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Suzuki GSX-R7/11

26 August 2001

Suzuki GSX-R7/11

Chad Church, Colorado, Suzuki GSX-R7/11 1985 GSX-R750 frame, 1990 GSX-R1100 engine, daily driver. ” I ride this bike everyday and bring it here for its holidays. Last year it was all standard except...

Tell us your story

26 August 2001

Tell us your story

We’re looking for your help with three special features destined for pubication on motorcyclenews.com and in MCN. The first is for those of you who spend a lot of time and money fettling, tweaking and...

First test on Boxer VB1 Sport

26 August 2001

First test on Boxer VB1 Sport

If there’s one race that can really appreciate beauty, it’s the French. Look at their women, their art, their fashion, their food and – just to make doubly sure – have another look at their women...

Bonneville Speed Week

26 August 2001

Bonneville Speed Week

Lee Burkey stares out into the white and blue yonder. ” The worst thing that can happen is that I fall on my butt ” he muses. There are, of course, various degrees of falling on your arse. Falling...

How it all started

26 August 2001

How it all started

The salt flats were named after Captain Benjamin Bonneville a high-ranking soldier in the American army who decided to use his stature to scout land in the then uncharted west. He never actually...

Hideous 1000

26 August 2001

Hideous 1000

Marc and Charles Hornbrook, Missouri, Hideous 1000 Kawasaki ZX-10, Unidentified Yamaha frame, Ugliest bike of the event. ” We built this for a $1000. What keeps us coming back? The hope we can pass...

Ural 650 combination

26 August 2001

Ural 650 combination

Fredda Cole, Massachusetts, Ural 650 combination Blueprinted engine, lightweight sidecar, made in Russia. ” The Ural Club decided to see how fast one of these things could go and it developed into...

Triumph 650

26 August 2001

Roosevelt lackey, Michigan, Triumph 650. Partial streamliner calls, custom bodywork, fuel-injected old Triumph twin. I love coming here. It’s one of the wonders of the world. I’m a motorsport guy, and God you’ve got it all here. I’ve owned this bike since the mid-70s and I’ve been rebuilding it for two years. It last raced here in 1981. It runs on nitro and is good for 150mph. "

Jamie Dobb claims "road racers wear ladies underwear"

26 August 2001

Jamie Dobb claims "road racers wear ladies underwear"

World 125cc motocross champion Jamie Dobb was in the VIP Lounge in Talk Bikes today, August 30 to answer questions from motorcyclenews.com users. He said that he was disappointed he couldn’t perform...

Watch Karl Harris lap Brands and hear why he wants a GSX-R1000

26 August 2001

Watch Karl Harris lap Brands and hear why he wants a GSX-R1000

Come on board with Karl Harris as he canes Crescent Suzuki’s new GSX-R1000 around Brands Hatch Indy circuit. You may have already seen similar machines on track days or on the high street, but we...

How you want the R1 and R6 to change

26 August 2001

How you want the R1 and R6 to change

We’ve been asking Yamaha owners about what they want changed on the R1 and R6. Your verdicts are now being forwarded to Yamaha for the firms product planners to take into account in their future...

Kawasaki Z1000

26 August 2001

Kawasaki Z1000

Charlie Toy, Oregon, Kawasaki Z1000 Turbocharged kawasaki engine, 60-180mph in 4 seconds, Protoys Racing partial streamliner fairing. ” I push the rules to the limit. I build my own streamlining and...

Chris Walker rides the GSX-R750, MV F4 and the ZX-7R

26 August 2001

Chris Walker rides the GSX-R750, MV F4 and the ZX-7R

The silver BMW purrs into the Mallory Park paddock and slots in next to the battered Transit vans of the track day goers. The driver gets out, accompanied by his blonde, supermodel-skinny girlfriend,...

Soundfile: Listen to Karl Harris talk about why he wants a GSX-R1000

26 August 2001

Soundfile: Listen to Karl Harris talk about why he wants a GSX-R1000

In the latest of our exclusive interviews with the Crescent Suzuki squad, we hook up with Karl Harris as he looks forward to next season. We caught up with him at a full Suzuki test at Brands Hatch...

First picture of the VB2 twin

26 August 2001

First picture of the VB2 twin

Here’s a first look at Boxer’s VB2, the Voxan-powered machine to rival Ducati’s Monster. The Toulouse-built bike will go on show for the first time, officially, at the Parish Show next month. Given...

Kawasaki ZX-7R

26 August 2001

Kawasaki ZX-7R

Take a closer look at the ZX-7R

Watch the video

26 August 2001

Watch the video

Hang on for a fast lap of Brands with Karl Harris.

