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Road Test: MV Agusta F4 1000 Tamburini
By Roland Brown on 27/04/2008 22:22:01
The latest and most exclusive bike in the F4 series is available - if you've got £30,000 to spare. Roland Brown rides the F4 Tamburini.
bike market last year.Tamburini's genius is in his eye for detail, so it's appropriate that this MV has been finished to an even higher level than its predecessors. From the reworked ducts in the fairing, via the red suede seat cover to the beautifully
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First Ride: 2002 Aprilia Tuono Review
By Roland Brown on 03/04/2008 19:16:40
Aprilia's Tuono is one of the more curious of machines to come from Italy
NEW - N/A ENGINE CAPACITY - 998cc POWER - 130bhp@9500rpm TORQUE - 74lb.ft@7250rpm WEIGHT - 181kg SEAT HEIGHT - N/A FUEL CAPACITY - N/A TOP SPEED - N/A 0-60 - n/a TANK RANGE - N/A
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First ride: Bimota DB7 road test review
By Roland Brown 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...
-molybdenum steel tube with side-plates machined from billet aluminium. There’s no rear subframe; just a self-supporting carbon-fibre seat unit. As with the 1098, the engine is a stressed member of the chassis. The swing-arm uses a similar blend of oval steel tubes
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First Ride: 2007 Honda CB600F Hornet
By Roland Brown on 02/04/2008 12:56:43
Honda's top-selling naked middleweight gets a top-to-toe revamp, sharp new looks and the world's ugliest exhaust collector box
predecessor with 5kg less to cart about into the bargain.Those Euro-stylists did a good job, retaining the Hornet identity while adding an edge with features including the piggy-back headlight, reworked tank and seat, and a new four-into-one exhaust whose
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First Ride: 2007 Yamaha Midnight Star 1300
By Roland Brown on 02/04/2008 12:12:15
Yamaha's latest Star is an exercise in big-small.
Cruiser engines are getting so huge these days that Yamaha's new Midnight Star is billed as a middleweight even though its V-twin motor displaces 1304cc, the traditional American 80 cubic inches.The liquid-cooled XVS1300A squeezes into Yamaha's range between the Midnight Star 190...
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Road Test: Bimota DB5
By Roland Brown on 29/04/2008 22:02:45
Back once more into the fray, Bimota splash their cash on the launch of the DB5. Are you ready with yours?
the hefty price tag. Could become a classic.Bimota DB5 SpecsTYPE - Supersports PRODUCTION DATE - 2005 PRICE NEW - £19,000 ENGINE CAPACITY - 992cc POWER - 92bhp@8000rpm TORQUE - 68lb.ft@5500rpm WEIGHT - 165kg SEAT HEIGHT - 800mm FUEL
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Road Test: MV Agusta Brutale 910
By Roland Brown on 29/04/2008 21:57:58
MV's bonkers Brutale gets a big bore motor, a midrange boost and bags of added usefulness to boot. Roland Brown blags a ride and spills the beans.
CAPACITY - 909cc POWER - 136bhp@11,000rpm TORQUE - 71lb.ft@7900rpm WEIGHT - 185kg SEAT HEIGHT - 810mm FUEL CAPACITY - 19L TOP SPEED - 160mph 0-60 - n/a TANK RANGE - n/a
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First Ride: 2004 MV Agusta F4 1000S
By Roland Brown on 30/03/2008 20:30:04
With company finances back on track and production delays a thing of the past (for now...), the long awaited F4 1000S is finally, eventually, here. At last...
Long hailed as one of the gorgeous motorcycles ever, MV's F4 family of bikes has suffered from a lack of cc when compared to the competition with its capacity of only 749cc. The F41000s is here to make amends.I'm tonking along near-empty roads in the hills near MV Agusta's factor...
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First Ride: 2005 Yamaha YZF-R6
By Roland Brown on 31/03/2008 21:51:49
A number of performance-enhancing tweaks make this year's R6 a faster and more exciting proposition. Riding tips from Valentino Rossi not included...
"Brake at the point where the kerb ends, keep the bike a little bit away from the edge of the track because it's slippery there, and turn into the corner when you get to about... here."Valentino Rossi's words of advice are echoing through my mind as I squeeze the YZF-R6's front b...
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Ducati Hypermotard 796 launch
By Roland Brown on 12/10/2009 15:14:22
Roland 'Drowned Rat' Brown reports in from a very wet Bologna, Italy
lot more accessible to regular riders, the seat height is lower, the 796 is less intimidating to ride than its 1100 cousin and cheaper. No snatch off the fuel-injection, not on-offy at all, been riding it in the piss wet absolutely freezing and it
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