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Living with excess: 2006 Suzuki GSX-R750
By John Hogan on 28/03/2010 10:03:49
Special excess: the UK's best-seller
It's the Friday before Brands Hatch World Superbikes and the guys in Suzuki GB's workshop are talking me through all the things I'm supposed to know before I can take away their shiny new GSX-R750. Except all I can hear is a Bart Simpson-style 'blah, blah, blah' - I am transfixed...
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Living with a 2007 BMW G650 Xmoto
By John Hogan on 16/07/2007 14:39:44
Hogan earns the respect of BMW owners astride the funky G650 Xmoto
July 2007Ladies and gentlemen I have made contact with the other side. After five years of being ignored by BMW riders I have figured out how to get a nod out of them, simply ride a BMW. A GS rider I see in Crystal Palace on my way home and who has, until now, studiously ignored ...
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Living with a 2006 Suzuki GSR600
By John Hogan on 16/07/2006 09:46:44
Hogan spends 12 months with the GSR600
.September 2006I've got a new baby. Daisy Fia Hogan was born on 29 May and weighed exactly the same as my Shoei TC-2. A couple of weeks at home flew by in a blur of Tourist Trophy for the PS2, nappies and other baby stuff. Everything about being off was fantastic
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Living with the Victory 8 Ball
By John Hogan on 12/05/2008 16:10:13
John Hogan spends 12 months 'enhancing' his cool status with the Victory 8 Ball
% of the bikes in this magazine – you never, ever see another one. One day one of these will live in my garage. When I can afford a garage...Date recieved: 11th Feb 2008Test duration: 12 monthsTotal mileage: 6230 milesPurchase price: £8495Continue Hogan's 12
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First Ride: 2007 Kawasaki Versys
By John Hogan on 02/04/2008 10:58:57
Fancy an ER-6 but find it a bit too small? The Versys offers relief. John Hogan rides Kawasaki's lanky new 'any road' tool.
They say: "Like a surfer on a wave, we make each ride our own" KawasakiWe say: "Look at me mum! I'm doing a launch" John HoganThe Versys is an important bike for Kawasaki in terms of capitalising on the success of the ER-6 and increasing its share
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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.
The Mulhacen is the result of a styling exercise gone public. Displayed at the 2004 Munich show the bike received a fantastic public reaction and won an award from the Motorcycle Design Association (MDA). This positive feedback was enough for Derbi to push it into production, tur...
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First Ride: 2007 Kawasaki Z750
By John Hogan on 02/04/2008 14:18:59
The Z750 quietly got on with being one of the best Kawasakis for years. Is the new model ready to kick more middleweight ass?
When Kawasaki entered the competitive naked 600 market in 2004 it pulled a familiar trick. Following the 636cc ZX-6R's lead, the firm simply entered the middle weight sector with a 600 that wasn't. It was, in fact, the Z750. Buyers didn't give a sniff though, because as a package...
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Traffic Light GP - motorcycle launch control
By John Hogan on 07/06/2009 12:26:46
We all do it. Even if we don’t admit it. Traffic light racing. Silly and purile maybe, but when another bikes lines up alongside and the lights turn green, you going to just let him go? How to do it. And the best bikes to do it on...
The traffic lighters...Steve Venables The best drag racer in the UK. Proper, proper quick off the lightsSimon Bowen Old hand at riding anything, quicker than he looks. And olderJohn Hogan Reasonably experienced, though not as quick as his boots suggest
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First ride: Moto Guzzi V7 Classic road test review
By John Hogan on 19/12/2008 10:57:14
The new Moto Guzzi V7 Classic could be the perfect bike if you are looking for a classic but don’t want to get your hands dirty.
The opening scene of the iconic movie the Italian Job has a song called ‘on days like these’ playing over it, and if you could play that song in the background while you read this launch report, that would be perfect.This was the tune I couldn’t shake out of my head as I rode the...
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Living with a 2009 Kawasaki ZX-6R
By John Stevens and Andy Hogan on 23/01/2010 11:07:58
Andy Hogan and John Stevens share a 2009 Kawasaki ZX-6R for a year. Here's their review
small, light and fast they areThe term ‘dead man’s shoes’ springs to mind this month. With John Hogan, our resident funny man and all round nice bloke, leaving Visordown and absconding to Aprilia to manage their press activities, the keys to his ZX-6R
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