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Road Test: Kawasaki ZX-12R vs. Suzuki Hayabusa
By Warren Pole on 21/04/2008 22:31:36
For what we are about to recieve may the good Lord make us truly thankful because what we are about to receive is more speed than can possibly be good for you as we hop the channel with Suzuki's Hayabusa and Kawasaki's ZX-12
any other bike on the market feel sluggish and, well, a bit girly really.The top speed crown's had a few holders over the years, but sat for five years with Kawasaki's 178mph ZZ-R1100. In all this time pretenders came and went, but none made a serious
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Road Test: The Chosen Ones - Yamaha YZF-R1
By Warren Pole on 22/04/2008 22:07:14
In homage to Valentino Rossi's Yamaha-mounted world championship win, TWO takes all four generations of R1 to Spain for a right good thrashing and a weekend at the races .
this is the most powerful R1 we've ever been treated to; 10bhp more than the '02 bike, a faster standing quarter and another seven mph top speed.Continue the Chosen Ones: Yamaha YZF-R1 - 2/2
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Living with a 2003 Suzuki GSX-R750 K3
By Warren Pole on 12/10/2003 14:48:11
Warren Pole appeared to have the most number of longterm motorcycles to review here, but seemed to write the least about them. Figure that out?
handling), slipping a 20mm spacer under the top rear shock mounting for more ride height (speeds up steering, doesn't compromise stability, costs 50p), and throwing on some Pirelli Diablo Corsas to replace the OE Michelin Pilot Sports which suffered a
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First Ride: 2002-03 Aprilia RSV-R Mille
By Warren Pole on 29/03/2008 19:29:06
What on earth could Aprilia do to improve their already-ace Mille-R? Not an enormous amount as I discovered at the launch of the 2003 bike in Italy.
the current R on the back wheel sharpish which is all very cool but makes getting the power down a harder job than it could be - and shorter ratios in the top two gears to help real high speed stuff.Oh, the fork internals have been tweaked too, while
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Road Test: MZ 1000SF
By Warren Pole on 29/04/2008 21:01:23
The East Germans strip off in the name of freedom and liberate a thumping good naked bike from beneath the wraps of their less exciting 1000S
- 113bhp@7500rpm TORQUE - 72lb.ft@7000rpm WEIGHT - 210kg SEAT HEIGHT - 825mm FUEL CAPACITY - 20L TOP SPEED - 140mph 0-60 - n/a TANK RANGE - n/a
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Road Test: BMW K1200R
By Warren Pole on 27/04/2008 21:48:52
It's big, it's weird looking and it doesn't have any clothes on. Oh yes, and it's very, very fast. Are BMW about to take the naked bruiser class by storm?
hour.Now, with the K1200R being the joint most powerful bike BMW has ever made, you may assume I had been stopped for riding somewhere near the speed of sound. Sadly the reality was less rock and roll. My crime had been a u-turn, which I now know
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Living with a 2003 Suzuki SV1000
By Warren Pole on 12/09/2003 14:40:57
Warren Pole gives the Suzuki SV1000 a good threashing and then a good review. That's what you're after, isn't it?
Sportsbiking (www.farside-sportsbiking.co.uk). Barreling through French twisties at speeds rarely dipping below a ton in cahoots with some fast boys on R1s and the like, the SV was never left behind. It even wheelied like a good 'un.And at the track? It did a
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Kings of the Hill
By Warren Pole on 22/06/2009 10:45:41
Ducati's Hypermotard goes toe-to-toe with KTM and Buell through the vicious twists and turns of a Championship hill-climb event in Wiltshire
beyond the end of the drive.But now for the first time there could be an answer as these three bikes grab the supermoto handling and styling ethos, sling in 1,000cc V-twins instead of 450cc singles, and top the lot off with enough useful practicality
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Living with a 2005 Kawasaki ZRX1200R
By Warren Pole on 15/08/2005 14:37:02
Warren 'Wozza' Pole blagged a Kawasaki ZRX1200R in 2005 and wrote this here review on it
long.Proceed above that speed for more than five minutes, though, and you'll know about it.Then there were the wheelies.Oh what joy. In its standard peaky, strangled form the ZRX is not a natural wheelier. It needs a massive effort to fire the front end
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Road Test: ZX-9R vs. VFR vs. 955i
By Warren Pole on 20/04/2008 22:06:20
On the face of it, this is a pretty odd bunch of motorcycles. Take the motors for instance - a 781cc V4, an 955cc inline triple, and an 899cc inline four. Hmm, not exactly the most comparable bunch on the planet.
of these three come with the associated aches and pains of a pure sportsbike or suffer the outright speed and grunt limitations of anything below 600ccs.Instead they all get on with going as fast or as slow as you like, for as little or as long as you like
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