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	First Ride: 2006 Yamaha YZF-R6 review By Jon Urry on 20/09/2010 22:11:15 The R6 is reborn with a competition-bred 'no compromise' attitude. But is all this race-ready technology a step too far for the road? (and again, just like Rossi's). The engine has Yamaha's new Yamaha Chip Controlled Throttle (YCC-T). Just like Rossi's. It comes with radial brakes and a radial master cylinder, slipper clutch, stacked gearbox, shift light, lap timer, just like... well

	Zero to 100mph to Zero By Jon Urry on 26/05/2010 09:05:14 So what if your motorbike is over 10 years old, it will still demolish a £150,000 supercar away from a set of traffic lights 't just dump it, slip the clutch for the first few metres, just enough to get the bike moving fast before fully disengaging it and opening the throttle to the stop. Forget what's ahead, the runway is clear of traffic, instead concentrate on the engine

	2009 Triumph Daytona 675 review By Jon Urry on 13/04/2010 16:07:34 Three years after its launch Triumph has decided the time is right to give its Daytona 675 a few tweaks quickly it can process data the ECU has been designed to respond to the speed of the rider’s inputs. Crack the throttle open hard and the fuel is delivered in an aggressive, direct way, open it slowly and the response is more muted. It doesn’t sound like

	First Ride: 2006 Moto Morini Corsaro 1200 By Jon Urry on 22/09/2010 14:00:00 With pre-production faults gone will the Corsaro hit or miss in the UK bike pond? the gentle rise of the front you get with the likes of Triumph's Speed Triple, the Morini rockets upwards like a small explosive has just gone off beneath the front wheel. The fuel injection seems precise enough - open the throttle and it certainly

	Advanced Riding Course: Wet Weather Rain Tips By Jon Urry on 03/11/2008 13:34:33 Advanced riding tips to help you improve your wet weather motorcycle riding skills this weekend.How to ride fast ride in the wetStaying smooth is the key. Your braking and throttle openings should be considered and much more gradual than in the dry. This avoids the chances of spinning the rear or losing the front. On the way into corners

	2009 Kawasaki ZX-6R first ride By Jon Urry on 28/10/2008 14:43:01 Straight from Japan, Jon Urry sends us back the low down on the new 2009 ZX-6R , although at first the lack of dive is slightly disconcerting. There's no denying the new ZX-6R is more stable on the brakes than its predecessors. It's excellent in the corners, too.Mid corner you can roll the throttle on and off and the super chassis

	Ducati 1098R - First ride impressions By Jon Urry on 28/01/2008 11:07:47 Jon Urry checks in straight after his first session on the 1098R the 1098R's front leaps up when the huge torque hits the rear. The steering is extremely light and agile, as you would expect from such a light bike, and is certainly helped by the Pirelli Diablo Supercorsa tyres.BraveryWell I tried opening the throttle

	First Ride: 2006 Honda VFR800 VTEC ABS By Jon Urry on 22/09/2010 13:10:00 Clever new VTEC knows what you want and paves the way for more variable valve Hondas is identical to old (an oil pressure actuated pin moves into a chamber above the valve stem to engage the valve, and moves out to disengage), but the really clever stuff is electronic. The ECU now measures a range of parameters, including throttle and gear

	Bluffers Guide...Club Racing By Jon Urry on 21/10/2010 16:52:36 Ever watched MotoGP and thought “I could do that if I had the breaks...”? Well stop dreaming and get racing. Here’s the inside line on the curious world of the British club racing scene... involved.Jargon busterSquirrelly – a term coined by the legendary Kevin Schwantz that refers to when you’re on the gas and the bike starts to get out of shape and oscillate from side-to-side. Spinning-up – when the rear tyre loses traction as more throttle

	First Ride: 2007 KTM 690 Supermoto By Jon Urry on 20/09/2010 13:01:53 A user-friendly KTM supermoto with a 150-mile tank range? Jon Urry wonders what the world is coming to. -by-wire throttle system to make the bike more user friendly.Click here to read the KTM 690 Supermoto review verdict.