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Niall's Spin - Honda CBR900RR Fireblade (1992-93)
By Niall Mackenzie on 08/10/2010 15:35:43
The creator of modern sportsbikes is now a reserved classic in the world of it's offspring, Niall Mackenzie takes a look at the orginal Honda Fireblade
Click to read: Honda CBR900RR Fireblade owners reviews, Honda CBR900RR Fireblade specs and to see the Honda CBR900RR Fireblade image gallery.We could bat on here about how the Blade changed the face of modern sportsbiking, how it gave us 1000cc
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First Ride: Aprilla RSV-R Mille Factory review
By Bertie Simmonds on 14/09/2010 14:30:43
The Mille R is dead. It's replacement, the Mille Factory, has moved Bert to proclaim the machine to be the best Italian V-twin sportsbike on the market
-twin sportsbike you can buy. I'll quantify that now and argue with you later...Now, I loved the old Mille R. It was a big lad's Italian sportsbike dream. It is now dead, replaced by the Factory, while the old standard model (the RSV1000 Mille) is now replaced
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First Ride: 2005 Ducati 999
By Jon Urry on 30/03/2008 21:50:04
Ducati's flagship sportsbike gets a new look as well as a whole load more power for 2005. Jon Urry samples the delights of the new 999
Ducati's 999 hasn't exactly set the world on fire since its launch in late 2002. While its predecessor, the 916, caused queues in dealers when it was launched in 1994, public reaction to Pierre Terreblanche's development of Massimo Tamburini's classic has been cool.Despite the 99...
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First Ride: 2002 Buell XB9R Firebolt
By Bertie Simmonds on 29/03/2008 16:37:24
Look, children, here he comes. It's Tweedle Dee in the blue and silver Kushitani leathers on his dinky Fisher Price 'My First Ideal Sportsbike.'
1,320mm (most sportsbikes fall around the 1,390 to 1,420mm bracket). I apologise for using so many figures, but these deserve it - last time I rode something this short I kept snagging my flares in the chain.The finish makes it look like a toy too
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Bike Icon: Kawasaki ZXR750
By Mark Shippey on 11/10/2010 13:09:50
Lean, mean and best in green, come and meet the best-looking mass production 750 four-cylinder sportsbike ever
Anthony Gobert pulls into park fermé and is mobbed by the Muzzy Kawasaki team. A first place in the second race at Phillip Island secures a very respectable fourth for the infamous Aussie in the 1995 World Championship. This was to be the last win on the world stage for the ZXR75...
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ABS - Is ABS the future for sports bikes?
By Mark Forsyth on 19/12/2008 14:45:44
In an industry first, Honda have produced a working prototype sportsbike ABS system that they hope will contribute to safer superbikes on the roads of Europe.
Combined braking systems. I’ll ‘fess up straight away: I don’t like them. The lever on the right bar is to apply front brakes, the pedal under your right toes is to apply the back brake- and there it should remain. I’ve been riding bikes since I was six and 33 years of ingrained ...
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Triumph Daytona 600 versus CBR600 & ZX-6R
By Niall Mackenzie on 03/06/2003 15:40:04
England experts every British sportsbike to do its duty. But can the Daytona beat the awesome CBR600RR and Kawasaki ZX-6R?
I've had a bit of an uneasy feeling ever since I stepped off the plane from the launch of the Triumph Daytona. Now I know I'm getting on a bit, and unlike a fine Scottish Malt my old noodle up top doesn't get much better with age, but was the Daytona really that good? I mean, loo...
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Adventure bikes, why they are the new cool
By Visordown on 25/10/2010 10:08:22
Forget trying to look cool on your new sportsbike, there is a new craze in town. Adventure bikes are the latest up and coming fashion accessory. You’d be a right Charley to miss out...
. Rather than saying ‘I’m just off to set a lap record at Brands’ these rider’s kit says ‘I’m off for a quick blast to the Serengeti.’So what has caused this shift in fashion? Let’s be truthful here, in the UK we are still enormously sportsbike biased. Just
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Booty Call: The Fattie custom craze
By Visordown on 18/11/2010 16:44:11
Forget choppers and custom bikes, there’s a new craze sweeping the USA from the West coast to the East. It involves grafting ridiculous oversize tyres and swingarms onto previously normal sportsbikes...
Pic Credit: superstreetbike.comlThe old Sir-Mix-a-Lot rap praising oversized arses is a likely anthem for a small but growing fraternity of sportsbike owners in the US, particularly on the country’s Eastern seaboard. Big, fat tyres grafted onto
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First Ride: Moto Guzzi MGS-01 review
By Kevin Ash on 15/09/2010 11:52:35
After years in the sportsbike wilderness, Moto Guzzi has bounced back with the new MGS. It may lack the high tech credentials of its Italian V-twin brethren, but is it any good?
Click to read: Moto Guzzi MGS-01 owners reviews, Moto Guzzi MGS-01 specs and to see the Moto Guzzi MGS-01 image gallery.The term 'Moto Guzzi sportsbike' is used in schools to teach English students what oxymoron means, along with honest politician
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