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Used Test: Suzuki GSX-R600 review
By Chris Moss on 13/09/2010 11:16:54
Fashion may have consigned the GSX-R600 to history with its now dated bulbous looks, but it is still an utter ripper of a bike, and a bargain at that
of trying to discover them. Few bikes offer this much control and confidence while swinging round corners at speed. If you can get it over far enough to touch down the pegs, consider yourself a hero.Continue the used test of the Suzuki GSX-R600
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Used Test: 2002 Suzuki GSX-R1000 K2
By Chris Moss on 13/09/2010 16:03:58
Living with the first breed of GSX-R1000 is a lot easier than you think
of an all-rounder than you'd expect and riding it fast on either road or track, bimbling through town, scooting off to the South of France or just using it as everyday transport are all easily possible with the 1000.The heart of any GSX-R is the inline four
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Classic Test: Suzuki RG500 v Yamaha RD500LC
By Visordown on 21/12/2011 10:13:05
It’s 1985 and the biking public are crying out for replicas of the Grand Prix bikes that are thrilling them on TV. So Yamaha and Suzuki call their bluff
) but six GP wins tells us how effective the Yamaha is. And here’s a replica available to the public, for road use. Anyone with a bike licence should be aghast. Can Yamaha really deliver a GP bike for the road?This 500cc Vee-Four two-stroke looks absolutely
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Second Hand Dream Bikes - Yamaha RD350LC, Honda RC30, Ducati 916SP used test
By James Whitham, Niall Mackenzie & Jon Urry on 13/04/2010 16:51:46
Whitham, Mackenzie and Urry spill the beans on owning the bike of your dreams, sometimes it’s Heaven and sometimes it’s Hell. RC30, RD350LC and 916SP revisited.
happiness than the sum of its value.So this secondhand test focuses on the trials and tribulations that come with owning and living with a legend. It can be a rocky ride, sometimes bordering on a nightmare, but the end result is a bike that you will treasure
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Grandad Turismo - Pan European, FJR1300A, K1200GT used test
By Jon Urry on 02/06/2010 14:45:26
Want to cover massive miles without spending mega pounds? Someone else has very kindly taken the depreciation hit on these secondhand tourers so you don’t have to. We try these three recent big bore bargains for size
While scouring Visordown’s classified section locating the three big tourers for this test I was genuinely shocked. My first thought was that dealers all over the country had made terrible mistakes when entering the value of their bikes
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Used test: Kawasaki ZX-7R vs Suzuki GSX-R750 SRAD
By Jon Urry on 09/09/2010 11:30:18
Suzuki's GSX-R brand represented the ultimate race replica for the people. Can Kawasaki's masterpiece take it on?
proper sports bike, or something that looked the real deal, but would be a road-focused pussycat to ride - hence the huge success of the ZX-7RThe great leap forward for Suzuki is so evident in its styling. Whilst retaining the overall aggressive identity
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600s still got it - Suzuki GSX-R600, Yamaha R6 and Kawasaki ZX-6R used test
By Jon Urry on 23/06/2010 12:37:54
Terrified of technology? We hark back to a time when life was sweet and sports 600s were far less complicated beasts
the manufacturers over-egged the performance pudding in a global game of who can piss the highest?For this secondhand test we have delved into the motorcycling archive and picked the three best 600s from a time before the techno boffins took over. Not only
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Grey Matters - 400cc test
By Jon Urry on 29/07/2010 14:49:50
In the early 1990s, 400cc race reps were all the rage. But that was nearly two decades ago. Are these pocket rockets still a viable buy in the secondhand market or simply relics from the past?
If you were young and looking at buying a sportsbike in the early 1990s your choice was limited. This was long before the times of the 0% finance deal or free insurance currently being offered to try and entice younger buyers.In the 1990s you could either go for a fairly dull 600...
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Used Test: Haga's 2005 Yamaha R1
By James Whitham on 21/09/2010 10:32:20
Our very own James Whitham goes out on Noriyuki Haga's ultra-trick Yamaha R1 WSB racer - and finds out that things have changed a bit since his day...
I still count myself as a very lucky man. Yes, I'm having to work for a living now that I've stopped racing, but occasionally the work is almost as good as the racing used to be (and without the nerves - I can stray more than 20 feet from a toilet
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Road Test: Real World 600s
By Jon Urry on 03/06/2003 14:54:52
If pound notes are more important than lap times these 600s offer the best compromise of race replica handling with real world practicality. New and secondhand these still top the sales podium
together these five bikes together in one place for us to ride, and the problems we had getting them gives a very good indication of which are the big sellers, but are the big sellers also the best machines?Continue the real world 600s road test
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