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Tyre launch: Bridgestone Battlax BT-016
By Bertie Simmonds on 22/10/2008 11:25:39
With its first MotoGP title, not to mention the services of a fast Italian, Bridgestone is on a high
INFORMATIONBridgestone Battlax BT-016, Price: £220 per pair,Available sizes: Fronts: 130/70 ZR16, 110/70 ZR17, 120/60 ZR17, 120/70 ZR17, Rears:, 150/60 ZR17, 160/60 ZR17, 170/60 ZR17, 180/55 ZR17, 190/50 ZR17, 190/55 ZR17, 160/60 ZR18.www.bridgestone.co.uk
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Living with a 2001 Honda CBR929RR Fireblade
By Bertie Simmonds on 26/04/2002 10:59:44
Former TWO magazine editor, Bertie Simmonds, talks about his experience of owning a Honda CBR929RR Fireblade
your right hand. It's up to you how hard you twist it, as to which side of the Blade's character you see.So far with more than 2,000 miles showing, I've left the mean side to others, as mad racer John McGuinness et al took my precious Blade to the Isle
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The story of the Honda CBR600 (1987 to 2007)
By Bertie Simmonds on 06/02/2007 11:10:33
When doomsday comes, history will only record one motorcycle in the all-time hall of fame: the CBR600. Now in its 20th year, we chart the success of a biking icon
1987 to 1990 CBR600 (FH/FJ/FK/FL)And so it was born. The 'jelly mould' fairing hid a steel frame, an inline four of 598cc with 16 valves and 70-80bhp, good for a top speed just shy of 150mph. Around 10bhp up and, at 182 kilos, more than 10 kilos
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The Honda VFR Story
By Bertie Simmonds on 30/04/2006 14:05:42
Honda's VFR has stood for two decades as a machine which owners and press alike have claimed to be the world's most perfect motorcycle. Surprising, then, that the VFR story was almost over before it had begun
as opposed to chain-driven cams - first seen on the mighty VF1000R - the VFR produced a claimed 105bhp at 10,500rpm and had a frame akin to a Honda factory racer. But despite the spec, compared with its peers in the then revitalised 750 class, the new VFR
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Living with a 2002 Aprilia RSV Mille R
By Bertie Simmonds on 12/12/2002 11:48:54
Did Bertie get on with the RSV Mille R, read on for his longterm verdict...
June 2002On your right is the Aprilia RSV Mille R. Bertie Simmonds not pictured. And why wasn't I? Well, I just couldn't do it...Sticking my ugly mug in the picture alongside such a thing of great beauty would have been tantamount to Bernard Manning
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