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First Ride: 2002 Yamaha YZF-R6
By Visordown on 12/07/2002 10:21:49
Getting back on the R6 was like getting back on an old friend. I don't normally ride my old friends, you understand, but the R6 responds like no other to a massive session of throttle abuse
depends on who you are and how you like to ride. Personally, I love it. If you're out hunting for bigger prey down your local A-roads, or fancy embarrassing some bloke with all the gear but no idea on a GSX-R1000, then the R6 has got to be the weapon
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First Ride: 2002 Kawasaki ZX-6R 636
By Visordown on 12/07/2002 09:38:30
Make it bigger and better is the order of pedigree. In 2001 Kawasaki, despite the fact that their bike was probably the oldest on the grid, won the World Supersport Championship - as vindications go, it doesn't get much better than that really!
rpm the 636 is making 68bhp and 6.2kg/m of torque. At the same rpm, Yamaha's R6 is making 60bhp and 5.5kg/m of torque. The Kawasaki also goes on to make the maximum horsepower of all the bikes here, 106bhp at 12,600rpm, so although 36cc isn't very much
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First Ride: 2002 Honda CBR600F
By Visordown on 12/07/2002 09:52:54
Since the dawn of time - well, since the dawn of modern sports 600s - the CBR600 has sat there on or near the top of the pile, like a very old and wise stegosaurus that's beaten off the velociraptors and sits there, gently chewing the cud
and build quality that the other bikes can only dream of. It's higher-geared than the rest and the power and torque curves are flatter (but no more powerful) than the rest, so riding the CBR is about half as frenetic as riding, say, the Yamaha R6. This makes
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First Ride: 2002 Triumph TT600
By Visordown on 12/07/2002 10:07:06
When I've mentioned the TT600, a few unkind souls have been mean to suggest it was a shame the entire remaining stock of TTs wasn't destroyed in Triumph's factory blaze. Highly out of order a suggestion as this may be, it does have a reason behind it
on were already outside the performance ballpark.The original TT's biggest failing was that engine. It was gutless lowdown, lacklustre in the midrange and although there was a top end to play with, compared to the likes of Yamaha's whirling dervish R6
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First Ride: 2002 Suzuki GSX-R600
By Visordown on 12/07/2002 10:24:46
I like this bike. We all like this bike. The GSX-R600 has stood for one thing only since it was first launched in 1997 – sports performance
to equally lunatic riding. Where you’re happy to perhaps just potter about on the 636 and CBR, with the GSX-R – and the R6 – you just have to ride like a bloody mentalist everywhere. However, unlike the R6, the GSX-R’s tight suspension package and steering
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