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Road Test: F650 v TE610 v DR-Z400S v XT660R
By Warren Pole on 14/10/2010 22:56:36
Can the latest crop of dual-purpose on/off-roaders really hack it in the rough stuff? Team Visordown dons its goggles and has a trail of a time finding out. Let's soft road!
on the Dakar I had time to appreciate its super-soft seat - which "feels like it's got a puncture," according to Tim - heated grips and soft, friendly motor with its reassuring thrum. As with almost any BMW this is a bike that makes you feel like you could head
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Kings of the Hill
By Warren Pole on 22/06/2009 10:45:41
Ducati's Hypermotard goes toe-to-toe with KTM and Buell through the vicious twists and turns of a Championship hill-climb event in Wiltshire
on the hill an hour later, the KTM felt like a good place to be. The ride position is incredibly natural as long as you're average height or more, and in terms of performance this is a beautifully-balanced bike. The motor is strong and pulls off the bottom
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Road Test: MZ 1000SF
By Warren Pole on 29/04/2008 21:01:23
The East Germans strip off in the name of freedom and liberate a thumping good naked bike from beneath the wraps of their less exciting 1000S
- 113bhp@7500rpm TORQUE - 72lb.ft@7000rpm WEIGHT - 210kg SEAT HEIGHT - 825mm FUEL CAPACITY - 20L TOP SPEED - 140mph 0-60 - n/a TANK RANGE - n/a
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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?
"Cien sesenta y tres caballos?" asks the traffic cop, pointing at the K1200R. Rifling through the mental bin my GCSE Spanish has been in for the last 15 years I try and work out what he's saying. I'm roasting like a boil-in-the-bag meal but just as my brain edges toward meltdown,...
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Living with a 2003 Suzuki SV1000
By Warren Pole on 12/09/2003 14:40:57
Warren Pole gives the Suzuki SV1000 a good threashing and then a good review. That's what you're after, isn't it?
September 2003Luckily for me (although perhaps less luckily for the Suzuki) I found myself in charge of our SV for a fortnight last month, and what a time we had of it because between us we packed in 800 miserable UK motorway miles, several soggy laps of central London, a visit t...
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Living with a 2003 Suzuki GSX-R750 K3
By Warren Pole on 12/10/2003 14:48:11
Warren Pole appeared to have the most number of longterm motorcycles to review here, but seemed to write the least about them. Figure that out?
handling), slipping a 20mm spacer under the top rear shock mounting for more ride height (speeds up steering, doesn't compromise stability, costs 50p), and throwing on some Pirelli Diablo Corsas to replace the OE Michelin Pilot Sports which suffered a
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Living with a 2005 Kawasaki ZRX1200R
By Warren Pole on 15/08/2005 14:37:02
Warren 'Wozza' Pole blagged a Kawasaki ZRX1200R in 2005 and wrote this here review on it
smooth running. Then gearing. A few teeth up at the back (or a couple down at the front) should perk things up and sacrifice 20mph I never use. Finally I'd like some rear ride height to help the big Kwak hustle a little better.Sadly the ZRX has just gone
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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 .
In a desperate bid for every last drop of speed I'm tucked into the guy in front's slipstream so deep that if he so much as blinks he's going to have me as a passenger. I can feel my knuckles whitening and realise I'm holding my breath. I force myself to relax. The fact I'm texti...
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Beaujolais or bust
By Warren Pole on 28/01/2008 11:07:59
Four men, four bikes, one quest - to bring home the first bottle of Beaujolais Nouveau 2004 to British shores. The question isn't 'Why?', it's 'Why not?' Allez!
This is a tale rotten to its core with lies, deceit and treachery. Some was small, some considerably larger, but all resulted in four of us riding into deepest France in hostile conditions on a motley selection of motorcycles before racing back clutching bottles of freshly-releas...
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Road Test: ZX-9R vs. VFR vs. 955i
By Warren Pole on 20/04/2008 22:06:20
On the face of it, this is a pretty odd bunch of motorcycles. Take the motors for instance - a 781cc V4, an 955cc inline triple, and an 899cc inline four. Hmm, not exactly the most comparable bunch on the planet.
But then these bikes are a bit of a mixed bag. There's the ZX-9R, whose normal habitat these days is being shot to pieces in a group test with the FireBlade, R1 and GSX-R1000, the VFR which can generally be found romping off with the sports touring crown whenever that little test...
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