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Road Test: Suzuki Bandit 1200, BMW R1200GS Adventure, Triumph Sprint ST, Yamaha FZ1 Fazer
By Jon Urry on 06/07/2006 09:41:21
Can an ageing, bum basic £5299 all rounder really offer the best of all worlds against a raft of higher priced, specialist competition? Read on to see where the smart money lies
half-decent chassis is essential and last, but by no means least,I want a bike that's fun to ride. Hang on a second... could the £5299 Bandit 1200S offer all this? Had I stumbled upon the biggest bargain in biking?Continue the road test 2/3
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Road Test: CBR1000RR v ZX-10R v GSX-R1000K6 v R1
By Jon Urry on 18/05/2008 16:53:33
1000cc sports bikes go ballistic to Majorca. Does the water taste like what it oughta?
the road. A schoolboy braking error on a very wet motorway locked the front wheel, precipitating a long and graceless slide. Considering the, um, speed at which all this occured - or at least began - the Fireblade came out well. When James Whitham himself
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Road Test: CBR954RR vs. ZX-9R v GSX-R1000 v YZF-R1
By John Cantlie, Warren Pole, Niall Mackenzie, Gus Scott on 21/04/2008 21:16:18
Another year, another choice selection of 1,000cc sportsbikes. But this year is a particularly good vintage as Yamaha, Kawasaki and Honda try to close the gap on Suzuki's all conquering GSX-R1000 of 2001.
-missiles.Even the Kawasaki ZX-9R has been properly tweaked for 2002. Using the lessons learnt from the launch last issue, Gus and myself spent 30 minutes a couple of days before the test slamming the front end of the 9R and jacking the back-end up (see handling caption
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Road Test: 2004 Supersports Test - 1000'S
By Jon Urry, James Whitham on 22/04/2008 20:22:26
Take sixteen of the best sportsbikes in the world to a circuit for three days, put them on identical tyres, add thirteen journalists from ten different countries and you have the most comprehensive test ever.
The Supertest began as an idea last year between Spanish magazines Solo Moto and el Periodico, Portuguese mag Motojornal, Italian magazine La Moto and Two Wheels Only. The idea of the test was to put all of the very best sportsbikes head
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Maxxis Supermaxx Diamond road test
By mark forsyth on 10/03/2011 15:42:32
First the track, now the road...
less than the previous day's track test and I was right. The biggest problem with evaluating a tyre on the road is that you're never sure what you're testing: the road surface or the tyre itself. That's why consistent race track tarmac is always much
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Road Test: KTM 950SM
By Simon Bowen on 27/04/2008 22:13:34
Meet KTM's 942cc supermoto. The motorcycling equivalent of a man with a thousand yard stare, disturbing twitch and a worrying interest in firearms...
as to the intentions and expectations of this model. With an endless supply of bikes, technicians, hundreds of miles of challenging roller coaster country roads and a go-kart circuit to play on, this bike was going to get a thorough testing with any shortcomings easily
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FJR road test: but does it float?
By Sachin Rao on 04/12/2012 10:15:27
Some might say the FJR1300's a boat, but this is a step too far
BIG bike. Wide panniers. Narrow path. Pier. Bollards. Bang! A moment's lapse saw French bike journalist Laurent 'Lolo' Cochet, from Moto Journal magazine, and his test FJR1300 take a long ride off a short pier, while filming in St
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Road Test: Ducati 999R
By Niall Mackenzie on 27/04/2008 21:56:57
The new 999R gets the trickest motor Ducati has ever made. It's also just like Neil's (Hodgson, that is) they say, so we sent our own Niall to ride it.
modifications to standard machines, so Ducati pulled out all the stops to homologate a competitive bike for their Stateside campaign.Neil's US career is now off to a strong start, so with the road going version of his bike now available in the UK I paid a visit
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Road Test: Triumph Speed Triple
By Jon Urry on 27/04/2008 20:16:18
It's the best looking bike of the year bar none. But is Triumph's new Speed Triple all show and no go? Urry heads south to find out.
then it was going to be very special. Then I interviewed one of the test riders during the development story we ran a few issues ago, who told me it did. By which point I was fairly frothing at the mouth at the thought of swinging a leg over it. And now I'm going
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Road Test: Triumph Sprint ST
By Jon Urry on 24/04/2008 21:30:00
Triumph have gone straight for Honda's sport touring jugular. Watch out VFR, here comes the new Sprint ST. Jon Urry flies to South Africa to ride it.
There are just over 400 people in the UK waiting very excitedly for a specific day to happen. This day may vary from one person to another, but each one will almost certainly have his, or her, specific day pencilled into their diary. It will probably be highlighted in red, but on...
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