January

Powervalves: the open and shut case

28 January 2001

IT’S more than a decade since the term EXUP (Exhaust Ultimate Powervalve) entered the bikers’ vocabulary. Back then, most riders knew it was something to do with the exhaust and that it helped...

Learn to wheelie in a day… or your money back

28 January 2001

OVERRIDING your natural survival instincts is one of the toughest things a human can ever do. As a species, we’ve spent thousands of years relying on our innate self-preservation instincts to get us...

A standard R1 just wasn't enough

28 January 2001

MODIFIED R1s can be found at every pub meet in the country, but few are as desirable as QB Carbon’s Yamaha. More than £12,000 has been lavished on the bike to turn it into the ultimate R1 – and it’s...

Special GSX-R1000 set to steal Ally Pally show

21 January 2001

SUZUKI’S GSX-R1000 is hardly lacking when it comes to performance, but that hasn’t stopped tuning firm Harris working its magic on one of the first bikes in the country. This GSX-R, which will be...

A year’s mileage…in a week

21 January 2001

HINDSIGHT is a marvellous thing. How many times have you bought a bike – or any product for that matter – only to find a glaring fault become noticeable after a few months? Wouldn’t it be great if you...

And you thought you’d never want to buy an MZ

21 January 2001

By Steve Farrell DESPITE its best efforts, MZ is still best known to most people as a manufacturer of stinking, low-tech commuter bikes. But now it has its sights set firmly on superbike riders – and...

01 January 2001

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