testament to the fact that all the competition looked cock rather than the ‘racy’ Honda looking any good. Things have changed. Stand it next to the Yamaha and it looks like a shit commuter with a slight nod towards a fairing. The Yamaha and Aprilia look

has had to change to cater for this. All in all a great bike. Looks great, 2012 updates are all worth it (wheels and digi dash particularly). Competitively priced and a great purchase for me. dino 2: Lots of power in any gear, very comfortable for a

competition to look at as well! Pogster: I've owned a 2005 Burger for the last 3yrs, bought it at 3yr old with 300miles on the clock! It does the lot. Strengths: I've fitted a Givi rack, Givi ( large box ) heated grips multi point DC expander unit to the one

forward to it blowing my socks off. They stayed firmly in place. But before we get too conclusive, there's the other new kid on the block to talk about. pete reynolds: beatiful allrounder with no competition really. yamaha have got it right. a great engine

's not broken? Honda says Fireblade owners complained of a lack of midrange grunt, losing out to the competition accelerating from 70mph and above. They also felt the steering was a tad lazy and needed sharpening up to improve direction changes and corner exit

on the type of riding I'm doing. The competition when I bought it was limited and now that the market has moved on, you can pick up one of these, barely run in for less than 3 grand, which in the present financial climate should make it fairly attractive

with an even faster engine.With these bikes you really are hairing splits when it comes to the handling because there really isn't a bad handler amongst them, but the Suzuki has a slight edge over the competition in every department. Driving onto the start

the cruiser thing. It comes at a price though - about four grand more than the aforementioned competition. But it's a quality bike and the more you stand and stare at it, the wider your wallet opens.Grant Leonard - Launch report Bike spec: Length (mm)2445

and ended up the second best selling bike in the UK. And now the FMX aims to be the next step on.So why not create a true supermoto? Simple. True, competition bike-based supermotos are anything but easy to live with. While they can be great fun to ride

Weight: 192kg Seat height: 809mm Full Review: Long hailed as one of the gorgeous motorcycles ever, MV’s F4 family of bikes has suffered from a lack of cc when compared to the competition with its capacity of only 749cc. The F41000s is here to make amends