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Buell 1125CR - Road test review
By Ben Cope on 12/10/2009 17:00:50
If we bought motorbikes using our head alone, Buell would be out of business. Will the 1125CR help Buell onwards and upwards?
, humans would have evolved to suit his handlebar design, but as yet, we haven’t.So in town, the 1125CR scores some good points, so I pointed it in the direction of Dorset and clicked up a 150-mile blast to Lyme Regis to see what it thought of the fast A-roads
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Ducati Streetfighter 848 road test review
By Ben Cope on 10/10/2011 10:29:06
Ducati's baby Streetfighter. Smiles like your Nan, punches like a pub doorman
.Fresh from the session on track we headed out for a 60-mile road ride around the hills next to the town of Modena - home of Ferrari - no doubt the locals are used to the sound of a V12 howling through the countryside. I wonder whether they've heard the V20
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Mesh barrier designed to cut biker deaths
By Ben Cope on 12/08/2009 14:30:31
New-style crash barrier being tested on roads in County Durham
A NEW MESH barrier, designed to minimise the danger posed to motorcyclists by barriers in the event of an accident is being tested in Durham County.Engineers from Durham County Council are completing the installation of a new style of roadside crash
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Niall Mackenzie - Dicing with death
By Ben Cope on 30/06/2008 14:31:54
Check out this video of TWO Road Test Ed, Niall Mackenzie, mucking around at Beachy Head
BEACHY HEAD, the spot made famous by people who aren't all together too impressed by life, was the location for a recent road test by TWO magazine. So in between photo shoots, Road Test Editor, Niall Mackenzie, took time out to play on the new
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Learning to ride a motorcycle: Post-test training
By Ben Cope on 28/07/2011 17:47:29
Tips for developing riding skills, road craft and post-test advanced riding school training
Once you’ve passed your test, at some point you’ll need to go out for your first ride on your new bike.This may start from the shop you bought it, or maybe from home but in either case plan a simple 30-minute ride to a pre-determined place to get
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Michelin Anakee 3 review
By Ben Cope on 07/04/2013 16:38:11
We test out the successor tyres to the Anakee II and ask: if we pretend to go off-road, don't we end up riding on pretend off-road tyres?
.Michelin have set the Anakee 3 up with a bias of 90% road and 10% off-road. If Adventure-style motorcycle owners were honest, they'd admit that 99.9% of their time is spent on road, not off-road. Michelin are wise to this and that's reflecting in the bias
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2009 BMW F800R first ride review
By Ben Cope on 09/04/2010 12:39:55
BMW continue their rapid expansion with the F800R. With a specification to rival Triumph’s mighty Street Triple, the twin-cylinder BM looks set to lead from the front
-beating performance at a competitive price, BMW say the 800R’s been two years in the making. Despite displacing 798cc, the engine doesn’t make as much power as its smaller capacity middleweight rivals. That said it does produce more torque and, on the road
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Just picked up Kwak's new Z1000
By Ben Cope on 22/03/2010 13:37:24
I'm still undecided about the looks, but I like the package...
I just picked up this new Z1000 from Kawasaki HQ as we're doing a back to back test on it tomorrow for the next issue of the mag.I was never sure about the looks from the press images and seeing it in the flesh, it looks bulky and a bit cumbersome
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Ducati Hypermotard 1100 EVO first ride review
By Ben Cope on 15/06/2010 10:00:19
There are two simple, almost foolproof ways to make your bike more fun: make it lighter and give it more power. That’s exactly what Ducati has done with its update to the original Hypermotard 1100, the Hypermotard 1100 EVO.
Click to read: Ducati Hypermotard 1100 EVO owners reviews, Ducati Hypermotard 1100 EVO specs and see the Ducati Hypermotard 1100 EVO image gallery.Let’s get straight down to it. The Hypermotard 1100 EVO has shed a shed-load of weight. The more compact engine is 5.2kg lighter and ...
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2012 Kawasaki ZZR1400 review
By Ben Cope on 20/01/2012 14:05:08
Does faster always mean better? We ride the new ZZR1400 to find out
and actual weight, it feels more nimble than you'd think it had any right to be. It might surprise you to know that the bike wasn't extensively developed on a high-speed ring, instead most of its development was on country roads with a bit of autobahn testing
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