Motorcycles
Rolling Road – Honda CBR600RR
One hundred miles or two and a half hours according to route planner. Doesn’t sound like a lot, and it isn’t. But on a 600 superbike it felt like a decent trip. After strapping gear on the bikes we set off. Read more…
1000CC Sportsbikes Review
Ah yes, those sports bikes with engine displacements of around 1,000 cubic centimeters. A litre sports bike is the pinnacle of most manufacturers production machines and a lot of money, pride and effort goes into developing them. Read more…
1000CC Used Test – Yamaha YZF1000
It wasn’t really fashionable when it was launched in 1996, and when the R1 came out two years later, its days as a sportsbike were numbered. Read more…
Suzuki GSX-R600
Wet weather riding can be cool. Obviously it’s a pain in the cock most of the time but it can help hone your riding skills. It makes you smoother and helps you concentrate a hell of a lot more. You don’t have to be the fastest person in the world, just steady and smooth. Read more…
Playing with Fireblades
Cadwell Park looked magnificent in spite of the wet October backdrop. A light Lincolnshire wind was busy trying to prise the fading leaves off their branches adding to the foliage that carpeted the damp Tarmac. Read more…
Venetian Balls – Aprilia Tuono 1000R
With 114 canals, 120 islands and 400 bridges, venice isn’t the first venue you’d consider re-launching the world’s maddest naked sportsbike. An hour away, however, are roads that are just as bonkers as the new 2006 Aprilia Tuono 1000R. Read more…
Living Dangerously by Jon Pearson
It’s all very well razzing round bike tests and launches the world over. But could ‘our man’ JP hack the ‘real world’ of club racing? Low points are frequent in a club race season. Falling off in the lead. Falling off on the way to the grid on new tyres. Read more…
Middling Leftovers – Honda CBF600
Founded by the Phoenicians in the south of Catalonia. Tarragona has found itself colonised by Romans, pillaged by pirates, and more recently chosen by U2 to shoot some poncey video for their hit album ‘How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb’. Read more…
Qatar Hero – First Ride Yamaha YZF-R6
Like playing lead guitar in a supergroup, leading the supersport class isn’t easy. Jp went to Qatar to see if Yamaha’s new R6 has learned the string-bending skills needed to be the 600-class axe king. This bike revs to 17,500rpm. Read more…