Road Tests
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Test Ride: 2000 Honda CBR900RR FireBlade
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For the 2000 model year, Honda gave their best selling CBR900RR FireBlade a massive overhaul, but was it anywhere near as good as Yamaha’s class-leading YZF-R1?
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Classic Ride: Honda V65 Magna
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Is it a poor man’s V-Max or simply Honda hubris? Scoop hurtles towards the horizon on his mate’s Honda V65 Magna – known affectionately as ‘Red Molly’!
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Take another look: Suzuki TC185 ride
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It may look like a TS185, sound like a TS185, and certainly moves like a TS185, but it isn’t a TS185. Low and behold it’s a TC185! A what? Yes, precisely!
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Honda CBR400R Aero: what is it like to ride?
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Honda’s CBR400R Aero was one of the delectable Japanese 400cc domestic machines of the late 1980s. Steve Cooper takes closer look.
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Classic versus Modern Kawasaki Z650/Z650RS
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These two may look alike, but do they supply the same emotions? It’s a battle of the classic four-cylinder Kawasaki Z650 versus it’s twin-cylinder doppelgänger – the modern Z650RS ‘retro’. Game on!
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How Harley-Davidson’s XR1200 went from zero to hero
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Harley folks didn’t like the XR because it was a sportsbike, while sportsbike riders didn’t buy Harleys. But their loss could now be your gain if you fancy a grunty, naked piece of history with attitude
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What is it like to live with a BMW R18?
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We tested the giant BMW cruiser a while ago in Germany, but wanted to see what it was like to live with. Matt stole one to find out.
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Is this Velocette Venom Thruxton replica as good as the real thing?
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This Thruxton lookalike performs just as well as it looks, sharing many traits with the machine it apes, and having provided years of solid service.
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Which Japanese classic motorcycles are the most easy to live with?
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In our quest to uncover practical classics that are easy to live with, we turn to Japanese machines.
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Yamaha TZR125
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Phil O’Hara wanted to make his learner-legal Yamaha stroker go faster. He also wanted to stop it oinking like a
