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Road Test: CBR900RR vs YZF750 v TL1000s V BMW 635i
By Warren Pole on 20/04/2008 21:43:23
£2,500 gets you a lot of motorbike if you use your noggin these days. We did just that and landed a trio of minto sportsbikes. Then we got a Beemer for the same miserly sum just for comparison's sake
money?" adding, "I bet it'd be a real shed - why don't you get one and let the bikes show it up?" And so it came to pass that a 17-year-old, 154,000 mile, 3.5 litre straight six BMW 635CSi found its way into the TWO car park. Next to the bikes it looked
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Unchanged Melodies
By Jon Urry on 15/01/2009 10:54:11
Once upon a time they built unassuming bikes that were so good from the word ‘go’ that they didn’t change once during their production run
test. Together Kawasaki’s ZZR600, Yamaha’s Thundercat, Ducati’s 900 Monster and Suzuki’s Bandit 1200 have pooled over 20 years of virtually unchanged glory. Which makes them fantastic secondhand buys. No matter what your budget is, one of these bikes
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Used Test: Mille vs 748 vs Fireblade vs GSX-R750
By Jon Urry on 27/04/2008 19:39:50
With a £5000 budget we delve into the second-hand market to test four of the best used bargains around.
refinement, the fourth year is another paint change then in the fifth year a whole new model is launched.Don't believe me? Look at the current headline grabber, Suzuki's GSX-R1000. In 2001 it was launched and wasn't changed in 2002 bar some graphics. In 2003
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Classic Scrap, Class of 1981 - Laverda Jota v Honda CB1100
By Jim Bowen on 13/04/2010 13:37:18
In one of the most fascinating periods in the modern superbike era, two exclusive and exotic race-bred motorcycles pass fleetingly on the showroom floor before going their separate ways.
/white/black RC in 1982 and the final Red/White/Blue RC in 1983. Production was strictly limited to a total of 1050, 1500 and 1500 respectively for all markets.Click next to continue
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Classic Scrap - Class of 1990 - KR-1S V RGV250
By Simon Bowen on 19/04/2010 16:24:51
The Japanese locked horns in a techno crazed 250 shoot-out. Kawasaki upped the stakes with their new KR-1S in a bid to oust Suzuki’s glorious RGV from the 2-stroke top spot
Click to read: Kawasaki KR-1S owners reviewsClick to read: Suzuki RGV250 owners reviewsIt’s not a difficult year to remember, as I was busy screaming from pillar to post in a frenzied quarter-litre rampage, oblivious to the rights of fellow road
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Classic Scrap - 1991 Yamaha FZR1000R EXUP Vs Suzuki GSX-R1100
By Jim Bowen on 30/04/2010 15:00:50
For many, these are still the two greatest superbikes ever built. Suzuki's legendary GSX- R1100 went head-to-head with Yamaha's EXUP for years, and in 1991 the two were at the top of their game
Click to read: Yamaha FZR1000R EXUP owners reviewsClick to read: Suzuki GSX-R1100 owners reviewsIn the days before fuel injection and comedy dry n the days before fuel injection and comedy dry weight claims, we were feasting on the new breed
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Superbike classics - Ducati 916SP v Honda RC45
By John Cantlie on 17/06/2010 09:17:31
The mid 1990s was the era of the racebike on the road. World Superbikes became massive, so the manufacturers produced exotic superbikes for the fight. And none were more special than Ducati’s bellowing 916SP or Honda’s mighty RC45
for a monster £18,000. Even by today’s money that’s lunatic cash for a sportsbike, so much so that Performance Bikes branded the RC45 a “waste of money!” on their cover and Honda promptly pulled all their advertising from the title for a year.The 916SPs
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Second chance - Honda VTR1000 Firestorm
By Visordown on 16/06/2010 10:19:39
A look at one of the most popular motorcycles made by Honda, the VTR1000 Firestorm
Click to read: Honda Firestorm owners reviewsHow do you fancy a V-twin 1,000, good for a genuine 155mph, set in a sleek alloy beam frame offering more than passable handling, decent brakes and damn fine build quality for a starting price of £1,500
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Used Test: Honda CBR900RR Fireblade
By Niall Mackenzie on 30/09/2010 14:39:16
The Fireblade is fast, comfy and even has a bigger engine. What more could you ask for?
the radiator to be moved for access, so they don't always get seen to as often as they should. Chain adjustment makes a big difference to gear change, as do the cush drive rubbers which can die as early as 20,000 miles.Loads of 2000 machines are registered
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King of the Twins - Aprilia RSV Mille
By Ben Miller on 19/10/2010 14:55:29
In 1998 Aprilia launched the fast and affordable RSV Mille. Now the V-twin has handed over its flagship status to the new RSV4, so we celebrate a decade of the UK’s favourite V-twin sportsbike
slickly and finds neutral quickly when you need it. But the RSV-R lives for open back roads and, when we reach them, it’s easy to see why. The engine, though woefully underpowered (115bhp is typical) in this 2009 of KTM RC8Rs and Ducati 1198Ss, doesn
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