August

You can’t have too much of a good thing

25 August 2000

FOR some people, enough is never enough. Mountaineers always want to climb higher mountains, athletes always want a quicker time and those strange people who try to set world records by eating...

Why exhausts are left to the experts

25 August 2000

FITTING an aftermarket silencer or complete exhaust system is the most common modification we make to our bikes. We do it to add a bit more power and personality, and to shed a bit of weight. But, as...

What have you done wrong today?

18 August 2000

MISTAKE: ASSUMING DRIVERS CAN’T/WON’T ATTEMPT THE SAME OVERTAKE AS YOU HOW many times have you gone to overtake a slow-moving vehicle only to have a car pull out from the queue behind it to attempt...

The real deal on wheels

18 August 2000

LIGHTWEIGHT wheels are standard equipment on race bikes. But how much difference could they make to our own machines? They are certainly more than an expensive pose. They can reduce the unsprung...

Why no YZR500i?

11 August 2000

WE’VE become used to seeing fuel injection replace carburettors on bike after bike, and the electronic system is now nearly as common a sight on road bikes as disc brakes. But if fuel injection is the...

Who do you think you are son, the invisible man?

11 August 2000

I’M currently riding at 62mph. Nothing exceptional about that, except I’m in a 50mph zone. Some would argue there’s nothing exceptional about that, either, apart from the copper up ahead pointing a...

When you’ve got a Busa under the bonnet…

11 August 2000

CARS? Heavy, slow, boring shopping trollies with way too many wheels, in my experience. Ideal for supermarket runs, bad weather and luggage carrying. But for having fun? Forget it unless you’re...

250 v 600 = no contest

11 August 2000

THE CBR600 rider in the distance is scything through the pine-lined canyon switchbacks. His mind is set on one thing – trying to put as much distance between himself and the bike screaming up behind...

The people’s champions

04 August 2000

WHERE were you on Sunday afternoon? If you were sat beside a certain track in Kent, or glued to the BBC’s Grandstand, you don’t need telling how big the World Superbike series has become. The...

Only if you’re Carl Fogarty

01 August 2000

IT’S the number plate that gives it away. The legend ” T4 FOG ” just above the chunky rear tyre reveals that this is no ordinary Ducati Monster. Yes, the owner of the machine glinting seductively in...

Just nipping out to buy another RC30, dear

01 August 2000

SOME people collect stamps, others collect beer bottles. Some are even lucky enough to own a few bikes. But there’s one man for whom only the very best will do – that’s why he’s got a collection of...