20/09/10
The 2006 Fireblade CBR1000RR is even more well-mannered than its predecessor and all the more rideable because of it, a very good thing when you've got so much power and speed on tap.
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20/09/10
Small, but perfectly formed. Yamaha's baby boomer is the perfect antidote to the humdrum urban commute.
14/09/10
The SV1000 is like the 650, but on steroids. Like your best friend it’s solid, reliable and fun to be with. If you are after a naked bike it’s very competent but it does lack the ‘kick-in-the pants’ elements of the TL.
14/09/10
As a road bike the Sport S is very good, with loads of low-down power, an excellent gearbox and low maintenance shaft-drive
13/09/10
Created as Japan’s first V-twin World Superbike champion, the TL1000R fell short as a racer. But as a road-going missile, the big Suzuki offered a chunky alternative to Italy’s uncompromising, highly-strung twins. And now it’s criminally cheap
13/09/10
1997 saw Suzuki emulate it's success with the 750 race rep with the launch of the GSX-R 600.
06/08/10
Big Green's 2011 superbike spied out on track with Skyes and Yanagawa testing the Kawasaki ZX10R at Autopolis, Japan
03/08/10
He’s very powerful, concerned about the future of KTM and very upbeat about bikes. Especially electric ones.
25/06/10
The 2010 GSX-R1000 K5-K6 is the very essence of GSX-R; riding it is everything biking should be.
25/06/10
The best BMW just got better. Don’t risk a test ride unless you’re prepared to part with your cash. Yup, it’s that good.
25/06/10
Meet KTM's 942cc supermoto. The motorcycling equivalent of a man with a thousand yard stare, disturbing twitch and a worrying interest in firearms...
25/06/10
It's big, it's weird looking and it doesn't have any clothes on. Oh yes, and it's very, very fast. Are BMW about to take the naked bruiser class by storm?
25/06/10
Kawasaki have launched the all-new ZX-10R. The much awaited new model steps up to the plate with a claimed 200bhp at the crank, traction control as standard and the option of ABS. No prizes for guessing the bike Kawasaki want to knock off the top spot.
25/06/10
Triumph's new Tiger 800 enters a competitive market. Ben Cope gives his first opinion.
25/06/10
JUST COMPLETED three track sessions on the new 2011 Triumph Speed Triple. Circuit Ascari is an amazing place and at over three miles a lap it takes some learning, too.
22/06/10
Gets the job done, just not as well as BMW's GS.
14/05/10
The K1200 LT is a significant improvement over the old model, mainly because of the extra stomp from the engine
01/05/10
Just ridden the brand new £9,499 Triumph Sprint GT for an hour through the Scottish highlands and have just stopped at a petrol station to check the tyre pressure, all was as it should be. The steering is incredibly heavy and lifeless, perhaps an attribute of the extended wheelbase courtesy of a longer swingarm.
09/04/10
The launch of a new motorcycle used to be a terribly messy, often Bacchanalian affair. In the mid-1990s when the average testosterone-charged tester was 27 years old and the bike industry was booming, marketing managers had vast pots of cash to spend and invariably launches descended into chaos.
