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Road Test: Ducati 999s vs. 1098s
By Niall Mackenzie, Jon Urry on 26/05/2008 15:34:01
The 999 didn't win so many hearts, but it won a lot of races. The 1098 has us weak at the knees but can it perform? Dukes go head-to-head in Spain.
? Only one way to find out. Niall tests the 1098s against the 999s under the Spanish sun at Almeria Circuit.ENGINEDucati has made no secret of it: the 1098 was built to take on the GSX-Rs and R1s of this world, straight out of the box. The 999 had great
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Road Test: CB1300 v ZRX1200R v GSX1400 v XJR1300
By Niall Mackenzie & Jon Urry on 24/04/2008 19:22:39
Niall, James, Daryll and Jon venture north to celebrate Burns' night, eat Haggis and drink whisky. "They fought like Scotsmen. And won their freedom"
enough, just two miles up the road Niall was on the hard shoulder as he too tried to locate the ZRX's reserve. James was long gone. A conserving eight-mile dawdle followed before we met up with James at the next service station. "The Honda's fuel light
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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?
, but the GSX-R750 is one of the purest forms of motorcycling ever created.Aprilia SXV5.5Special excess: race bike on the road Lived with: Jon UrryI've been riding the Aprilia for less than 20 yards, in fact I haven't even made it out of the office car park
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