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Launch Report: Buell 1125CR road test
By Visordown News on 03/10/2008 18:14:56
Bertie Simmonds reports back from the launch of Buell's 1125CR
to have had a major effect on, as has the new calibration of the Rotax-designed Helicon motor.Suspension again is improved: the test team spent a week working out a basic setting for the 1125CR, which works for all riders across all road surfaces. Much
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First Ride: 2008 KTM RC8
By John Cantlie on 22/09/2010 15:29:52
Five years in the making and it’s finally here. A test of the most eagerly-awaited V-twin superbike since the Ducati 916
to ride the RC8 since I first saw it, like you did, back in 2003. A ground-up, all-new, blank piece of paper superbike comes around once every decade, if that. So I pulled editor’s rights and grabbed the test-ticket. We went into huge detail on the story
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Ducati Streetfighter first ride review
By Rob Hoyles on 07/04/2010 16:40:55
If you thought the S4RS was barking, then think again. Ducati’s latest machine goes right back to streetfighting basics…
the bike. Essentially a stripped down 1098, it’s fair to say a lot of effort has gone into making sure the Streetfighter looks right. It’s the smallest details that count on a bike costing the thick end of £14,000 to you.Acclaimed as the most beautiful bike
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First Ride: 2004 Ducati 999R
By Jon Urry on 30/03/2008 22:03:19
When the going gets tough, Ducati brings out a new model to beat the opposition. Cheating? No, just bending the rules...
. But this is an even more powerful and polished example of what's already the best road-going Ducati.2004 Ducati 999R SpecsTYPE - SUPERSPORTS PRODUCTION DATE - 2004 PRICE NEW - £20,000 ENGINE CAPACITY - 999cc POWER - 150bhp@9750rpm TORQUE - 86lb.ft@8000rpm WEIGHT
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BMW HP2 Sport first ride review
By Jon Urry on 04/05/2010 14:25:42
Is BMW’s HP2 Sport the ultimate Boxer, or just an over-priced showman? We spent a day on the road with the £15,000 BMW that floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee
-engined BMW that the company will ever produce. And I know this for a fact. BMW have just launched their S1000RR superbike, using a brand new 1,000cc inline four engine that is destined to compete in World Superbikes in 2009. This move effectively makes the HP
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First Ride: 2008 KX Range
By Jon Bentman on 02/04/2008 18:08:14
Kawasaki have been cleaning up in motocross this season. And their '08 range are direct descendants of their world beaters. You man enough to ride one?
. The office historians think KLX lineage goes something like this: 1980 - the first, an SOHC air-cooled single (17bhp, 115kg). Then a yawning chasm of non-development until 1997, when along came the second generation with a water-cooled, DOHC motor and a
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First Ride: Triumph Tiger Explorer 1200 review
By Mark Forsyth on 27/02/2012 08:53:59
Launch report
rides or plug heated underclothing in for hours at a time.Power? Triumph claim a peak figure of 137PS and – the most crucial part – a peak torque figure of 121Nm delivered at 6,400rpm.Before I get on to the riding part let me tell you this: the 1200
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First Ride: Team Agni TTXGP
By Mark Forsyth on 05/10/2010 10:18:13
We get first ride on the Championship winning Agni electric racer
is way more than a Honda RS125 and nobody ever accused them of being dull to ride.The more laps I did, the more I got into this weird freewheeling corner entry technique and started to work on the areas that would improve my corner speed and lap time
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First Ride: Ducati SC1000
By Niall Mackenzie on 17/08/2008 20:50:48
Thirty-three years in the planning and Ducati's Sportclassics are finally here. But you'd better be quick if you want one.
, but never in his wildest dreams could he have imagined what would take place 33 years down the road.That cloudy day was unforgettable for Ducati so, in celebration of that victory, and after several years of planning, they have finally launched the first two
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First Ride: 2007 Aprilia Shiver SL750
By Kevin Ash on 02/04/2008 15:27:50
At last Aprilia have arrived with a middleweight. Laden with high-tech features and cutting edge styling. Only it's 750cc. And £5600. You have to ask, is this cheating?
Golf then.The biggest pain with riding a prototype was a more pragmatic one: it wasn't road registered, so Aprilia blagged the Fiat group's vast test centre at Bellaco, west of Milan - ideal aside from an understandable car bias manifested as Armco
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