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First Ride: Yamaha YZF-R125 from a female perspective
By Catherine Barrett on 22/10/2009 17:01:03
After passing my CBT, I chose Yamaha's YZF-R125 as my first foray into biking, but did it prove too tall and too sporty for town riding?
Click to read: Yamaha YZF-R125 owners reviews, Yamaha YZF-R125 specs and to see the Yamaha YZF-R125 image gallery.I recently passed my CBT and hadn’t really put any thought into what bike I would suit me. So there I was, holding my CBT certificate
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Luke Williams, the serial bike buyer
By John Hogan on 29/03/2010 14:30:32
Luke williams is a serial bike buyer. what he doesn’t know about motorbikes isn’t worth knowing. Problem is, he hasn’t quite got round to passing his test yet...
-stroke up the woods and get a fix. Before I knew it I was 20, I’d owned a string of off-road bikes but had developed a fairly unhealthy obsession with roadbikes. I had stacks of magazines, knew the tech spec of pretty much everybike on the road but still
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Samurai Type 5 first ride road test
By John Hogan on 12/07/2010 10:09:11
It is arguably that you cannot put a price on coolness, but could the £27k Samurai Type 5 cruiser be the answer
one cats eye you learn never to hit another as long as you live.Need more convincing this bike puts a price on cool, then read onAlternativesKrazyhorse custom: Krazyhorse can build you a bike to your spec and design requirements but you’ll have to pay
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SCOOP: FTR Haslam racer to cost £69,850 (£82,073 inc VAT) excluding delivery
By Visordown News on 16/02/2010 09:35:09
Limited edition full specification Moto2 racer goes on sale - check out the full deal here
.Tank/airbox cover, front and rear guards.Radiator ducting, air intake and dash mount.Two-piece fairing.Engine:Manufacturer/type: Full World Supersport spec. Honda CBR600RR.Prepared by Chris Mehew.STM Race clutch, generator and Nova gearbox.Mehew camshaft and tune
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First Ride: 2010 MV Agusta F4 1000R launch test review
By James Whitham on 04/08/2010 09:55:20
Visordown’s Chief road tester is former World Supersport star and all-round top chap James Whitham. MV Agusta generously allows him to sample the new F4. Is he a happy chappy? Or utterly disgusted with Agusta? Find out
Click to read: MV Agusta F4 1000R owners reviews, MV Agusta F4 1000R specs and see the MV Agusta F4 1000R image gallery.The press conference part of this launch was different to most I’ve sat through.Usually it’s all about technical changes
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Honda CBR600RR C-ABS launch test review
By German Ooms on 06/09/2010 11:47:01
Honda’s mostly-under-the-skin revised CBR600RR has one very significant addition for 2009 - an ABS braking system. But can ABS really sit comfortably on a supersport bike?
Click to read: Honda CBR600RR owners reviews, Honda CBR600RR specs and to see the Honda CBR600RR image gallery.It’s already two years ago since we first laid eyes on the current version of the CBR600RR. By Honda tradition, this means we’re due
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Euro Exotica - BMW S1000RR, Ducati 1098 Bayliss, Aprilia RSV4 Factory and MV Agusta F4
By Mark Forsyth on 24/06/2010 16:20:19
A warm, dry Mallory Park Focused Events track day, James Whitham, the four best bikes produced in Europe and a data logger. Let’s get busy…
1098R Bayliss and the Aprilia RSV4 Factory. The unwary bike fan (with a squeaky clean credit rating and a large amount of disposable income) might be tempted by either of these exotic offerings. Just browsing the spec, the engine data and performance
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Big vs Small: BMW F800R & K1300R
By Ben Miller on 26/07/2010 09:20:37
One manufacturer; BMW, one heavyweight; K1300R and one middleweight; F800R. We settle the size issue once and for all, round one...
) and a wet weight of 203kg (Suzuki claim 202kg for the new Gladius).But while the F800R blends into a middleweight spec sheet like a grain of sand in the Sahara, the K1300R sticks out like some kind of two-wheeled Great Wall of China, its engineering
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Used Test: Suzuki TL1000R
By Jon Urry on 13/09/2010 13:18:40
Created as Japan’s first V-twin World Superbike champion, the TL1000R fell short as a racer. But as a road-going missile, the big Suzuki offered a chunky alternative to Italy’s uncompromising, highly-strung twins. And now it’s criminally cheap
Click to read: Suzuki TL1000R owners reviews, Suzuki TL1000R specs and to see the Suzuki TL1000R image gallery.Suzuki’s TL1000R was, if the pre-launch hype was to be believed, the company’s great white hope. The marketing types lead us to think
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2010 BMW R1200RT launch test review
By Richard Hallett on 02/08/2010 09:36:46
BMW’s already excellent big tourer gets a new motor with more grunt and a host of comfort improving gadgets for 2010, not to mention a fruity exhaust note
Click to read: BMW R1200RT owners reviews, BMW R1200RT specs and see the BMW R1200RT image gallery.At first glance the 2010 BMW R1200RT looks just like the 2009 model – which is no bad thing as the old one was so right a major redesign wasn’t needed
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