was unveiled at the Milan show.At the same time I was surprised to hear Ducati were claiming it had the same power output as the 1098R, but was around nine grand cheaper. This bothered me during the weeks leading up to the launch as it appeared Ducati had

beautiful bike of the Milan show last year, it’s not difficult to see why the Streetfighter received so much attention from both paps and celebrities alike. But the Streetfighter is so much more than just a pretty face.The Streetfighter’s French designer

& Specials, a small Milan-based firm. Vun, which means One in Milanese dialect, is being imported by Bedfordshire dealers Flitwick Motorcycles. Its basic package - 54bhp motor as used by BMW's F650; frame combining tubular steel and aluminium plates - can

limited engine tuning is allowed in WSS, back in 2002 when I was racing the R6 for Belgarda the engine chaps in Milan managed to squeeze 25% more power out of the motor on my racebikes, and even then they had it revving to 16,500rpm! Seeing figures of 130

to Milan was delayed by two hours, which meant I had little time to take a good look at the Piega before riding it, but once back in the pits I took some time to study the bike in more detail. From whatever angle you look, the Piega is truly a thing

-awaited, 170bhp-plus 1000cc F4 (probably called the F4 Mille, not the F5), at the Milan Show in September for production next year. Bike spec: Length (mm)2006Width (mm)685Dryweight (kg)190Seats0Seat Height (mm)789Suspension FrontUpside-down telescopic hydraulic

. There was something different about it compared to the bike I had seen at the Milan show when it was launched. When I spoke to one of the Kawasaki men about it he told me the exhaust system on the Z750 was new. When the bike was first shown it had black painted down

more pragmatic one: it wasn't road registered, so Aprilia blagged the Fiat group's vast test centre at Bellaco, west of Milan - ideal aside from an understandable car bias manifested as Armco lining every metre of road on both sides. The Shiver handles