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First ride: Moto Guzzi V7 Classic road test review
By John Hogan on 19/12/2008 10:57:14
The new Moto Guzzi V7 Classic could be the perfect bike if you are looking for a classic but don’t want to get your hands dirty.
’t shake out of my head as I rode the new Moto Guzzi V7 Classic around the stunning roads that skirt around Lake Como, northern Italy. The V7 moniker will certainly be familiar to Guzzi fans, but for those of you that haven’t been paying attention
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2010 Honda VFR1200F: First road test
By Tim Skilton . on 26/11/2009 19:38:01
Visordown notches up 200 miles on new V4 sports-tourer
of motorway, 100 or so miles of fast A-roads and a healthy dose of the region's finest mountain switchbacks: all ideal stomping ground for Honda's 2010 sports-tourer. Sadly, we were not given the option to test the fully automatic DCT model; Honda has planned
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Road Test: Harley-Davidson VRSC-R Street Rod
By Grant Leonard on 24/04/2008 19:15:38
First came the V-Rod cruiser, now we have the Street Rod roadster - the first sporty bike Harley has built for decades. And it goes as good as it looks.
Meet Street Rod, psycho son of V-Rod. Well, it is amazing how something as simple as footpegs and bars can transform a laid-back cruiser into a street-brawling bruiser. But then if Street Rod is psycho, V-Rod was always schizo. The V-Rod is the bike Harley launched in 2001 - a ra...
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Road test: Aprilia Tuono vs. Triumph Speed Triple
By Jon Urry on 19/12/2008 12:28:04
Last year Aprilia's Tuono and Triumph's Speed Triple topped the street bike sales charts in the UK. What makes these bikes catch rider's imaginations
For all their might and development budgets there’s something the Japanese manufacturers are unable to pump into their bikes at will, and that’s soul.It doesn’t matter if it has toe-curling bhp, suspension that can be adjusted in a multitude of directions or mind-bending futurist...
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2010 Ducati Hypermotard 796 first ride road test
By Roland Brown on 01/06/2010 14:52:45
At a fiver under seven grand Roland Brown reckons Ducati’s revamped baby Hypermotard is worth a sniff
Click to read: Ducati Hypermotard 796 owners reviews, Ducati Hypermotard 796 specs and see the Ducati Hypermotard 796 image gallery.Calling a bike the 796 when its capacity is 803cc could be viewed as a triumph of marketing over logic, but in other respects the new Hypermotard ma...
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First ride: Bimota DB7 road test review
By Visordown on 19/12/2008 10:27:54
Bimota, sadly now without a UK importer, continue making some of the prettiest bikes in the world. The 1098-powered DB7 is divine...
The bike ahead was half-way down Misano’s back straight when I exited the preceding right-hand bend, but it didn’t stay that way for long. As I crouched behind the DB7’s low screen and tap-tapped through the sweet-shifting gearbox, the Bimota’s eight-valve V-twin motor punched th...
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Road Test: BMW R1150GS V R1200GS
By Bertie Simmonds on 26/01/2011 16:41:13
The bold, brash and huge 1200 GS Adventure takes on its dad - the tough, slugging film star 1150 GS Adventure in the wilds of Wales.
the road. The motor feels solid, dependable with just enough shuddering surge to be interesting. Its forte is low to mid, simply short shift at about 4000rpm and let the torque punt you along.The 1200 feels immediately different. Despite giving nothing away
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Road Test: The Chosen Ones - Yamaha YZF-R1
By Warren Pole on 22/04/2008 22:07:14
In homage to Valentino Rossi's Yamaha-mounted world championship win, TWO takes all four generations of R1 to Spain for a right good thrashing and a weekend at the races .
-of-season GP, followed by a knees-up in town.Sunday: back to the circuit for the big race, wave Rossi flags, jump up and down, and generally get all excited.Monday: wash the whole trip down with a day's riding on God's own twisty roads just a stone's throw from
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Road Test: Yamaha FZ1 v. Ducati Monster
By Jon Urry on 20/05/2008 10:10:35
Psst... Don't tell anyone, but there's a revolution underway: proper sports bike motors wrapped in stripped-down, sharp-steering chassis. Run for the hills! The naked generation is upon us!
none of the Ducati's half finished look; instead exposed pipes are black to match the lump's dark finish. It may have started life under the fairing of an R1, but Yamaha has put it on show and made it look good.Continue reading Road Test: Yamaha FZ1 v
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Road Test: Suzuki GSX-R750 History
By Warren Pole on 22/04/2008 19:34:55
Suzuki's GSX-R750 snapped up the TWO Bike Of The Year Award 2004 last month. To mark the occasion, we celebrate 20 years of three-quarter litre lunacy with every generation of GSX-R 750
The year was 1984. Frankie Goes to Hollywood were winding the establishment up by telling everyone to 'Relax', Margaret Thatcher was embroiled in a Mexican standoff with Arthur Scargill and his miners, and the humble halfpenny coin bade farewell to the back of sofas everywhere as...
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