June

Trials? Boring? Take another look

10 June 2001

Action from the Sheffield Arena trial last year is likely to change your mind

Get out of that!

10 June 2001

OK, all you need to do is ride over this lot…

Junior Superstock Clarion Suzuki GSX-R600

10 June 2001

RIDER: James Hutchins POWER: Over 105bhp@13,800rpm DRY WEIGHT: 170kg TOP SPEED: 165mph RESULTS: Donington Park: 2nd Silverstone: Injured Snetterton: Injured Oulton Park: Injured

Four Clarion Suzukis ridden and rated

10 June 2001

This year Suzuki has done the triple with its 600, 750 and 1000. All three are the best bikes in their class. Best meaning the most-focussed, lightest and most powerful bikes in their respective...

Supersport Clarion Suzuki GSX-R600

10 June 2001

RIDER: Karl Harris POWER: Over 120bhp@14,200rpm DRY WEIGHT: 167kg TOP SPEED: 175mph RESULTS: Donington Park: DNF Silverstone: 3rd Snetterton: 6th Oulton Park: 3rd

Missing the TT?

03 June 2001

Let Steve Hislop bring it a little closer…

Yamaha’s new Bulldog BT1100 is revealed today for the first time. The Japanese firm claims the Bulldog is specifically designed to meet the needs of the European market. Yamaha reckons its new machine...

Labour’s roads minister interviewed on bike policy

03 June 2001

EVERY four years, something strange happens to politicians. Suddenly, their horizons broaden. They develop keen interests in anything from farmers to bone marrow transplants, so quickly it makes...

Rival parties pass their verdict

03 June 2001

Conservatives " Labour have been all mouth and no delivery in their integrated transport strategy. The Government doesn’t even measure journey times in congested cities. If they did, they’d find motorcycles to be the shortest. Labour should be promoting two-wheelers instead of clobbering motorists. We will do our utmost to empower bikes. In congested areas in particular, motorcycles play a great...

Our first long term test on a Buell

03 June 2001

I was shaking. Part cold, part anticipation, part excitement. But mainly fear. I was just about to to pick up my Buell X1 Lightning. Problem was, I had not ridden a motorcycle in 15 years and I don’t...

Joining our cameraman at his proper job

03 June 2001

David Jefferies shows the skills needed to wield the MCN onboard camera

Suzuki plans 650cc scooter

03 June 2001

September will see the launch of Suzuki’s new Skywave 650 – a big bore scooter aimed at bikes like Yamaha’s T-max and Honda’s Silverwing. Like its competitors, the bike will use a two-cylinder engine...

Rare Ducatis become available

03 June 2001

Just when you thought Ducati’s super-exclusive MH900E was impossible to get hold of… a British dealer has managed to bag a couple. But if you want one you really shouldn’t hang about. DK has just two...

Long term test: Life with an FJR

03 June 2001

I had said farewell to my ZX-12R in mid-December. It was mid-May before I finally got my hands on the FJR. I hadn’t even ridden a push bike in the intervening time. You will therefore understand my...

The view from the mudguard…

03 June 2001

The TT might not be on for the racers, but we can still marvel at what they do.

Out and about: Hunstanton

03 June 2001

Hunstanton hands over a prime parking spot to motorcycles, close to the bandstand and nestled between amusement arcades and cafes. There are some good routes to it to be found if you scour your map of...

Enter the 200mph ZX-12R

03 June 2001

The last time I rode a ZX-12R, it topped out with a less than hyperbolic 183mph, or 12mph slower than a politically castrated 2000 Hayabusa, leaving in its wake more questions than answers. But let...

The advantages of lightweight wheels

03 June 2001

WHERE do you start when you want to modify your bike? A bit of engine tuning first, maybe upgrade the brakes to suit the improved performance and as it goes along add rear sets and finish off with a spangly new paint job. But would you add lightweight wheels? For most of us, light wheels are something of a luxury item. They cost a fortune, admittedly look good but surely they can’t make that much...

Strange tales from when the racers are at play

01 June 2001

There’s a clapped-out cliché that’s been pinned to the noticeboard of many a place of employment over the years which reads as follows: " You Don’t Have To Be Mad To Work Here – But It Helps! " While many workplaces aren’t exactly the lunatic asylums they’d like to think they are, the bike racing industry can rest easy in the knowledge that, for them, this shop-soiled sentiment rings remarkably...

Trials? Boring? Take another look

Get out of that!

Junior Superstock Clarion Suzuki GSX-R600

Four Clarion Suzukis ridden and rated

Supersport Clarion Suzuki GSX-R600

Missing the TT?

Yamaha Bulldog revealed

Labour’s roads minister interviewed on bike policy

Rival parties pass their verdict

Our first long term test on a Buell

Joining our cameraman at his proper job

Suzuki plans 650cc scooter

Rare Ducatis become available

Long term test: Life with an FJR

The view from the mudguard…

Out and about: Hunstanton

Enter the 200mph ZX-12R

The advantages of lightweight wheels

Strange tales from when the racers are at play

Kawasaki comes up with a Sportster rival

Government orders dark visor tests… at night

Now this is gonna hurt…