the front row glory. So starting from 2nd I enjoyed pushing Gardner hard in the race, but then my teammate binned it after five hours so that was that, or as my Japanese mechanics said that day; ‘Niall San, that’s lacing’.Just before the race, I visited

alike, the Tesi stands apart from the crowd Engine capacity: 991cc Weight: 149kg Full Review: The Tesi Millennium, formerly known as the LA Vyrus, could easily be written off as a biking novelty, but this oddball is one formidable motorcycle from a

from 41bhp to 52bhp.It may only be a 450cc four-stroke single, but the BMW is boasting heaps of cleverness like that. At the heart of its innovation is the genius drive-sprocket arrangement. The entire motorcycle has been built around the gearbox

garage.The quality appears typical Honda. The paint is deep and glossy, everything feels like it will last well. The mechanicals are as good or better than anything else I can think of in this class. You can't hear the starter, the motor pulls well

the limits to instead of having a bike which you'll find the limit on the track . chainmale: A GOOD BIKE FOR INEXPERIENCED RIDERS OR THOSE RETURNING TO MOTORCYCLING AFTER A LONG BREAK Strengths: fairly low saddle height for flat -footing the ground. Nice

capacity: 908cc Power: 115bhp Torque: 63lb ft Weight: 228kg Seat height: 790mm Fuel capacity: 22L 0-60: 3.8 seconds Silentwalker: Regarded by Kawasaki as one of its three land mark in motorcycle history. H2, z1000 and GPz900 Strengths: The 1990 A7 and 91 A8

, as it turns out, and the design has become a classic. And back in '93, while I was busy hoisting mothers in northern Italy, Giulio Malagoli was applying to the University of Modena to study mechanical engineering, oblivious to our vaguely entwined destinies

: 740mm Fuel capacity: 17.5L Full Review: BMW 2003 Press Kit: When the R1200C cruiser was introduced in 1997 it flouted convention.BMW had taken an alternative motorcycling concept and refined it. The sophisticated, high-tech machine owed little

, or bikes that are easier to ride, but Kawasaki - quite rightly - sticks two fingers up at such sentimental softness and consistently delivers red-blooded motorcycles with more power and higher top speeds than anyone else.So it's a bit of a surprise to find

, and doesn't have the class of the Italian designs it echoes. albee: CHEAP FUN. SV650 BEATER? Strengths: Fun, characterful, compact and light. Cheap to buy, run and upgrade.Love the looks: trellis framed, bikini faired exposed mechanics Weaknesses: Fun