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First Ride: 2006 BMW R1200R
By Tim Dickson on 01/04/2008 22:26:08
Another new Boxer hits the road. On looks alone this one won't set the world on fire, but surprise, surprise, it's quite good fun.
spot-on for low speed work in town and bags of fun out on the open road.Motorways will be a bit of a chore, but with the neat optional flyscreen fitted to the test bikes, a steady 95mph or so was easy enough.Suspension is soft and there's a lot of front
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First Ride: 2007 Triumph Rocket III Touring
By John Hogan on 10/04/2008 23:08:01
As American as the English language, this Hinckley super-tourer is all set to give the US cruiser market a good old taste of British spunk.
% of all bike sales in America. You may not view this as an important bike if you ride in the UK, but the sales from bikes like this in the USA will help fund projects for the UK market in the future. It’s a shame that Texans don’t like their roads how
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First Ride: 2007 Kawasaki Z1000
By Niall MacKenzie on 02/04/2008 14:23:26
A new set of glad rags, a tweak of the chassis here and a fettled gearbox there, et voila: a really rather splendid new big Zed
...The rear shock has had a similar upgrade giving it a soft but positive feel under acceleration, which was fine for my 11-stone but it'll need a stiffer setting for anyone heavier or committed to pillion rides.The motor's top end remains the same at 125bhp
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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
195 miles to a tank, which is on a par with an R1200GS, and I don’t doubt this. On my ride, after 80 miles the fuel gauge wasn’t even at half empty.The gearing is spot on for this kind of bike and the style of riding it’s designed for. First gear revs
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First Ride: 2004 Yamaha FZ6 Fazer
By Jon Urry on 05/11/2003 11:23:19
Having resisted the urge to tear down the hotel curtains and make them into a set of lederhosen, Jon Urry braves rain and ice-rink-like Austrian roads to put Yamaha's new emissions-friendly Fazer to the test
days there I now know Austria is famous for one other thing - roads that turn into an ice rink at the first sign of water.Unfortunately for the launch of the Fazer the Brits brought with them the British weather, so these first impressions are really
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First Ride: 2013 Triumph Daytona 675R review
By Ben Cope on 16/12/2012 19:25:19
Forget 250s. This is the best handling bike you can buy.
of their new model with looks that, 8 years ago, could have proved controversial.That’s the main reason the original Daytona 675 featured an underseat exhaust. Meanwhile, Triumph were already testing a model with an under-slung exhaust and knew it was the next
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First Ride: Revised Buell 1125R
By Jon Urry on 22/09/2010 16:55:46
After a fairly troublesome birth Buell’s 1125R is back. But have they got it right this time?
, redesign a few bits and organise another unveiling of this updated bike a few months later. Having not been on the original launch I was looking forward to riding the 1125R. I like Buell’s quirkiness, but having spent a day on road and track I don
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First Ride: 2004 Victory Kingpin
By Mark Shippey on 30/03/2008 19:38:09
Victory hopes to attract a younger generation by producing a versatile, powerful cruiser. Can Victory pin down the kings for the full count?
teardrop tank that blends with the seat, the neat flowing bodywork and gorgeous spoke or billet wheels depending upon whether you go for the standard or Tourer version.The extended flared fenders front and rear set the Fifties look off perfectly, and give
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First ride: 2008 BMW R1200GS Adventure
By John Cuntychops on 07/11/2008 11:53:17
The Adventure gets an electronic kick up the arse for 2008 with the most sophisticated suspension system fitted to a production bike
capability to the bike. At the press of a button you can access up to 15 different spring and damping settings, from two-up touring settings to jacking the whole bike up 20mm for serious off-road riding. In the Enduro setting the whole bike staggers
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First Ride: 2007 Derbi Mulhacen
By John Hogan on 01/04/2008 22:39:10
"A Derbi Mull-who-son?" I queried. "It's pronounced Mull-hass-en," said Tim.
logo on the headlight cowl however has its roots firmly set in the Spanish scooter and 125cc market, but in all Derbi have got the styling nailed on the Mulhacen. Although that's achieved not without a few practical sacrifices.Firstly the seat has more
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