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Suzuki GSF1250 Bandit (2007 - present)
Price: £6150
Year: 2007
Reader rating: 4/5 from 20 reviews
and quiet engine with very little vibration that sounds like a jet turbine when you accelerate...Handling is nice, turns in quickly and nicely...Stable..Comfortable...ULTRA reliable...Almost 26,000 miles on mine and not even a bolt has come loose
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Yamaha TRX850 (1996 - 2000)
Year: 1996
Reader rating: 3.5/5 from 11 reviews
. Although the pillion capability is crap (who cares?) the TRX can comfortably tour, commute and, with some suspension tweaking, turn its hand to track days. Assuming you can actually check the oil, I consider this to be one of the most reliable lumps ever
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Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade (2006 - 2007)
Price: £8499
Year: 2006
Reader rating: 4.5/5 from 14 reviews
me hitting the spot lap after lap. For hard track use I found adding two clicks to the preload, compression and rebound front and back was all that was needed to turn the Blade from butter knife to butcher's meat cleaver.With the suspension sorted I
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Kawasaki ZX-6R Ninja F1-F3 (1995 - 1997)
Price: £6495
Year: 1995
Reader rating: 3.5/5 from 7 reviews
quick at turning into corners and holds the line well. Weaknesses: Very strong engine, big difference than my old G1 ninja.. brakes are awesome. In my opinion styling is the best of the lot. handling is very sharp, very quick at turning into corners
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BMW K1200R (2005 - 2009)
Price: £9375
Year: 2005
Reader rating: 4.5/5 from 9 reviews
had been a u-turn, which I now know is illegal in Spain. With this kerfuffle finally straightened out it was time to hotfoot it the 100-odd kilometres back to the hotel. Sense would suggest that, having just met most of the region's police (who were
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KTM 990 Adventure (2006 - present)
Price: £8895
Year: 2006
Reader rating: 4/5 from 21 reviews
nimble, agile and precise handling. Turns heads like no other bike I've ever owned, just a complete joy to own and ride. Low depreciation. Weaknesses: Snorting, gutsy and beautifully engineered motor, wonderful balance at low speed, remarkably nimble
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BMW R1100S (1998 - 2005)
Price: £8310
Year: 1998
Reader rating: 5/5 from 7 reviews
to tell. The large bars help with leverage to turn the bike but most of the effort goes through your legs as you force the peg down to drop the Sport into the corner.Once you have actually got the BMW into the corner it’s actually very stable and its
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Kawasaki Z750S
Price: £5545
Year: 2005
Reader rating: 3.5/5 from 2 reviews
certain it won't be hitting the indicated 170mph top speed! The rev counter is nice and clear though.Until I turned off the A3 I wasn't hugely impressed with the Z750S, as you can probably tell. Despite being aimed squarely at commuters, the crap mirrors
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Suzuki GSF 650S Bandit
Price: £4449
Year: 2007
Reader rating: 4/5 from 6 reviews
as a Casio watch in a Ben-Hur film.But progress and the passing of time catch up with us all, and in 2007 it's the turn of Suzuki's Bandit 650.Now in its twelfth year Suzuki's classic budget bike has finally had to bow to a demanding new generation
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Ducati 749R (2003 - 2007)
Price: £13995
Year: 2003
Reader rating: 4.5/5 from 2 reviews
are riding something special as soon as you turn the key and hit the starter button....the self start routine and rev counter spinning round all add to the experience. I cannot imagine ever wanting another bike as much as I wanted the R, the modern Ducati
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