Motorcycle First Ride Reviews

First Ride: 2002 Vertemati S501

Alex Hearn takes the exclusive Italian supermoto for a spin

First Ride: 2002 Suzuki GSX-R600

I like this bike. We all like this bike. The GSX-R600 has stood for one thing only since it was first launched in 1997 – sports performance

First Ride: 2002 Yamaha YZF-R6

Getting back on the R6 was like getting back on an old friend. I don't normally ride my old friends, you understand, but the R6 responds like no other to a massive session of throttle abuse

First Ride: 2002 Triumph TT600

When I've mentioned the TT600, a few unkind souls have been mean to suggest it was a shame the entire remaining stock of TTs wasn't destroyed in Triumph's factory blaze. Highly out of order a suggestion as this may be, it does have a reason behind it

First Ride: 2002 Honda CBR600F

Since the dawn of time - well, since the dawn of modern sports 600s - the CBR600 has sat there on or near the top of the pile, like a very old and wise stegosaurus that's beaten off the velociraptors and sits there, gently chewing the cud

First Ride: 2002 Kawasaki ZX-6R 636

Make it bigger and better is the order of pedigree. In 2001 Kawasaki, despite the fact that their bike was probably the oldest on the grid, won the World Supersport Championship - as vindications go, it doesn't get much better than that really!

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