2001
The new bikes of 2002
30 December 2001
We’ve gathered together the bikes of 2002 in this one, easy access section. Follow the links, right to see them all.
A year’s worth of magic motorcycling moments
30 December 2001
We asked for your personal descriptions of the moments that made your motorcycling year in 2001. Here are some of the best we received. One will receive a signed copy of Neil Hodgson’s new book, which...
Review of the Year 2001
30 December 2001
Join us for a look back at the motorcycling news of the year. If you think we missed anything important, let us know by posting on the news board in Talk Bikes. April 23: Foot and Mouth hits the TT:...
Yamaha R1
23 December 2001
Steve Jenks has spent £11,000 tweaking his Yamaha R1 The roll call of his added extras is pretty impressive but he reckons he’s done it on the cheap. At full cost the total would have been over...
Alarms may go off… but they don’t work
23 December 2001
Testers ” stole ” a bike from outside a police station with its alarm blaring… and no one lifted a finger to stop them. It’s just one of the depressing findings of a RiDE survey into public reaction...
Taking tweaking to extremes
23 December 2001
The moment some people get a new toy, they have to start modifying. For most of us, that means maybe a mild bit of tuning, a new shock and re-worked forks. But some people want to follow that road a...
Suzuki GSX-R1100
23 December 2001
Lee workman, 31, is a manufacturing engineer at Land Rover. He has forked out £12,000 spicing up his GSX-R 1100M Aaah, the sight of a Suzuki GSX-R1100M. No matter the guise, there are few things as...
Guzzi continues air-cooled development
23 December 2001
Those who prefer the traditional sound of an air-cooled Guzzi to the Euro-conformity of a water-cooled engine will be relieved to hear that the company has not stopped development of it’s water-less...
KTM’s new road bike spotted on test in Austria
23 December 2001
These exclusive spy-shots show for the first time the latest bike in KTM’s range to use the firm’s new V-twin engine, the LC8. While the first dedicated road bike to use the new engine was expected to...
Finally, the Kawasaki ZX-10R
23 December 2001
Kawasaki’s ZX-9R is a much admired sports bike. But it has started to lag behind the new breed of 1000cc superbikes. What’s really needed here is a ZX-10R: Enter TTS. Tuning firm TTS has bored out...
Suzuki Hayabusa GSX1300R
23 December 2001
Ian Burgess, 44, runs his own building firm. He has shelled out around £10,000 on top of his stock Hayabusa. Ian Burgess wanted an even bigger engine in his Hayabusa so he took it to TTS. In common...
Win a bike and other prizes: answers now added
23 December 2001
How do you fancy adding a Suzuki DRZ400 worth £4699 to your Santa’s sack? How about Axo jackets, trousers, helmet and gloves worth more than £700? Kushitani gloves more your thing? Teng tools worth...
Learners will fail car test if they aren’t bike aware
16 December 2001
From October next year, learner drivers will be tested to see how good they are at scanning the road for bikes. Test candidates will be shown video clips filmed from the top of a car, and tested on...
We wunt to be togevva
16 December 2001
Close racing… at a time of year when you didn’t have to huddle together to keep warm.
BMW introduces "challenging" R1150R paintscheme
16 December 2001
BMW won critical acclaim when it unveiled the R1150R – for making a bike that truly tempts the eye. But, as Prince Charles once said, ” rather like a carbuncle on the face of a much-loved friend ” ,...
Haydon signs up with Foggy for WSB
16 December 2001
Yamaha British superbike star James Haydon has signed to ride with Carl Fogarty’s Petronas team in WSB for 2002. Haydon will be replaced in the Virgin Yamaha line-up by Simon Crafar, making a return...
Malaguti shows shape of things to come
16 December 2001
Developed as a prototype, Malaguti’s Super Climber has been debuted in Bologna to gauge public reaction. ” We want it to show people that Malaguti is thinking about motorcycles. We will see how people...
Administrators confirm M&P closures
16 December 2001
The administrators dealing with troubled chain M&P have confirmed that half its shops were closed in a sudden move on Friday. Branches in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Harrow, York, Welwyn Garden City, Stroud and Peterborough are now no longer trading. The administrators say they have been closed because no-one had shown an interest in buying them since the firm was put into administration. Shops in...
Beam them up
16 December 2001
Going so fast, it looks like they are using The Enterprise’s transporter room
Join the crowds at our Spring Spectacular
16 December 2001
If you’ve already booked your chalet for the MCN Butlins Spring Spectacular, you aren’t alone. In just a month since we started taking bookings, 1500 people have already signed up. The event includes...
Foggy picks Mick in dream team but still says he’d beat him
16 December 2001
If Carl Fogarty could choose from all the riders he’s ever known to ride in his new Petronas team he’d sign up Mick Doohan and Kenny Roberts (snr). And Foggy took the opportunity of a live web chat on...
I guess we have a winner…
16 December 2001
Playing conkers on bikes was best left until after the race
Strange but true…
16 December 2001
Here’s our latest line-up for bike-related oddities from around the planet. If you know of something worthy of inclusion in our next collection, e-mail jon.urry@emap.com AUSTRALIA: Not content with...
Now you can submit your road tax responses
16 December 2001
Have your say on Government proposals to change road tax for bikes with this new website address. The original address published showed you the proposals but didn’t link to a response form. Use the...
Corser’s deal with Foggy delayed by fineprint
16 December 2001
The chances of Troy Corser confirming his deal to ride in the all-new Foggy Petronas WSB squad before Christmas are fading. But he is still expected to sign up within the next 10 days. The only...
Government report says ban on dark visors should stay
16 December 2001
Dark visors should remain banned from UK roads because we can’t be trusted to work out for ourselves that we should switch them for clear ones when the sun goes down. That’s how a...