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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
"Like the mag lads," said the bloke to us in the office's local pub, "but why don't you test secondhand bikes? Not all of us can afford the new stuff you're always on about." And he had a point. So in the interests of research I asked him how much
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Road Test: R1200S v. RSV-R v. CBR1000RR v. 955i
By Tim Dickson on 20/05/2008 10:17:35
BMW wants us to know their new R1200S is very much a sports bike. But by whose reckoning? Theirs or ours? Sporting all-sorts go to the Alps to find out. And not a race track in sight...
'sports pack', which meant an Öhlins shock, larger six-inch rear rim and 190/55 rear tyre (180/55 is standard). It also came with switch-offable ABS, which adds another £650. All-in, it would chime the till at £10,320.Continue reading Road Test: R1200S v
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Road Test: XB12R vs. VTR1000 vs. SV1000
By Tim Dickson on 07/05/2008 20:42:35
Would ewe believe it? You can get a 1000cc twin for less than seven grand. Should we flock to buy them or are we baa-king up the wrong tree? We go to Wales to find out.
Firebolt and Suzuki's SV1000SZ - and we've got ace roads wandering off in most directions to try them out. There are also a lot of sheep around. Now don't take this the wrong way but they struck me as rather attractive. Neatly trimmed, firm bodies
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Road Test: R1100S v VTR v ZRX1200S v Bandit 1250S
By Jon Urry on 26/05/2008 15:41:21
With a price tag of £5549 Suzuki's new Bandit 1250 comes with a huge motor and tons of all-round potential. But is it better than a lightly-used big bore bargain?
rolling countryside awaited to test their swagger as well as their stomp.Continue the Road Test - 2/3
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Road Test: R1200GS v. CBF1000F v. Tiger 1050 review
By Jon Urry on 26/05/2008 15:11:19
Why let your choice of bike confine your riding experience? Expand your horizons and visit new places with the latest breed of multi-tasking bike.
The boundaries between bike classes are becoming more and more blurred. Over the past two decades or so we've seen niche development and marketing create sports bikes that are simply sports bikes, tourers that only tour and off-road bikes that do
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Road Test: 2007 Z750 v FZ6 v GSR v Hornet
By Jon Urry on 28/05/2008 22:13:52
Welcome to a world of high tea, cucumber sandwiches, and screaming petrol engines as the naked middleweights tear into...
MotoGP, forget WSB, if you want a truly unique day out with a dazzling array of four and two wheeled machinery head to 'Glorious Goodwood' and its Festival of Speed.For those new to this event, check out the preview after this test but for those who
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Road Test: Tuono vs 749 Dark vs. 660SM vs Thruxton
By Niall Mackenzie on 22/04/2008 21:17:41
Niall Mackenzie re-lives his youth and heads for Bonnie Scotland, with four very different bikes.
it was time to revisit my youth (and my chip shop) on four quite different bikes to see which would work best on a variety of roads and in the fickle Scottish summer weather.KTMChosen because: Wet or dry this supermoto should provide thrills on the lunar
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Road Test: Harley-Davidson Street Rod v. Yamaha R1
By Jon Urry on 26/05/2008 13:39:21
One man's floor is another man's ceiling. The words 'sports bike' can mean very different things, so we compare two contrasting takes takes on a common theme.
. We live in a country where the cutting edge sports bike is still King, but where 30 million non-motorcyclists are trying to get somewhere, clogging up the roads and knocking us into hedges where policemen are already hiding with their radar guns
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Road Test: Ducati 749 v GSX-R750 K6 v 675 Daytona
By Jon Urry on 18/05/2008 21:29:53
Oversized 600s or underpowered1000s? With choices like these now is the time to think outside the box and dip into the middle ground.
grandstand view of this mojo moment as James came flying around the outside and into Paddock at a terrifying rate of knots. Doing road tests for TWO I have the privilege of riding on track with both Niall Mackenzie and James, and as anyone who has ever
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Road Test: RS v Raptor v GPR v CBR v Van Van v DT
By Luke Ponsford on 18/05/2008 22:46:39
You're young, dumb and flush with enough cash to fill your tank. Bike mad teens after a groovy 125 to cut their two-wheeled teeth on are spoiled for choice these days, so which to choose?
value. But it's just a bit bland. There's no fun to be had from the engine and it doesn't have the race handling of the Aprilia at all. It's a bit of a disappointment, to be honest."Continue Road Test: RS v Raptor v GPR v CBR v Van Van v DT 2/2
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