Ness involved with chief designer Michael Song to design the Vegas.2003 - Revised 92 cubic inch motor used in Vegas.2004 - Kingpin and Kingpin Tourer launched.2005 - Hammer launched with largest section rear tyre of any production motorcycle.A new bike

In short:Slick styling, a strong motor and chassis tweaks put the ZX-6R right back up there. Big bore motor may be cheating, but who cares when it's this much fun? Pros:Slick styling, a strong motor and chassis tweaks put the ZX-6R right back up

and detail are highly refined. It looks like a lot of bike for your money. Which it should as it’s the most expensive in class by a couple of hundred quid. The CB1300 may be ’seventies retro, but technologically it’s 21st Century. It’s fuel injected, has

of production in 2003 and ran most of its 16-year life virtually unaltered. Unlike the majority of the 400s, whose flames burned briefly and brightly in the 1990s then flickered and died at the turn of the century, the ZXR smouldered well into the 2000s. Why

-R. Little wonder it was a massive sales success.Subsequent models have built on this solid bedrock. Newer 2003 and 2005 versions have trimmed the fat and beefed up the power. And now the 2007 K7 gets switchable power settings of 105, 130 and 187bhp

the handling.The motor is also a beauty. A 650cc V-twin may seem a strange capacity and configuration but it works so well. For 2003 Suzuki has resisted the urge to play with it but instead has replaced the carbs with fuel-injection to meet new emissions laws

after bend. Overall: The straight bars and up right position gives the rider a fantastic veiw of the road ahead, the leg positioning is still very much sports so may not suit all. Loads of grunt and go, if this bike doesn't bring a smile to your chops

fast. last yaer i took my 2003 cbr to the bulldog bash and she done 117 mph in just under 12 ses and i left a cbr 600 rr for dead. so who needs bikes like the cbr 600 rr and R6 when you can have a bike like the cbr 600 F.i just hope honda see sence

lot of motorway miles then it may be worth considering the faired SV or the Yamaha Fazer 600, but as purely a city commuter I would go for the naked SV over both of them.Give it a few months and I reckon that a new-style SV650 will be at the front

among you may well spot the major differences between the new and old XJR. Yep, the rear light is now twin LEDs rather than the old stacked lights. Oh, and one of the exhaust pipes appears to be missing.The truth of the matter is that the old XJR has