2008 19:16:40
Aprilia's Tuono is one of the more curious of machines to come from Italy
twitchy near its 155mph top whack.There's a good reason for the high price, too, apart from the fact that this is a limited-edition model of which just 200 will be made. Ducati's matt-black Monster Darks are that colour to save on paint costs
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Road Test: Bimota DB5
By Roland Brown on 29/04/2008 22:02:45
Back once more into the fray, Bimota splash their cash on the launch of the DB5. Are you ready with yours?
knees.The DB5 is a beautiful bike with heaps of character and the potential to be both brilliantly enjoyable and relaunch Bimota as a builder of high-end motorcycles.There is likely to be a small but strong demand for the DB5, despite a price tag
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First Ride: 2007 Yamaha Midnight Star 1300
By Roland Brown on 02/04/2008 12:12:15
Yamaha's latest Star is an exercise in big-small.
Cruiser engines are getting so huge these days that Yamaha's new Midnight Star is billed as a middleweight even though its V-twin motor displaces 1304cc, the traditional American 80 cubic inches.The liquid-cooled XVS1300A squeezes into Yamaha's range between the Midnight Star 190...
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Road Test: MV Agusta F4 1000 Tamburini
By Roland Brown on 27/04/2008 22:22:01
The latest and most exclusive bike in the F4 series is available - if you've got £30,000 to spare. Roland Brown rides the F4 Tamburini.
The fresh-off-the-production line MV Agusta I'm sitting on is special even by the standards of limited-edition, £30,000 superbikes. The last three digits of the frame number were 012, signifying this was the 12th of the 300 F4 1000 Tamburinis MV is building.And it so happens that...
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First Ride: 2007 Honda CB600F Hornet
By Roland Brown on 02/04/2008 12:56:43
Honda's top-selling naked middleweight gets a top-to-toe revamp, sharp new looks and the world's ugliest exhaust collector box
Japanese bikes don't come much more Italian than the revamped Hornet 600. Despite the name on its tank, the Hornet was shaped by Honda's European design studio in Italy, and built at the factory in Atessa. Given Italian sales were largely responsible for the original Hornet 600 t...
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Road Test: MV Agusta Brutale 910
By Roland Brown on 29/04/2008 21:57:58
MV's bonkers Brutale gets a big bore motor, a midrange boost and bags of added usefulness to boot. Roland Brown blags a ride and spills the beans.
position to make that choice for real.VERDICTA grunty, flexible motor, excellent chassis and stop-and-stare good looks, but some may prefer the 750's high-revving lunacy.MV Agusta Brutale 910TYPE - NAKED PRODUCTION DATE - 2005 PRICE NEW - £10,500 ENGINE
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First Ride: 2004 MV Agusta F4 1000S
By Roland Brown on 30/03/2008 20:30:04
With company finances back on track and production delays a thing of the past (for now...), the long awaited F4 1000S is finally, eventually, here. At last...
Long hailed as one of the gorgeous motorcycles ever, MV's F4 family of bikes has suffered from a lack of cc when compared to the competition with its capacity of only 749cc. The F41000s is here to make amends.I'm tonking along near-empty roads in the hills near MV Agusta's factor...
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First Ride: 2005 Yamaha YZF-R6
By Roland Brown on 31/03/2008 21:51:49
A number of performance-enhancing tweaks make this year's R6 a faster and more exciting proposition. Riding tips from Valentino Rossi not included...
"Brake at the point where the kerb ends, keep the bike a little bit away from the edge of the track because it's slippery there, and turn into the corner when you get to about... here."Valentino Rossi's words of advice are echoing through my mind as I squeeze the YZF-R6's front b...
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