2009

General
Isle of Man launch hard-hitting TT safety campaign
Plans to make 2009 TT the safest yet include posters of staged accidents and images of the real thing.
 
Video: Catalunya 2009, that pass
Rossi pulls off the impossible move on Lorenzo
New Bikes
New Goldwing next week? Maybe.
But probably not...
Industry
US motorcycle sales hammered in 2010
The outlook is bleak in the USA
General
Valentino Rossi girlfriends gallery
Picture gallery of Valentino Rossi's girlfriends
First Ride
First Ride: 2009 Harley-Davidson Road King Classic
Harley’s touring range, the most important bikes in the company’s vast and baffling line-up, have been given a thorough going-over for 2009. Big-mile ability and charm? Believe
First Ride
Honda CBR600RR C-ABS launch test review
Honda’s mostly-under-the-skin revised CBR600RR has one very significant addition for 2009 - an ABS braking system. But can ABS really sit comfortably on a supersport bike?
General
Whitham samples the top two WSB bikes from 2009
The two best superbikes on the planet: 2009 World Superbike champion Ben Spies’ Yamaha R1 and runner-up Nori Haga’s Ducati 1098F09. And the mighty James Whitham gagging to wring their necks at the spectacular Parkalgar circuit
First Ride
2009 Kawasaki ZX-6R first ride review
It may only look like a small update, but there’s a lot more under the skin of the new ZX-6R. With a new look comes a more refined attitude
First Ride
2009 Kawasaki ER-6n first ride review
The budget twin designed to look like a traditional Japanese theatre mask gets a useful update and manages to be more than the sum of its parts
First Ride
2009 Yamaha R1 - Niall Mackenzie's big bang launch review
The Yamaha R1 promises to be a genuine breakthrough, making use of a crossplane crankshaft developed in MotoGP to deliver smooth, even power. Will this radical new technology put the R1 ahead of Honda’s awesome current-generation Fireblade?
Road Test
Living with a 2009 Kawasaki ER-6n
Perfect for slicing through sleepy country towns and getting stern lectures from not-so-sleepy country coppers. This fiery twin has got what it takes to entertain
 
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Road Test
The Longest Test: Visordown Long-termers Review
Six very different bikes with one thing in common – an identical 2,500 miles to cover through France in less than five days. Visordown takes our long-term test fleet out of the comfort zone to find out more about the bikes we thought we knew so well…
 
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General
2009 Visordown Awards - Your chance to vote
In our annual awards, it's your chance to vote for your favourite bike, rider and manufacturer. So get stuck in!
Road Test
2009 Most Important...Yamaha YZF-R1
Genuine MotoGP technology lies inside the latest manifestation of the wonderful R1. It’s not flawless but it’s verging on the fantastic
Road Test
2009 Most Important...BMW K1300R
Not many bikes manage to change people’s perceptions of an entire factory. But BMW engineered a seismic shift in attitude with this big-inch brute, the machine that put the tonic into Teutonic. Believe
Road Test
2009 Most Important...Aprilia RSV4 Factory
Few bikes have ever come as close to living up to the ‘Factory’ tag as this Noale nut-job. Expensive, hard to ride slowly, unruly on the road but totally in its element on a track – it’s just got to be the best bike of the year
Road Test
2009 Most Important...Yamaha YZF-R125
The littlest, cutest Yam has reawakened youth to the idea of misspending it riding motorcycles, which has got to be a good thing. We should all know better, but just can’t help ourselves
 
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New Bikes
2009 Yamaha R1 Street Tracker
Take a stock 2009 R1 and give it to a flat-track fanatic and this is the result
Road Test
Living with a 2009 Yamaha YZF-R6
Niall Mackenzie spends some quality time with the Yamaha R6, here's his review
Road Test
Living with a 2009 Triumph Bonneville
A posing bike for the poser, Barry Tavner tries to capture the 'cool' on the Triumph Bonneville
Product
2009 TT review now on Blu-Ray
Watch the awesome TT in hi-def and check out those amazing super slow-mos

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