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Niall Mackenzie Column - Aug 2007
By Niall Mackenzie on 01/08/2007 19:24:22
The latest superbikes are festooned with complicated technology, but Niall isn't sure that all these electronic bells and whistles do anything for the riding experience...
Lose the gizmos, says MaccaI'VE BEEN SPENDING a fair bit of time recently on Suzuki's new GSX-R1000K7. It handles superbly, goes like a Tornado GR4 in a straight line, and stops as quickly as you like using just two fingers on the brake lever
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Niall Mackenzie Column - Sep 2005
By Niall Mackenzie on 01/09/2005 12:56:02
Young guns having fun
vocal in criticising me and the team for being unable to provide him with a competitive package. I have to disagree. The GSX-R1000 K5 is dominating superbike championships elsewhere in the world, and with the same level of support available to Rizla
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Niall Mackenzie Column - Dec 2007
By Niall MacKenzie on 14/12/2007 15:37:38
Niall’s been lying around this month with a ruptured appendix, so he ponders the design of modern exhaust systems (as you would) and observes how Stoner cut his teeth on British tracks...
have to be admired for sticking to their underseat arrangement since the 916 first appeared in 1994: neat, tidy and efficient. Suzuki, however, seem to be determined to stimulate a reaction each year with the likes of the ugly stubby silencer on the GSX-R
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Niall Mackenzie Column - Apr 2008
By Niall Mackenzie on 12/04/2008 11:38:23
Niall installs some Victorian parenting principles into the mini-Mackenzies in order to teach them the value of ratty old motorcycles. Poor little nippers, all they wanted was a hoop and stick to play with
on the list is Suzuki. A now-departed boss’s wife threatened me after the K3 GSX-R1000 launch when I said that the three members of the GSX-R family looked too much alike. So I can’t win. Being the sensitive type, I’m off for some counselling.
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Niall Mackenzie Column - Jan 2008
By Niall Mackenzie on 15/01/2008 09:53:11
Niall’s special friend has been riding the ‘08 Fireblade, and by all accounts it’s an incredible new bike. You needn’t worry about the styling when you’re riding it, he reckons...
the rebellious attitude of the Kawasaki ZX-10R or the wonderful looks of the Ducati 1098. It also doesn’t have the monstrous grunt of the Suzuki GSX-R1000 or the refined engine and chassis package of the Yamaha R1. Should you be in the market for a comfy, fast
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Niall Mackenzie Column - Sep 2006
By niall mackenzie on 01/09/2006 16:26:43
The unveiling of Ducati's Desmosedici RR has Niall anticipating 200bhp road bikes for all - and remembering the snooker star who thrashed his £38,000 NR750 like an old hack
as the model evolves over future years. I also know for around five grand Crescent Suzuki down in Verwood will give you a genuine190bhp at the back wheel of your GSX-R1000 K6. A much cheaper alternative to the £37,500 Ducati, but of course nowhere near
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