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First Ride: 2006 Ducati GT1000
By Alex Hearn on 22/09/2010 11:10:10
Ducati's Sport Classics are retro cool but about as comfortable as an Indian bus ride. Now, with added comfort, comes the GT1000.
SpecsTYPE - STREETBIKE PRODUCTION DATE - 2006 PRICE NEW - £6995 ENGINE CAPACITY - 992cc POWER - 92bhp@8000rpm TORQUE - 67lb.ft@6000rpm WEIGHT - 185kg SEAT HEIGHT - 828mm FUEL CAPACITY - 15L
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First Ride: Honda CB1300S
By Alex Hearn on 07/05/2008 20:13:19
It may not be a latter-day CB1100R, and it may be a bit soft around the edges, but the retro CB1300S is still a capable, competent machine.
Don't be fooled by the faux-retro looks of Honda's CB1300S. While it may have echoes and lines of the mythic CB1100R series of production racers hoofed around with great success by the likes of Ron Haslam back in the early 80s, it is in effect a
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Ducati 848 vs. Brands Hatch. Brands wins
By Barry Tavner on 04/11/2010 14:25:24
Highway to Heaven: Six bikes, six roads, six twats, six stories. The ruin of a potentially perfect day at his favourite piece of tarmac in South East England by Mr Barry Tavner
as they went to school.The ride to Brands Hatch was really chilled. The snappy fuelling and responsive, eager-to-rev motor making stretches like the echoing Blackwall tunnel a real grin-maker.I arrived in plenty of time for the Focused Events rider briefing
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Used Test: Manx Norton
By Niall Mackenzie on 26/12/2006 12:17:02
Niall has revisited the Goodwood Revival, looking to improve on his initiation with the Manx Norton
the occasion. Dani Pedrosa take note!Built: 1950-’62Basis: DOHC air-cooled single derived from a 1930s design. The chassis was the breakthrough, using a steel duplex frame with pivoted swingarm for superior high-speed stability – and comfort, hence
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Ducati 749 vs. Loch Lubnaig
By Niall Mackenzie on 04/11/2010 15:17:57
Highway to Heaven: Six bikes, six roads, six twats, six stories. His name is Niall Mackenzie. He was once very famous. He is now reduced to riding matt black bikes through the horizontal rain for a living. Photographs by Graeme Brown
basis, but then not everyone has knees like mine.The day after our test was complete, I had to choose a bike for my Knockhill Riding School.I picked the 749 and it rocked.
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Pistonheads: Cruiser Face-off
By Ben Miller on 20/10/2010 10:32:55
The V-Rod muscle is Harley’s fastest bike yet, a slick, drag bike with sportsbike-chasing power. In the blue corner Victory’s 1731cc Hammer S is all about oil tanker presence and the grunt to shift cities. How do you like your power cruiser kicks?
. And right now, at large on the hill roads and quaint lanes of Sussex, the background music of a rural Friday morning in summer – the occasional whoosh of toy-strewn people carriers on the the school run; light aircraft droning lazily overhead like drunk bees
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First Ride: 2008 BMW F800GS
By Jon Urry on 22/09/2010 11:24:41
The world becomes a smaller place as BMW’s iconic cross-continental all-road battleship welcomes a new mini member into its family.
wheelie stage fright while British Supersport racer Paul Young looked on unimpressed, and this month I managed to burry BMW’s new F800GS up to its axels in sand while Dakar rider, chaperone to Charley Boorman and BMW off-road skills school headmaster Simon
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Road Test: Rush Hour
By Simon Bowen, Warren Pole, Grant Leonard, Jon Urry on 29/04/2008 23:11:17
Woke up. Fell out of bed, dragged a comb across my head. Found my way downstairs and drank a cup and looking up, I noticed I was late...
POWER - 118bhp@10,250rpmTORQUE - 60lb.ft@8250rpmWEIGHT - 192kgSEAT HEIGHT - 780mmFUEL CAPACITY - 18.3LTOP SPEED - N/A0-60 - n/aTANK RANGE - 130GILERA RUNNER 200SPECSTYPE - Scooter PRODUCTION DATE - 2005PRICE NEW - £2799ENGINE CAPACITY - 198ccPOWER - 21bhp@10,600
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Alternative Twins: Multistrada, R1200R, XB12R and GT650R
By Jon Urry on 01/02/2007 16:46:09
Talk of twins and it's a fair bet you'll be imagining a Ducati 999 or Aprilia Factory. But what are the 'alternative' two-pot choices?
CAPACITY - 17L TOP SPEED - 130.4mph 0-60 - n/aTANK RANGE - 110MILES
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Second Chance - Honda CBR600 2001-2006
By Jon Urry on 28/03/2008 15:44:45
Want it all? You're not alone. The CBR600F is Britain's best-selling motorbike of all time and not without good reason: it really is all things to all men (and women)
in 2001-2002 it had plenty of race success as well, as Pera Riba and Fabien Foret scored plenty of wins in World Superstock racing - beating a field full of R6s, GSX-R600s and ZX-6Rs on numerous occasions. So it's hardly an outdated antique.It does lack
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