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California Superbike School Supermoto review
By Jon Urry on 05/11/2004 16:16:12
You put your left leg in, rear wheel out, in, out, in, out, slide it all about. And that's what supermoto is supposed to be all about...
Right, the photographer's on this corner, concentrate, let's make this a biggie. Yep, he's aiming the camera at me. Dump the clutch, oh yes here we go, it's sliding, go on... go on... hang on... that's a bit too far... uh oh... bugger. I'll just lie
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Christian Iddon: The Apprentice
By Jon Urry on 01/12/2010 15:14:53
You may not have heard of him but Christian Iddon is a World Supermoto racer. His raw riding talent is obvious. So, has he got what it takes to make an impact in road racing? Mackenzie passes his verdict.
.Niall's first introduction to Christian's supermoto riding was at the Melbourne Loop. In a squeal of tortured tyre he was casually sliding his supermoto bike at full lock into the Loop before firing it out sideways leaving a big thick dark line. To Christian
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Bridgestone BT-002 review
By Jon Urry on 15/10/2006 10:17:52
Bridgestone launches its new Racing Street tyres - road-legal rubber aimed predominantly at track day riders in search of serious grip
They say: "Combines race-winning performance with rider friendly characteristics" BridgestoneWe say: "The last race I won was with an egg and spoon" Jon UrryChoosing a tyre is all about being honest. There isn't any point in riding around on track
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Road Test: CBR1000RR v ZX-10R v GSX-R1000K6 v R1
By Jon Urry on 18/05/2008 16:53:33
1000cc sports bikes go ballistic to Majorca. Does the water taste like what it oughta?
obviously got on the blower and reported a bike sliding down the fast lane of the motorway. Our rozzer must have hurried to the scene expecting to find a tangled heap of metal.Keen to avoid an extended interview with the authorities, I try to confuse him
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First Ride: Benelli Tornado Tre
By Jon Urry on 13/09/2010 14:07:35
Benelli boss Andrea Merloni describes the Tornado as his 'crazy project'. After four years in development this bike will either make or break his company.
announced to the assembled journalists. "If you make a mistake then ride over the curbs and brake on the blue and red tarmac strips." Somewhere at the back of the room a voice asked the question on everyone's minds. "What if you're sliding?" "In that case
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Tested: Metzeler Sportec M5 Interact
By Jon Urry on 15/03/2010 15:03:48
Visordown tests new road-biased sports tyre in a wet and windy Portugal
’t experience any slides. But then the heavens opened, which actually turned out to be a bit of a blessing. The M5 is a tyre aimed predominantly at road riders so a little rain was probably a good thing.Metzeler have designed a new tread pattern (shaped like
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First Ride: Ducati Sport 1000S
By Jon Urry on 02/04/2008 12:18:52
Achingly beautiful, plain aching to ride. Another classic stunner from Italy.
adopt a Paul Smart-esque race crouch that is, and slide back in the seat, rest your chin on the tank and get right under that monstrous slice of retro perspex.Click here for the Ducati Sport 1000S review page 2 of 2.
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First Ride: Kawasaki Z750S
By Jon Urry on 27/04/2008 22:45:57
Kawasaki sticks a fairing on the excellent Z750 in an effort to appeal to the more practically minded rider. Has it worked?
There's something not quite right here. It feels like a rather intimate part of my body is being crushed. Yep, that's it. I'm gradually sliding forward over my spuds. How is this happening?Riding along the A3 I'm in a certain amount of distress
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Christian Iddon Interview
By Jon Urry on 30/03/2008 21:44:41
TWO meets Britain's greatest supermoto rider to find out if he's capable of keeping both wheels inline for once
to find out whether he's got what it takes to make the switch. Iddon leads the wee jockNiall's first introduction to Christian's supermoto riding was at the Melbourne Loop. In a squeal of tortured tyre he was casually sliding his supermoto bike at full
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Living with a 2005 Suzuki DR-Z400SM
By Jon Urry on 16/02/2006 15:27:50
Urry loons around on the supermoto DR-Z400
's not massively fast but it accelerates away from the lights fairly well and will do 85mph flat-stick.Initially I thought the two-piston sliding caliper looked a bit on the weedy side, but it's actually really strong, helped by the bike only weighing 134kg
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