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Road Test: Real World 600s
By Jon Urry on 03/06/2003 14:54:52
If pound notes are more important than lap times these 600s offer the best compromise of race replica handling with real world practicality. New and secondhand these still top the sales podium
together these five bikes together in one place for us to ride, and the problems we had getting them gives a very good indication of which are the big sellers, but are the big sellers also the best machines?Continue the real world 600s road test
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Road Test: BMW R1200ST
By Jon Urry on 24/04/2008 21:42:44
The rain in Spain fell mostly as snow. Jon Urry discovers it's not all glamour in this job as he tests BMW's new sports tourer.
that the road ahead had been closed due to the weather. Oh well, never mind. At least there was a nearby café to shelter in and dry off a bit.Despite BMW choosing to launch the new R1200ST in southern Spain the weather dealt a cruel blow during the time I
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Road Test: Kawasaki ER-6n
By John Cantlie on 29/04/2008 21:48:35
Kawasaki launches a new beginners' bike. Looks weird, goes well. Sounds alright then.
Kawasaki prefers not to mess around. Other manufacturers might make lighter bikes, prettier bikes, or bikes that are easier to ride, but Kawasaki - quite rightly - sticks two fingers up at such sentimental softness and consistently delivers red-blooded motorcycles with more power...
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Road Test: BMW R1200RT
By Jon Urry on 23/09/2008 19:10:36
Hot on the heels of their own success with the R1200GS, BMW give the R1150RT the 'sharper'n' lighter' treatment. Jon Urry dances to the Boxer beat.
, the R1150RT, is one of those bikes that owners raved about, but when we did a group test alongside the Honda Pan European and Yamaha FJR1300, I have to say I wasn't quite so impressed. In a straight line the BMW was probably the most comfortable bike I
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Road Test: 2007 BMW F800S
By OneWheelDrive on 11/06/2007 22:14:33
Neil Johnston puts BMW's parallel-twin through its paces
and the Continental Road Attack bite. BMW's parallel-twin is an impressively smooth engine, making its best power from 6000rpm to the 9500rpm rev-limiter, yet still proving itself beautifully tractable at lower revs.The F800S's DOHC, eight-valve, fuel-injected 360
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Road Test: 2007 Naked 1000's
By Staff on 28/05/2008 23:09:33
Seven 1,000cc streetbikes with no fairings, low top speeds and stacks of attitude. With your head stuck out in the breeze 100mph really feels like 100mph - welcome back to proper biking
with Britain's speed-despising road system. Revenue from Gatso cameras is expected to top £200 million this year, the feds are using satellite technology to catch offenders, we have our average speeds timed without our knowing and they're even using CCTV
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Road Test: Moto Guzzi Breva V1100
By John Cantlie on 27/04/2008 21:00:09
Moto Guzzi come out swinging with their new Breva V11, and they've got BMW's R1150R boxer twin up against the ropes.
is not really sustainable. Along with the forthcoming Griso and the promise of a road-going MGS-01 superbike, Guzzi appear to be getting their skates on.The first thing you notice about the Breva is the way it looks. Gone is the retro-chic of big beasts like
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Launch Report: Buell 1125CR road test
By Visordown News on 03/10/2008 18:14:56
Bertie Simmonds reports back from the launch of Buell's 1125CR
to have had a major effect on, as has the new calibration of the Rotax-designed Helicon motor.Suspension again is improved: the test team spent a week working out a basic setting for the 1125CR, which works for all riders across all road surfaces. Much
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Road Test: BMW K1200R
By Warren Pole on 27/04/2008 21:48:52
It's big, it's weird looking and it doesn't have any clothes on. Oh yes, and it's very, very fast. Are BMW about to take the naked bruiser class by storm?
restrained pace would be advisable. Well, I managed for about a mile, then it all went to pieces as the incredibly-surfaced roads opened up to carve into the hills ahead."The BMW made me do it," is not an alibi I suspect many magistrates have heard before
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Road Test: BMW HP2 Enduro
By Simon Bowen on 29/04/2008 21:28:39
BMW has taken a bold step into the off-road arena with its giant HP2 enduro. But is it a real mud-plugger or merely an urban posing tool?
that are curiously apparent. Firstly, as we know, the famous 'M' Division services the desires of the four-wheel BMW fraternity, as inevitably will 'HP' for two-wheelers, so I'm in sunny Valencia to test the very first of a kind. It's been a long time coming so here
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