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Decision on dark visors due

07 October 2001

Decision on dark visors due

The verdict on whether or not we can legally wear dark visors on UK roads is finally ready to be made… a year after Government-commissioned experts first started sifting the evidence. The Department...

Things we’ve experienced since the FireBlade

07 October 2001

Things we’ve experienced since the FireBlade

It’s ten years since the world was rocked by the unveiling of Honda’s FireBlade, but just how far has biking really come since 1991? When the CBR900 hit the showrooms, thousands of people rushed to...

New bikes supplement free with Wednesday’s MCN

07 October 2001

New bikes supplement free with Wednesday’s MCN

With an all-new R1 and a fresh FireBlade among the hundreds of new models due next year, choosing a bike is about to get harder than ever – but the free supplement in MCN on sale on Wednesday, October...

A Road racing school for kids

07 October 2001

A Road racing school for kids

The three R6 riders are giving it a handful, but it’s no use. The two Aprilia RS125s which have just appeared out of the murk behind them are closing fast. Eventually, the trio realise the futility of...

Evolution of a legend

07 October 2001

Evolution of a legend

1993: The 916 Strada is introduced with the look and style we’ve come to know and love. Its 916cc motor makes a claimed 109bhp and it’s only available with a single seat. 1994: The 916 Biposto takes...

Rieju reveals Yamaha-powered 125s

07 October 2001

Spanish firm Rieju is bringing two new Yamaha-powered supermoto and motocross-style machines to the UK. The MRX and SMX are both 125cc four-strokes with twin-beam steel frames and Showa upside-down forks. The only differences between the SMX supermoto and MRX motocross versions are the addition of road tyres, polished aluminium wheels, an electric start and a rev counter to the SMX bike. There are...

Full transcript of live webchat with Hislop

07 October 2001

Full transcript of live webchat with Hislop

Injured Steve Hislop told motorcyclenews.com users he will never, ever ride in the TT again during a live web chat session. Joining the session from his hospital bed in Kettering, Northants, Hizzy...

Making the GSX-R1000 even more special

07 October 2001

Making the GSX-R1000 even more special

FRENCH tuning firm West Bike has changed the current GSX-R so much it looks like a completely new bike. With a retro paintjob and around 170bhp, you know it’s a little different. Combine that with a...

We’ve lost

07 October 2001

We’ve lost

Dayglo Pink Kit: Like shell suits and mullets, some of the worst fashion atrocities of the eighties still hadn’t had the decency to die gracefully by the time 1991 rolled around. We all have painful...

First test and video action of the new 998

07 October 2001

First test and video action of the new 998

The new 998 has a new frame and a new 123bhp Testastretta engine based around the new narrow head Testastretta motor. Here you’ll read our first full test and get the chance to see and hear the bike...

Your pet hates revealed

07 October 2001

Your pet hates revealed

Thousands of riders have been surveyed to find out what we really, really hate – and top of the list is car drivers chucking burning cigarettes out of their windows. The Motorcycle Industry...

The Ducati 998 technical changes

07 October 2001

The Ducati 998 technical changes

Engine: The new Testastretta engine is the cornerstone of the 998 range and Ducati’s future sports bike production. It’s an all-new design first shown on the top-of-the-range 996R last year.

Our 996 winner revealed

01 October 2001

Our 996 winner revealed

Barry Simkins is the very chuffed and proud winner of out latest give-away: a blood red Ducati 996. Barry won with a simple answer to a simple WSB question in the competitions section of our site and...

Suzuki to bring in Roberts rep GSX-R600

01 October 2001

Suzuki to bring in Roberts rep GSX-R600

Suzuki says it is ” 99 per cent sure ” it will import a GSX-R600 with the MoviStar colours of defending World 500GP champion Kenny Roberts. And the good news for those who like the look is that it...

Why the 2002 TDM900 ended up the way it is

01 October 2001

Why the 2002 TDM900 ended up the way it is

This exclusive video interview with the team behind the 2002 TDM900 reveals the new bike is more of a departure from the 850 it replaces than you may have thought. We met up with the head of the...

Longterm BMWR1150R

01 October 2001

Longterm BMWR1150R

A LOT of you guys with sports bikes are going to wince or have a quiet chuckle when I say this, but here goes anyway – panniers kick arse. Yeah, that’s right. They rock. And I’m not talking about the...

2002 TT will go ahead

01 October 2001

2002 TT will go ahead

News is breaking that the Isle of Man TT will definitely go ahead next year. The news follows rumours that the TT looked like being called off for a second year running because Foot and Mouth is still...

Best value bikes for under £5000

01 October 2001

Best value bikes for under £5000

SOME things can seem more expensive than they really are. Take Ferrero Rocher – nice chocolates that are divvied up at ambassadorial dinner parties, but come Christmas they stack them to the ceiling...

