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Reader Review: 2009 Kawasaki Versys 650 | Reader review
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Name: Stan Tollerton From: West Midlands Riding for: 45 years Price paid for the bike: £3200 in June 2012 What type of riding do you do: Mix of motorways, A and B Roads Tell us about the engine: It’s punchy, flexible, and has good engine braking – you can drop a gear for a series of bends without needing to brake and sweep…
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Reader Review: 2012 Yamaha Tmax 530| Reader review
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Name: Tim Bounds From: Cleveland Riding for: 14 years Price paid for the bike: £8000 (nearly new) in 2013 What type of riding do you do: Mainly leisure, some touring Tell us about the engine: It’s surprisingly grunty, with good acceleration. More power would always be a bonus though! What’s the chassis like? Superb – better…
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2014 Honda Integra review
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£7799 | 54bhp | 50lb-ft | 745cc In-line twin-cylinder Sharing the engine and much of its chassis with the NC750X and NC750S, the new Integra is an update to Honda’s 670cc 700D, released in 2011. More of a motorcycle / scooter crossover than a maxi-scooter, it’s got the performance and handling to make you…
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2014 Honda NC750X review
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£6899 | 54bhp | 50lb-ft | 745cc parallel twin-cylinder After European success with 2012’s adventure-style NC700X, and naked NC700S, Honda has built on its unique 670cc platform with an R&D vision of “More fun, more joy, go a bit further”. This is the automatic bike, but with a standard manual transmission the NC750X costs…
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2014 Peugeot Metropolis 400i RS review
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£7199 | 37bhp@7,250rpm | 28lb-ft@5,500rpm | 399cc Liquid-cooled four-stroke, CVT automatic If ever there was a machine striving to make motorcycling convenient, it’s the Peugeot Metropolis. As an every-day form of transport, the large boot, the keyless ignition, the automatic headlights that stay on after parking to see you home, the tyre pressure sensors,…
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Agility Motors Saiette R | EXCLUSIVE electric bike review
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£16,770 | 96.5bhp | 93.7lb-ft | Advanced axial flux permanent magnet DC motor An RS250 with a 1400cc V-twin engine. That was the vision of Lawrence Marazzi, CEO of Agility Global when he founded the company five years ago – a compact bike with lightweight handling and huge torque. The business is based in…
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2014 Honda CB650F review
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£6399 | 86bhp @11,000rpm | 47lb-ft @8,000rpm | Liquid-cooled DOHC inline-4 Honda says this bike’s aimed at the ‘young at heart’. Focussing on 17-30 year old rider, the Japanese manufacturer claims the strong focus on youth makes good sense from a commercial perspective, and we’re certainly not going to argue – getting the younger…
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2014 Kawasaki J300 review
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£4049 | 299cc |4-stroke Single |liquid-cooled |27.2bhp |21.2lb-ft With its angular lines and fierce headlight design, this is clearly a Kawasaki. However, unlike the other machines in the range, the J300 is the company’s first ever scooter for the European market. At the 43rd Tokyo Motorshow in 2013, Kawasaki unveiled their innovative and futuristic ‘J concept’: an imgainiative…
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2007 Yamaha XJR1300 | Reader review
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Name: Paul McGoun From: Ealing, London Occupation: Works for Royal Mail Owned bike for: 4 years Previous bike: Yamaha XJR1200 Tell us about it: “This is an early 2007 model , so it still has carbs and it’s bullet proof! I’ve used this every day to ride to work and it’s never missed a…
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2014 Royal Enfield Continental GT review
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£5200 OTR | 535cc 4 stroke single | 29.1bhp |44Nm @ 4000rpm Lying flat on the tank of this retro-styled bike, throttle held at the stop and with the roar of 44 identical red machines around me, I can’t stop grinning, but despite this being a modern bike, it’s the sixties that put me…
