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Get Your Mojo Back
By John Cantlie on 21/10/2010 11:57:16
Find yourself backing off on corners you used to take at full throttle? Noticeably slower today than you used to be and feeling left out of the pack? We’ll show you how to get your edge back
I’ve got a big problem: I’m scared of riding fast round racetracks. It’s not something I’ve had an issue with in the past and there hasn’t been an obvious trigger event to make me like this, but it’s there. A fluttering voice of doubt in the side of my head that equates to a mass...
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First Ride Video: BMW G450X
By John Cantlie on 03/06/2008 20:21:34
TWO Editor John Cantlie sends us back his first impressions of BMW's pepped-up off-roader
pivot – the pivot actually goes THROUGH the gearbox drive shaft – and this eliminates the chain tightening and loosening as the swingarm goes up and down. This means more instant power to the back wheel off the throttle, improved traction and reduced
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First Ride: Honda VTR1000 SP-2
By John Cantlie on 29/03/2008 16:21:42
By winning the World Superbike Championship in 2000 in its very first year of production, you could argue that Honda’s SP-1 doesn’t have much to prove. But race development waits for no man, and so for 2002 we’ve got the SP-2.
Right, let’s not mess around here. The biggest differences between the production SP-1 and SP-2 are the massive new injector throttle bodies (up from 54mm to 62mm) and a fancy-pants HRC-developed swingarm. Since the only two real issues
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2009 BMW G450X first ride review
By John Cantlie on 27/04/2010 16:18:33
They’ve flirted with it for years, but now BMW finally get stuck into the business of serious off-roading with their new enduro tool
chain is constantly tightened and slackened as the swingarm pivots up and down over bumps. This puts enormous stresses on the chain and drive system and means the connection between the throttle and rear tyre can be snatchy.On the BMW, the swingarm pivot
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Road Test: Honda CRF450X
By John Cantlie on 27/04/2008 22:39:12
With wheelie-happy monsters like Honda's new CRF450X, never has there been a better reason to get stuck in the mud.
twitch of throttle at the wrong time will launch both bike and rider at the nearest tree. This simple fact isn't doing my confidence any good as I head out on Honda's new CRF450-based enduro bike.Two laps later and I'm gulping water and quivering like a
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Destroy Supercars
By John Cantlie on 21/04/2010 16:02:41
Ridiculously powerful, with unearthly levels of grip and braking ability, the modern supercar is a tough quarry. Here’s the lowdown
skilful balancing act of throttle, clutch and body position. Sit on the bike with your weight forward, your left foot under the gearlever and at least 4000rpm dialled in. Before the lights change your want the clutch at the bite point, with the bike
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Extreme Sports - SP-2, ZX-10R, GSX-R1000
By John Cantlie on 20/10/2010 14:30:43
Get three mates riding three of the most extreme sportsbikes ever built, plot a devilish route through some of the best roads in the UK
Fast But Can't man. They had lightweight titanium exhausts, uncomfortable ride positions, trigger-switch throttle responses and razor-sharp handling that would terrify any rider who dithered about and didn't make the bike do exactly what he wanted
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First Ride: Husqvarna 510SMR & 610SM
By John Cantlie on 22/09/2010 14:50:23
With BMW money now behind them and their financial future assured, Husqvarna are keen to blow away the bad memories of the past
-injected 55bhp motor spits into life on the starter. No danger of left-handed, forward facing kickstarts anymore. The SMR spins up sharply at the throttle and makes you smile in that dangerous, slightly lop-sided way. You’re about to have fun. If you
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First Ride - BMW G450X
By John Cantlie on 07/09/2009 14:54:23
They’ve flirted with it for years, but now BMW finally get stuck into the business of serious off-roading with their new enduro tool
chain is constantly tightened and slackened as the swingarm pivots up and down over bumps. This puts enormous stresses on the chain and drive system and means the connection between the throttle and rear tyre can be snatchy. On the BMW, the swingarm
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Living with a 2002 Yamaha YZF-R1
By John Cantlie on 12/07/2002 14:02:03
Cantlie goes mega fast and offends the law on his R1
across the rev-range so in every gear, at every rpm and every throttle-setting, the fuel/air mix will be spot on, and that can transform some bikes completely."Remove the shackles of noise and emissions tests, and you may find a whole bunch of power
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