in the frame thanks to the dry sump, the centre of gravity is so low it makes the Rocket supremely easy to manoeuvre at any speed and for any sized rider. Take your hands off the bars at 70mph and she doesn’t waver, filling you with confidence in the bike

: Bizarrely good for a piece of iron with cheap bits of plastic stuck to it. Strengths: The centre of gravity. Apparently manufacturers have a hard time mastering this when Kawasaki managed it 25 years ago. At 6'5'' I have problems in this department on bikes

and did not buy a Bonnie.Over the last few years as a year round rider in western Canada, I have owned many bikes, from 150 HP Japanese and Italian road rockets to Super Motos to HD cruisers and now as an official Silver Surfer the MG V7 makes me want

: POWER! COMFY ROCKET SHIP WITH WHEELS Strengths: POWER! Handles surprisingly well for a big bike and comfortable to boot, more so than a blackbird i tried recently, kicks the blackbirds ass on acceleration too Weaknesses: POWER! Handles surprisingly well

performance centre. And let me tell you, this is a biking nirvana set on 15,000 square feet of flooring.  As well as the whole range of Suzuki machines (including various Crescent racing replicas and low seat height versions of the SV family) everything else

cruiser, it has been re-designed for more performance. It's still extremely low revving though - 60mph in top appears at just 2300rpm!CHASSIS Yamaha has made the MT-01's engine the centre of attention, so the frame has a minimalistic design. By using

's reasonably practical. There's no centre-stand, and the mirrors are Italian-bike narrow, but detailing and build quality seem up to Honda's high standard. The enlarged fuel tank holds 19 litres, enough for over 150 miles between refills.The old Hornet

of the old four-into-one, you could easily mistake it for the old model, but almost everything has changed. The fairing is reshaped to hold smaller lights and a revised ram-air slot, the monocoque aluminium frame is redesigned to raise the centre of gravity

underdamped and undersprung on the forks. The front is very high and carrying a lot of weight, and the springs need to be firmer. Considering how heavy it is it changes direction pretty quickly, but that’s down to the high centre of gravity and wide bars. Make

to be distracted by what the car is actually doing. Or where it's going. Or the fact we are gently wobbling our way towards the Armco in the centre of the dual carriageway.No, it's definitely excitement. I've been in hire cars and taxis the world over and, having