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	Honda CB1000R UK road test review By Jon Urry on 04/03/2010 12:08:42 After years of trying (and failing) to make a decent streetbike has Honda finally got it right? , yet key, ingredients. It needs bottom end power, instant power, and lots of it. How often do you go over 100mph on a streetbike? Hardly ever, if at all. It’s impractical as well as bloody uncomfortable. A top whack of 130mph is more than enough

	BMW HP2 Sport first ride review By Jon Urry on 04/05/2010 14:25:42 Is BMW’s HP2 Sport the ultimate Boxer, or just an over-priced showman? We spent a day on the road with the £15,000 BMW that floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee -engined BMW that the company will ever produce. And I know this for a fact. BMW have just launched their S1000RR superbike, using a brand new 1,000cc inline four engine that is destined to compete in World Superbikes in 2009. This move effectively makes the HP

	2010 Yamaha Fazer8 and FZ8 first ride review By Jon Urry on 21/04/2010 15:20:18 Yamaha aim to reinvent its best selling Fazer brand with a bigger capacity engine and whole new ethos. Will it help banish memories of the disappointing FZ6 range? Click to read: Yamaha Fazer 8 owner reviews, Yamaha Fazer 8 specs and to see the Yamaha Fazer 8 image gallery.Since the original model was launched in 1998 the Fazer family has been a mainstay of Yamaha’s range, a model that many (actually 250,000

	First Ride: 2006 Yamaha YZF-R6 review By Jon Urry on 20/09/2010 22:11:15 The R6 is reborn with a competition-bred 'no compromise' attitude. But is all this race-ready technology a step too far for the road? . It feels like Yamaha has treated the sixth gear as a road-focused motorway overdrive gear because it doesn't really want to pull in it. On track this isn't really a problem, because once the power trails off at about 16,500rpm there's still 1000rpm of over

	First Ride: 2006 Aprilia RS125 By Jon Urry on 20/09/2010 23:05:20 They say: "Capable of demanding roles thanks to its spectacular stage presence" We say: "Acting the fool on one of these should be no problem, then" TORQUE - 14.3lb.ft WEIGHT - 125kg SEAT HEIGHT - 805mm FUEL CAPACITY - 14L TOP SPEED - 100mph 0-60 - n/aTANK RANGE - N/A

	First Ride: 2008 BMW F650GS By Jon Urry on 22/09/2010 10:43:06 BMW comes over all coy about the size of its new 798cc middleweight. What’s up lads, got something to hide? road-orientated 19-inch front wheel. Doesn’t exactly sound a blast to ride, does it?Well don’t be mislead, the F650GS is a very good bike, in fact it’s easily BMW’s best new-rider bike to date. Obviously if you are already caning around on a Blade

	Cheap Thrills: 2003 Bargain Middleweights By Jon Urry on 03/07/2003 16:15:59 She's clean, discrete, cheap, semi naked or starkers, it's up to you. She'll go all the way and is a great ride. Just call... selling bike last year, over 17,000 sold the year before the SV has become firmly established as a top commuter tool and the perfect first 'big' bike.And then there's the Ducati. The 620 Sport was launched this year as an alternative to the Monster 620ie

	Splitting Heirs: Ducati 998 v 1098 By Jon Urry on 19/01/2011 14:50:02 The Ducati 999 was just a stop-gap between the legendary 916 and the stunning new 1098. So for the first time ever, here are the two stablemates ridden head to head... , allowing the motor to rev higher. These changes didn't come cheap. A 998R cost £18,995 compared to the 998S's £13,000.Which is why I had resigned myself to the fact I would never get the chance to ride one. For a start they are so rare that owners

	Insurance Refugees: TLR, VFR800, ZX-12R & ZX-10R By Jon Urry on 21/10/2008 15:22:43 Some secondhand bikes have slipped through the insurance net and can be bought and insured for less than half the price of a new supersport machine. We grabbed a 22 year-old student and found the most ridiculous insurance deals on these four forced to offer subsidised insurance deals to entice customers towards their flagship models.Which is all very well and good until the renewal notice drops onto the doorstep. To insure a 1,000cc bike on the road will often cost twice the amount of your

	First Ride: 2007 Triumph Speed Triple By Jon Urry on 02/04/2008 17:44:21 With £2,000 taken out of the Daytona 675's price tag is Triumph's Street Triple the bargain sportsbike of 2007? Or have the boys from Hinckley cut corners on their new middleweight triple... TORQUE - 51lb.ft@9100rpmWEIGHT - 167kgSEAT HEIGHT - 800mmFUEL CAPACITY - 17.4LTOP SPEED - 135mph0-60 - n/aTANK RANGE - N/A