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What The Press Say: Kawasaki ZZR1400 reviews
By Visordown News on 21/01/2012 12:40:13
All the reviews of the 2012 Kawasaki ZZR1400 in one place
…What really makes the difference is the ZZR is now more accessible, a bike anyone can ride and ride damn fast.” Adam Child, Motorcycle News – January 2012“The ZZR1400 fuses Kawasaki’s traditional values of power and speed with modern technology; a 21st
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What The Press Say: Ducati 1199 Panigale reviews
By Visordown on 12/02/2012 10:24:41
The verdict from the motorcycle press on Ducati's revolutionary new superbike, the 1199 Panigale
and gives the bike a factory racebike feel. The better riding position is perfect for real-world riders and road use.” Matt Hull, RiDE – May 2012"The Panigale is still unmistakably a Ducati, but with the rough edges and character smoothed out. If you
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First Ride: 2002 Honda CBR600F
By Visordown on 12/07/2002 09:52:54
Since the dawn of time - well, since the dawn of modern sports 600s - the CBR600 has sat there on or near the top of the pile, like a very old and wise stegosaurus that's beaten off the velociraptors and sits there, gently chewing the cud
for a completely different riding experience, and of all the bikes here the Honda is the easiest to ride fast. You just larrup along at whatever speed you chose, and the CBR does all the work for you. Basically, if you'd just jumped the aforementioned R6
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First Ride - Suzuki DR125SM
By Visordown on 07/09/2009 15:56:41
Suzuki’s latest 125 is a street-smart supermoto, ready to do battle with the urban rat race at a sedate pace.
journey pace. Its motor is reasonably torquey and flexible too, meaning your left-foot doesn’t always need to blur from constant gear-changing to maintain any sort of speed.Soft, underdamped suspension deals with buggered roads plushly, and low-spec brakes
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First Ride: 2002 Yamaha YZF-R6
By Visordown on 12/07/2002 10:21:49
Getting back on the R6 was like getting back on an old friend. I don't normally ride my old friends, you understand, but the R6 responds like no other to a massive session of throttle abuse
. On the road you've got to rev it, don't have any other option. It'll ride round at slow speeds, but that's no fun at all." Which is precisely what MAKES it such fun to ride. You've got to tap a frenzied dance of death all over the gearshift lever to get a move
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First Ride: 2002 Suzuki GSX-R600
By Visordown on 12/07/2002 10:24:46
I like this bike. We all like this bike. The GSX-R600 has stood for one thing only since it was first launched in 1997 – sports performance
-minded and a deep joy to ride on the road or racetrack.“What’s to be said about the GSX-R600 that hasn’t been said already?” said Niall. Saying stuff that had already been said. “Just so capable, we knew it was going to be somewhere up the front. Loads
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First Ride: 2002 Kawasaki ZX-6R 636
By Visordown on 12/07/2002 09:38:30
Make it bigger and better is the order of pedigree. In 2001 Kawasaki, despite the fact that their bike was probably the oldest on the grid, won the World Supersport Championship - as vindications go, it doesn't get much better than that really!
Cadwell is a perfect test bed for splitting differences between 600s, so I wanted to test the 636 alongside our blindingly quick road test editor Niall Mackenzie, and wrestle it around the painfully tight 2.2 mile circuit. This way we could compare
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First Ride: 2002 Triumph TT600
By Visordown on 12/07/2002 10:07:06
When I've mentioned the TT600, a few unkind souls have been mean to suggest it was a shame the entire remaining stock of TTs wasn't destroyed in Triumph's factory blaze. Highly out of order a suggestion as this may be, it does have a reason behind it
the same dimensions as me found it a torture rack. So if you fancy a TT, try and get a good hour in the saddle first. At least getting a TT test ride shouldn't be too difficult though...Otherwise, the lack of any urge lowdown is annoying through town as you
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First Ride: Ducati Multistrada 1200
By Visordown News on 03/03/2010 21:02:55
Will Ducati’s complete revision of the Multistrada be enough to steal top all-rounder tag from the BMW R1200 GS?
for these bold claims. Perfectly asphalted roads snake their way around 807 square kilometers of biking nirvana. At the heart of the Multistrada is the Testastretta L-twin motor as used in the 1198, but radically refined to adapt to each riding mode. Power
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First Ride: 2010 Kawasaki Z1000
By Visordown News on 18/11/2009 17:26:02
Roland Brown fires back his first thoughts on Kawasaki's new 1000cc naked
VETERAN ROAD TESTER Roland Brown has just returned from his first ride aboard the 2010 Kawasaki Z1000 and here are his first impressions:"It's seriously quick. With 138bhp tugging at at your right hand, the bike's blindingly fast. Sportsbike quick
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