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Yamaha RD500LC (1984 - 1986)
Year: 1984
In short:A road-going replica of the YZR500 GP bike that Kenny Roberts was so successful on Top Speed: 134mph Engine Capacity: 499cc Power: 89bhp Torque: 47lb ft Weight: 205kg
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KTM 990 SMT (2009 - present)
Price: £9595
Year: 2009
Reader rating: 4.5/5 from 6 reviews
vast pots of cash to spend and invariably launches descended into chaos. There was the Yamaha TRX850 launch of 1993, when photographer Kenny P was found unconscious from alcohol poisoning in a bath still running eight hours later (the hotel room repair
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Yamaha YZF-R1 (2006)
Price: £8999
Year: 2006
Reader rating: 4.5/5 from 4 reviews
in agility (I'd have to ride old and new back-to-back on a dry track to be sure) could tip the balance in its favour. Shame the standard model doesn't get the ride-height adjuster, though at least it does share the SP's lap-timer. And that King Kenny replica
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Yamaha XJR1300 (1999 - present)
Price: £8699
Year: 1999
Reader rating: 4.5/5 from 16 reviews
the often touted handling problems. I go round corners like a field mouse and explode in the straights. that'll do me for now....Probably the only thing in the world, IMO, that looks half decent in Yellow -it's all Kenny Roberts style. It feels incredibly
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