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Mums on the Run: Pillion tourer test
By John Hogan, James Whitham & Barry Tavner on 01/03/2008 16:48:14
Sons getting embarrassed by their mums as we went last-minute Christmas shopping on the best sport-tourers in the country
be used to being around bikes, she is but it has been a while since she has travelled any distance on one. Staffer John Hogan’s mum Marion is older than some and shorter than most, has never been on the back of a bike before but was adamant she would
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First Ride: 2007 Triumph Rocket III Touring
By John Hogan on 10/04/2008 23:08:01
As American as the English language, this Hinckley super-tourer is all set to give the US cruiser market a good old taste of British spunk.
The Rocket III is a fairly scary bike, face it. Trying to unleash 143bhp while sitting in a position similair to the one that labouring women use isn’t exactly the most relaxing way to begin a mid-life crisis. Sales have been strong but not as strong as expected in the US. The Am...
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The story behind the revamped 2008 Hayabusa
By John Hogan on 21/06/2010 11:43:44
After nine years waiting, Suzuki unveiled their all-new Hayabusa in 2008. Promising 198bhp and the fastest acceleration of any production superbike, we spoke to the team of people who put it together
.That said, this is no knee jerk reaction. Iio-San confirmed the project team have put four years into the Hayabusa's development. Back in 1998 Suzuki's plan was simple: crush the competition with top speed, and bridge the handling divide between tourers
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2009 BMW K1300 GT first ride review
By John Hogan on 09/04/2010 09:09:50
The new 1300GT is BMW doing what they do best; a fast, comfortable mile-muncher
entertained if you get idle hands. And if you don’t, thankfully the engaging riding dynamics of the revised tourer will hold your interest.Ridden normally in pretty much every riding environment I found something to like. Filtering through the Spanish rush
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Cool Runnings - Kawasaki ZZR-1400 Vs Suzuki Hayabusa
By John Hogan on 06/05/2010 11:39:31
We were invited for an exclusive ride with the British bobsleigh team at Innsbruck but needed to get there in a hurry. Cue Suzuki’s Hayabusa and Kawasaki’s ZZR-1400
(though freezing cold) or hyper sports-tourers that would travel at silly speeds for long periods of time, but still freezing cold. Didn’t take too long to figure that one out.The ZZR had its big ugly nose pushed way out of joint when the new Hayabusa
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The Brits Abroad: GSX-RBoyz across Germany
By John Hogan on 20/10/2010 16:42:20
Football wasn’t the only reason to cross the Channel this summer. A gang of the maddest GSX-R riders in Britain descended on Germany for some of the finest riding in the Ruhr. And we went along for the ride
checked sports bikes were for, well, showing off really, and not tremendously good at covering vast tracts of land. Granted you can’t do 168mph with a tailpack and a day sack (as we did) when riding a nodding tourer, but isn’t that the whole point of long
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2008 Suzuki GSX-R1300 Hayabusa
By John Hogan on 27/03/2008 11:20:21
After nine years waiting , Suzuki finally unveil their all-new Hayabusa. Promising 198bhp and the fastest acceleration of any production superbike, we spoke to the team of people who put it together...
the handling divide between tourers and race replicas. They achieved both objectives with remarkable success, as global sales figures attest. This time around the plan wasn't so clear cut. And any suggestions that the new Hayabusa is a repost to the Kawasaki
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V.Far V-Four: 1000 miles on the Honda VFR1200F
By John Hogan on 04/08/2010 15:20:53
We’ve ridden the VFR1200F a thousand miles on typical UK roads in typical UK weather. Snow, rain, freezing fog and temperatures of barely more than zero answer one question. How real-world-good is the new VFR?
impressed and no messin’.Instead he gets to see me after a 154-day lay-off from riding, on a fully fuelled 285kg super tourer in three inches of snow, sliding gracelessly and squeaking like a girl toward him. Picture an un-oiled Tin Man entering Dancing
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Living with the Victory 8 Ball
By John Hogan on 12/05/2008 16:10:13
John Hogan spends 12 months 'enhancing' his cool status with the Victory 8 Ball
quite like the odd tourer and can even put up with dirt bikes. The one style I have always struggled to comprehend though is the cruiser. I always assumed that people rode them because they didn’t like (or couldn’t) ride fast motorbikes. Having a cruiser
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Road Test: SXV5.5 v. ZZR1400 v. GSX-R750 v. Rocket
By Niall Mackenzie, Tim Dickson, John Hogan, Jon Urry on 20/05/2008 10:30:19
Motorcycling with the mostest and living with extremes: Kawasaki ZZR1400, Triumph Rocket III, Suzuki GSX-R750 and an Aprilia SXV5.5. Can too much ever be enough?
. "Er, can I maybe keep it just a bit longer..?"Suzuki GSX-R750Special excess: the UK's best-sellerLived with: John HoganIt's the Friday before Brands Hatch World Superbikes and the guys in Suzuki GB's workshop are talking me through all the things I
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