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History of the Superbike: 1969 - 2001
By Stuart Barker on 15/09/2001 11:53:56
Detailing the history of the superbike from the Honda CB750 in 1969 to 2001's ground-breaking Suzuki GSX-R1000
Superbike, supersport, superpole, superstock, superteen, super blackbird, super dream, supercross........It's probably fair to say that the word 'super' is somewhat overused in motorcycling circles. But it wasn't always so.It's easy to think that superbikes have been around forev...
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Bike Icon: Suzuki GSX-R1100
By Stuart Barker on 08/10/2010 13:11:59
Like a nightclub bouncer ripped to the tits on bodybuilding steroids, the big Suzuki was not to be messed with. Unless you were rock hard...
Suzuki's GSX-R1100 has always been thought of as the ultimate hooligan's tool. That's not a slur on the bike itself, rather it's a compliment since it proves that the big Gixxer was so insanely fast, powerful and competent that it satisfied
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600 Evolution 1985 - 2003
By Stuart Barker on 04/07/2003 09:08:16
The Rise and Rise of the 600
Sometimes, less really is more. Take 600cc supersports bikes for example. Your mate down the pub may rant on about the fact that his R1 or his GSX-R1000 enjoys 400ccs more than your middleweight machine but does that mean he has any more fun than you or is even any faster than yo...
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I Love The 70's
By Stuart Barker on 27/10/2010 15:42:48
Whats not to love about the 70's, lairy cars, crazy dress-sense, hairy women (forget the last bit). TWO feature looking at 70's biking
decade began. Rival manufacturers tried to fight back with a range of multi-cylinder two strokes like Kawasaki's evil 500H1 triple and Suzuki's GT750 'Kettle' but four cylinder, four strokes were proving the way to go, not least because of new, stricter
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Burt Munro's Speed Obsession
By Stuart Barker on 10/09/2010 14:16:16
From a small shed in a small town in a small country at the very bottom of the world came an old man and an old bike - to capture the most remarkable world speed record ever
, then the 63-year-old grandfather took the vintage machine to the Bonneville Salt Flats and clocked 212mph. The equivalent today would be taking a Suzuki GSX-R1000 and modifying it - designing and building all the parts yourself, on a shoestring budget
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