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  • Reader Review: 2003 Aprilia RSV 1000 Mille | Reader review

    Reader Review: 2003 Aprilia RSV 1000 Mille | Reader review

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    Name: Damon Parsons From: Essex Riding for: 5 years Price paid for the bike: £2300 in 2012 through a private sale What type of riding do you do: Mainly A and good quality B roads with motorway/dual carriageway getting to and from where I want to start. Tell us about the engine: Pulls like a train! There is a huge amount of torque.…

  • 2014 Yamaha Tricity three wheel scooter review

    2014 Yamaha Tricity three wheel scooter review

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      £3399 | 10.9bhp@9000rpm | 7.7lb-ft@5500rpm | 124.8cc liquid-cooled, 4-stroke Tested by: Carli Ann Smith Photos: Yamaha   The brand new Yamaha Tricity is an A1 motorcycle licence compliant three wheeled scooter, and the first in the ‘New Mobility’ segment for the Japanese manufacturer. With the aim to encourage more people onto two – or in this…

  • Living with an electric motorcycle: The truth | Brammo Empulse R road test

    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…

  • Reader Review: 2006 Honda Fireblade | Reader review

    Reader Review: 2006 Honda Fireblade | Reader review

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    Name: Andy Burness From: Scotland Riding for: 25 years Price paid for the bike: £5750 in April 2009 from Regal Car Sales in Cumbria What type of riding do you do: Social Tell us about the engine: Lots of Torque in every gear What’s the chassis like? Very sturdy What’s it like to ride? The best bike by far – every where I go on…

  • 2014 Honley Venturer 250cc review

    2014 Honley Venturer 250cc review

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    Honley Venturer | £3195 | 25bhp@9000rpm | 17lb-ft@7000rpm | 249.6cc liquid-cooled single Tested by: John Milbank Photos: Gary D Chapman   The Honley Venturer RX3 is a great looking A2 compliant bike that works as well (if not better) off-road, as it does on. It’s got the styling of its Bavarian influences, with the price…

  • Kawasaki Z1000SX Long term review | Traffic busting

    Kawasaki Z1000SX Long term review | Traffic busting

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    Rider: John Milbank Bike: 2014 Kawasaki Z1000SX Miles this month: 896 Miles in total: 2176 Current fuel economy: 47.9mpg Cost when new: £9699 +£461.95 for panniers or £215.95 for a top box Highlights this month: Busting the M1 and M25 traffic Lowlights this month: Busting myself   What is it with the best-laid plans? On my long-suffering wife’s…

  • 2014 Honda Montessa Cota 4RT trials bike review

    2014 Honda Montessa Cota 4RT trials bike review

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    Motorcycle Sport and Leisure’s Deputy Editor, Bruce Wilson, put the new Honda Montessa Cota 4RT through its paces… check out the video here.   What do I need to know? The Honda/Montessa story is one steeped in success, taking the last seven world trials championships consecutively. For 2014 there’s the all-new Montessa Cota 260, which…

  • 2014 Ducati Monster 821 review

    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…

  • Reader Review: 2008 Honda CBR600RR | Reader review

    Reader Review: 2008 Honda CBR600RR | Reader review

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    Name: Dave Channon From: Somerset Riding for: 6 Years Price paid for the bike: £5000 in 2012 from Speed Superbike Centre What type of riding do you do:  Casual road and maybe the odd track day – having done the Ron Haslam day at Donninton on one of these bikes it really impressed me. Tell us about the engine: It’s very revy, but…

  • 2014 Brammo Empulse R review | First UK ride

    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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