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First Ride: 2003 Suzuki SV650 review
By Jon Urry on 15/09/2010 12:43:41
Its faired brother is more suited to motorway miles, but how does the SV650 handle rush hour traffic?
Click to read: 2003 Suzuki SV650 owners reviews, 2003 Suzuki SV650 specs and to see the 2003 Suzuki SV650 image gallery.When we tested the SV650S both on its own and against the rest of the middle-weight competition there was always one nagging
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One Fine Day on Britain's Best Biking Road
By Jon Urry on 25/05/2010 14:06:01
To discover the best 10-mile stretch of road anywhere in the UK you have to go to Loch Leven in Scotland. But it's worth the ride
the best 10 miles of biking road in the UK.This claim has been made many times (by us and others) about a particular patch of road, but this time it's hard to refute. James Whitham has been making a pilgrimage to this spot for years with a group of mates
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First Ride: 2001 Ducati 620ie Monster
By Jon Urry on 27/03/2008 21:20:35
Jon Urry tests out the Ducati 620ie Monster
The original M600 was an amalgam of 583cc two-valve desmodromic V-twin motor and chassis from the 851 Superbike, clothed in the minimal bodywork from the pen of Miguel Galuzzi. More than 100,000 of the little beauties have been sold worldwide
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First Ride: 2007 Buell Super TT
By Jon Urry on 02/04/2008 14:14:00
A supermoto, sort of, from the land that invented the genre.
.The STT is actually a very nice bike to ride. Like other Buells it feels tiny and the riding position has the feel of being perched above the bike, but this suits the supermoto style. The seat, combined with the low pegs, make it easily comfortable enough
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One Fine Day
By Jon Urry on 28/03/2008 17:49:37
To discover the best 10-mile stretch of road anywhere in the UK you have to go to Loch Leven in Scotland. But it's worth the ride. We whipped the brand new Street Triple, the manic KTM690SM and the glorious GSX-R750K7 into a frenzy
/ATOP SPEED - N/A0-60 - n/aTANK RANGE - N/ASuzuki TYPE - SUPERSPORTSPRODUCTION DATE - 2007PRICE NEW - £7949ENGINE CAPACITY - 749ccPOWER - 133.2bhp@11,500rpmTORQUE - 66.5lb.ft@8700rpmWEIGHT - 163kgSEAT HEIGHT - 810mmFUEL CAPACITY - N/ATOP SPEED - N/A0-60 - n
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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?
'd approached first the R1, then the GSX-R1000... not a chance of securing it to either (although somehow Tim managed it with his GSX-R1000 last year), so I tried the Blade. Bungee points and fantastic pillion pegs with cut-outs for bungee hooks made it easy
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First Ride: 2006 Aprilia RSV-R
By Jon Urry on 20/09/2010 22:46:53
A re-jig to pass tough emissions tests or significant go-faster modifications? Urry tests the new RSV-R and RSV-R Factory
in gold. Oh yes, the frame is now gold-coloured too. How could I forget that?Fairly high specifications as standard, then. So what's the cost? The RSV-R is £8999 on the road and Factory £10,349. Sounds good value to me, especially when, for the price of a
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First Ride: 2006 Triumph Tiger 1050
By Jon Urry on 02/04/2008 18:53:05
Triumph's Tiger sheds the big trailie looks, sharpens its claws and goes for a more road-inspired image. Is this the right direction for Hinckley's big cat?
leap forward. It pulls cleanly from as low as 1500rpm and feels much stronger than that old 955i engine. It really suits this style of bike.Big trailie owners (okay, I know, the Tiger isn't really a big trailie anymore, but bear with me) in the main
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The Good, The Bad & The Ugly: used Fazer test
By Jon Urry on 05/08/2010 15:37:08
With the new Yamaha Fazer 800 arriving we dip into the secondhand market to sample the best and worst of the Fazer family…
is its replacement, the FZ6 Fazer. At £4,199 this 2008 model bike is an S2, the second generation of the R6-engined Fazer 600, but in truth little changed between the FZ6 models. And finally we have the daddy of the Fazer range, a 2002 Fazer 1000. At £3
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First Ride: 2007 Honda CBF600S
By Jon Urry on 10/04/2008 22:19:58
An easy learner friendly machine, or a bike with about as much soul as a sandbag? Honda’s middleweight goes for function over style...
?SPECSPrice: £5,399Engine: 599cc, liquid-cooled, DOHC, 16-valve inline fourPower: 76bhp@ 10,500rpmTorque: 44.3b.ft@ 8,250rpmFront suspension: 41mm forks, adjustable preloadRear suspension: Monoshock, adjustable preloadFront brake: 296mm discs, three
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