Street Bikes
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2012 Honda Hornet CB600F review| Used bike
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Used price: £5499 | 100bhp | 47lb-ft | liquid-cooled inline-four Tested by Bob Pickett The Honda CB600F Hornet came into existence as a rival for Suzuki’s spectacularly successful Bandit and Yamaha’s original Fazer. The current model dates from 2007, when it had a total revamp. The model we tested is the final iteration –…
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Kawasaki GPZ900R review| Used bike
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Steve Cooper from the Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Club picks out another great example of classic oriental metal To think of the GPZ as ‘just another old bike’ is to miss everything the 30-year-old Ninja gave the world of motorcycling… If you own a liquid cooled four-cylinder motorcycle today, you owe a debt of thanks to…
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Yamaha TRX850 review | Used bike
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Steve Cooper from the Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Club picks out another great example of classic oriental metal When it comes to taking the left-field approach to motorcycle design, no one does it better than Yamaha. Their mind-set is noticeably different to that of the competitions’ and they are often cited as being the most European…
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Reader Review: 1999 Honda Hornet CB600F | Reader review
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Name: Carl Stafford From: Warwickshire Riding for: 3 years Price paid for the bike: £1200 in 2011 from a work friend What type of riding do you do: 90% of my riding is the 40 mile round trip to work on a mixture of A roads and town work. When days off without the family so rarely arrive I tend to…
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Living with an electric motorcycle: The truth | Brammo Empulse R road test
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Editor John Milbank spent a few days with a Brammo Empulse R electric motorcycle to find out if it’s time to ditch the pump. Photos: Simon Hipperson This bike probably isn’t for you. Chances are you enjoy a good thrash at the weekend, touring to far flung reaches of the globe, or racking up miles on…
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2014 Ducati Monster 821 review
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£8995 | 112bhp@9250rpm | 65.9lb-ft@7750rpm | 821cc liquid-cooled V-twin Tested by Roland Brown. Motorcycle Journalist and former international racer, Roland Brown is one of the world’s most respected bike testers. Subscribe to his fantastic YouTube channel – iMotorcycle Video – here. The launch of the Monster 821 is a big deal for Ducati, but nowhere…
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2014 Brammo Empulse R review | First UK ride
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Brammo Empulse R: £15,350 | 54bhp@4500rpm | 66lb-ft | Liquid-cooled electric motor Tested by: John Milbank Photos: Joe Dick If you have an irrational hatred of electric vehicles, you’d best stop reading, because this might upset you: Electric bikes are here to stay, and they’re getting more fun with every new machine. Currently the world’s…
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Reader Review: Suzuki GSX 750 W Inazuma | Reader review
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Name: Stuart David Halley From: Midlothian Riding for: 20+ years Price paid for the bike: £1200 in October 2008 from a private seller in Edinburgh What type of riding do you do: Daily commuting. Fast long-weekend trips around Scotland. Day trips to East Lothian, Borders, Northumberland and Fife Coast Tell us about the engine: This is not a bike for slow, stop/start riding. Unless…
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2014 Yamaha MT-125 review
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Under £4000 (TBC) | 14.8bhp@9000rpm | 9.2bhp@8000rpm |124.7cc liquid-cooled, 4-stroke single-cylinder Tested by: Carli Ann Smith Joining the already successful line up of the MT-09 and MT-07, Yamaha has introduced the brand-new MT-125 to the family, so that A1 licence holders can join in the fun. The supersport backbone of the YZF-R125 has been developed into…
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2014 KTM 690 Enduro R and KTM 690 SMC R review
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From £7699 | 67bhp@7500rpm | 50lb-ft@5500rpm | 690cc, liquid-cooled, sohc 4-valve single Tested by Roland Brown. Motorcycle Journalist and former international racer, Roland Brown is one of the world’s most respected bike testers. Subscribe to his fantastic YouTube channel – iMotorcycle Video – here. If any firm knows how to build sporty, light, single-cylinder bikes,…