What it was like to crack the ton

01 October 2001

What it was like to crack the ton

Ring ting, ting. We all know the sound from our learner days. Little 125cc two-stroke engines blowing clouds of delicious-smelling blue smoke into the atmosphere. This isn’t pollution, it’s a joy. But...

Hybris takes streamlining to extremes

01 October 2001

Hybris takes streamlining to extremes

It’s got bucket seats, will lean over as far as 45-degrees and is capable of well over 150mph… it’s the Hybris. French firm Hybris Concept put the bike on display at Paris. It comes complete with a...

Win a riding holiday and track school with Chili

01 October 2001

Win a riding holiday and track school with Chili

Get ready for some sun-drenched roads, grippy track school Tarmac and lessons from Frankie Chili… you could be the lucky winner of a fantastic riding holiday to Nogaro in the south of France with the...

Aprilia Falco

01 October 2001

Aprilia Falco

Year: 2000 (W). Mileage: 5425. Price: £4399 The Falco is something a little different. It’s a kind of sports-tourer, but it definitely errs more on the sports side, as a big V-twin is not the ideal...

Honda reveals new 230 and 150 four-strokes

01 October 2001

Honda reveals new 230 and 150 four-strokes

JUST weeks after revealing the 2002 CRF450 four-stroke moto cross contender, Honda has revealed not one but two more four-stroke off-road machines. In 2003 Honda’s CRF230 and 150 will be launched to...

Lib-Dem transport policy focuses on bikes

01 October 2001

Lib-Dem transport policy focuses on bikes

The Liberal Democrats have devoted a whole section of their latest transport policy to ” Two Wheeled Motor Vehicles ” . Do they mean us? We think so. ” Two-wheeled motor vehicles, ” the policy...

Readers

01 October 2001

Readers

Paul Walker, Lewisham, London I expected my first ton to be like my first shag. It kinda was – I got there in 20 seconds. But it turned out to be something of an anti-climax too. With 108mph showing...

Triumph to roll out 2200cc cruiser and Blackbird rival

01 October 2001

Triumph’s much-anticipated super cruiser will have a world-beating 2.2 litre capacity, but it won’t be here until 2003. It’s the latest move in a capacity race among cruiser makers, currently led by Honda’s 1800cc VTX. Triumph is close to completing development of its 2200cc machine. And it will be a triple. It will also be the only triple on sale with the crankshaft in-line with the frame. Indian...

Injured Hislop concedes title to Reynolds

01 October 2001

Injured Hislop concedes title to Reynolds

Updated at 7.15pm, Monday, with comment from John Reynolds and Rockingham circuit STEVE HISLOP has admitted his season is over as a result of the injuries he sustained after crashing at Rockingham on...

Suzuki TL1000R

01 October 2001

Suzuki TL1000R

Year: 2000 (W). Mileage: 7958. Price: £4999 The TL1000R isn’t one of the best-selling bikes in Britain, so getting the example you want might take a little more time and patience. But that scarcity is...

Designer explains MultiStrada in video exclusive

01 October 2001

Designer explains MultiStrada in video exclusive

Ducati designer Pierre Terblanche has come in for some serious criticism since his new MultiStrada was shown for the first time in Milan. Now, in our exclusive video download, he explains why his bike...

TDM video interview part two

01 October 2001

TDM video interview part two

Choose from Real Player (RM) or Quicktime (MOV) video downloads (right) to watch part two of our video interview with the TDM design team.

The bike you voted Worst-Looking of 2002

01 October 2001

The bike you voted Worst-Looking of 2002

Call it brave, call it challenging, call it controversial…but more often than not motorcyclenews.com users simply call it ugly… Ducati’s MultiStrada has been voted the Worst-Looking Bike of 2002 in a...

Terblanche on the MultiStrada part two

01 October 2001

Terblanche on the MultiStrada part two

Choose from the Quicktime (MOV) or Real Player (RM) downloads, right, to watch the second part of our exclusive interview with Pierre Terblanche.

You’ve helped set yet more new records

01 October 2001

Visits to motorcyclenews.com continue to soar and thanks to your support we’ve managed to smash yet another set of monthly records. In September we registered 5.2 million page impressions, up 700,000 on the previous month to a new monthly record. If you like your measurements in hits, that’s about 50 million of them. The all-important number of unique users has also leaped to a new monthly record.

Italians take a shine to the Bonnie

01 October 2001

Italians take a shine to the Bonnie

Italian firm Roadracing, which specialises in beautifully crafted aluminium panels, has created a set of extras to turn Triumph’s Bonneville into something that to attract attention wherever it...

Is police FJR on your tail?

01 October 2001

Is police FJR on your tail?

If you get followed by a dark blue Yamaha FJR1300 in Devon or Cornwall, check it doesn’t have a big aerial and the rider isn’t wearing a white flip-up lid. The local police have taken delivery of one...

TDM video interview part one

01 October 2001

TDM video interview part one

Choose from the Real Player (RM) or Quicktime (MOV) video downloads to watch part one of our interview with the TDM900 design team.