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Road Test: BMW K1200R
By Warren Pole on 27/04/2008 21:48:52
It's big, it's weird looking and it doesn't have any clothes on. Oh yes, and it's very, very fast. Are BMW about to take the naked bruiser class by storm?
, but in the case of the K1200R it may just become one because this is a very fast road bike. And it's not just fast, it's fun too. Proper knee-down, flick-flacking, 120mph-plus sweepers kind of fun. Blimey.All this meant the ride back to the hotel was a blinder
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First Ride: 2001 Suzuki VL800 Intruder Volusia
By Niall Mackenzie on 20/09/2010 09:53:31
With Suzuki's new 800 Volusia weighing in at just over five grand, one-armed banditos all over the country could be cracking open the piggybank. Or will they? Niall Mackenzie's not so convinced...
Click to read: Suzuki VL800 Intruder Volusia owners reviews, Suzuki VL800 Intruder Volusia specs and to see the Suzuki VL800 Intruder Volusia image gallery.I jumped on the Suzuki Volusia just days after riding the Moto Guzzi California
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First Ride: 2004 Triumph Rocket III
By Mark Shippey on 30/03/2008 00:08:56
With an engine larger than most family estates, Triumph launches its flagship model in the land where excess is the name of the game
for hours on a rainy Sunday afternoon! Triumph has even thought about solo riding, with an easily removable pillion pad.The fuel tank is an integral part of the design package, with your legs slipping into the recesses making it easy to hug the tank.With a
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First Ride: 2005 Derbi GPR125 Racing-Nude
By Daryll Young on 31/03/2008 21:59:00
It's war in the battle for the hearts, minds and money of 17-year-old learner riders as Derbi launch an all-out assault with two new models. Daryll is called up to investigate.
in place, that familiar two-stroke smell is still there.Opting for the Racing model for my first test ride, I found myself chasing a couple of other testers along the mountain roads. Now I have to confess I wasn't all that excited about thrashing a 125cc
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First Ride: 2008 KX Range
By Jon Bentman on 02/04/2008 18:08:14
Kawasaki have been cleaning up in motocross this season. And their '08 range are direct descendants of their world beaters. You man enough to ride one?
test was very short, but with first impressions, that's how it felt.What was really cool for this launch was the presence of two-strokes. When was the last time you saw a new stroker outside of a Learner 50 or 125 catalogue?The KX125 is positively
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First Ride: 2007 Triumph Rocket III Touring
By John Hogan on 10/04/2008 23:08:01
As American as the English language, this Hinckley super-tourer is all set to give the US cruiser market a good old taste of British spunk.
% of all bike sales in America. You may not view this as an important bike if you ride in the UK, but the sales from bikes like this in the USA will help fund projects for the UK market in the future. It’s a shame that Texans don’t like their roads how
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Road Test: Ducati 999S
By Jon Urry on 29/04/2008 22:40:05
Unsurprisingly, the revised 999S doesn't disappoint. But is it worth nearly three grand over the standard model?
Ducati's 999 has had a tough start in life. Launched on the back of what many regarded as the most beautiful bike ever built, Ducati's replacement for the 916's style has been on a losing wicket ever since it first emerged into the world.For a start
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Road Test: KTM 250SX-F
By Paul Blezard on 29/04/2008 22:48:59
KTM have a new 250cc MX bike and it's a belter. In 2007 it'll be road legal but meanwhile the '06 EXC enduro range gets a light tickle.
-range power, with a stonking 26.5 Nm of torque. KTM have used F1 car technology in coating their new 'finger' cam followers with DLC - Diamond-Like Carbon for increased reliability and the valves are titanium. They've dropped the cam gear drive of the first
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First Ride: 2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R
By Ben Cope on 22/11/2010 12:51:53
Kawasaki's all-new ZX-10R is bursting with technology. But is it better than BMW's S1000RR?
the benefit of what is arguably the best bit of technology on the new ZX-10R; S- KTRC. Traction control to you and me.Click here for the Kawasaki ZX-10R first ride review page 2/2.
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First Ride: 2006 Yamaha FZ1 Fazer
By Tim Dickson on 30/04/2006 16:12:21
Why build one bike when you can have two at twice the price? Yamaha's new FZ1 naked and half-faired FZ1 Fazer emerge into the cold light of day
delivery as built-in foolproof-ness for those moving up to their first big bike, led Yamaha to temper the performance. But to remove so much from the low and midrange seems odd. The motor feels castrated in exactly the place the everyday rider, commuter
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