Help shape the next generation R1 and R6

26 August 2001

Help shape the next generation R1 and R6

Yamaha is asking for your ideas and advice on how the current R1 and R6 should be changed. You can post your feedback on this site in the relevant Talk Bikes boards and we’ll gather it up to deliver...

Suzuki GSX750

26 August 2001

Suzuki GSX750

Jack White, Missouri, Suzuki GSX750 Top Fuel drag race frame, Home-made seat unit, turbocharged. ” I hold five records with an old Triumph but I wanted to go faster so I got hold of this Suzuki...

Take a fresh look at our News Features section

26 August 2001

Take a fresh look at our News Features section

Chris Walker riding road-going 750s, swingarms demystified, 10 bike meets in one weekend, our video fun and games at Magny-Cours and the latest on warranties as the EU want them, you’ll find it’s all...

First stunning stripdown pictures of Yamaha’s M1

26 August 2001

First stunning stripdown pictures of Yamaha’s M1

SOME said it was going to be nothing more than a R1 engine bolted into a 500 GP chassis. But these first stripdown shots of Yamaha’s M1 four-stroke prove that couldn’t be further from the truth.

Gilera’s big-bore twins to power superbikes… and scooters

26 August 2001

Gilera’s big-bore twins to power superbikes… and scooters

Gilera has revealed two new engines, which will provide the basis not only for future V-twin Gileras but Piaggios and Cagivas, too. They will power everything from scooters to superbikes. The two...

Here it is… the 2002 R1

26 August 2001

Here it is… the 2002 R1

Yamaha’s 2002 R1 will be faster, more powerful and even lighter than the current bike in response to Suzuki’s GSX-R1000 and the challenge of Honda’s revamped 2002 FireBlade. MCN’s exclusive...

John Reynolds in his own words

26 August 2001

MCN: Will it be WSB then next year? JohnReynolds: Oh, we need to win a British Championship first, and then we’ll think about it. I know Ben would like to do a World Series. MCN: JR, What do you think about 1000cc four cylinders joining BSB next year? JohnReynolds: Well, to be honest, I can see it being a one-make series if these bikes are as good as they say they are going to be. The Suzuki is...

New numberplates from Saturday

26 August 2001

New numberplates from Saturday

September 1 marks not only a new reg plate, but a whole new system of registration numbers… and most of us haven’t a clue what they mean. So here’s our quick guide. The first two characters are...

Official statement

26 August 2001

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Limited and Suzuki Motor Corporation, Japan, announced an agreement to form a strategic business relationship today in the area of product development, design, engineering, manufacturing of motorcycle and ATV products and purchasing components thereof based on the spirit of reciprocity and equality. The agreement intends to advocate the desire of the parties to make the...

Suzuki GSX-R750

26 August 2001

Suzuki GSX-R750

A closer look at a bike Chris Walker should be familiar with.

50mph signs go up on the Cat and Fiddle

19 August 2001

50mph signs go up on the Cat and Fiddle

The speed limit on the famous Cat and Fiddle run was cut on Monday from 60mph to 50mph. As signs warning of the new limit went up police were already in place, lurking for speeders on the stretch of...

Video: Potter does Magny-Cours – backwards

19 August 2001

Video: Potter does Magny-Cours – backwards

IN his most recent long-term test of Suzuki’s GSX-R1000, MCN features editor Marc Potter rode to the French Formula One GP track Magny-Cours, with British biking holiday firm Byrne-Up Bike Tours. You...

Ducati trailie IS coming

19 August 2001

The long-rumoured big-bore Ducati trailie is finally nearing a launch, probably at the Milan Show next month. It will be powered by the same 916cc engine as the Monster S4 and ST4. It will compete with bikes such as the Cagiva Navigator, Suzuki XF1000L, Honda Varadero, Triumph Tiger and BMW R1150GS. An MCN source revealed Ducati has completed testing the bike on Italian roads. It is likely to make...

TT 600 gets naked

19 August 2001

TT 600 gets naked

Triumph is thought to be ready to launch a naked TT600 sports bike after this successful experiment in Italy. Italian Triumph importer Numero Tre has built a run of 50 unfaired bikes and dubbed it the...

More of your bike impersonations added

19 August 2001

More of your bike impersonations added

We played you a slightly mad impersonation of a two-stroke. Now we’ve started receiving your efforts to go one dafter. Listen to these bike-a-like warblings and feel free to comment on them… Think you...

Aprilia ETV1000 Capo Nord

19 August 2001

Aprilia ETV1000 Capo Nord

The new Aprilia was Smith’s favourite – it’s the one that feels most like a conventional sports tourer. Its 96bhp V-twin engine feels as strong as the Tiger’s and has the bottom-end punch you’d expect...

Van plus R1 engine equals embarrassed sports car drivers

19 August 2001

Van plus R1 engine equals embarrassed sports car drivers

Builder Tony Lynch has slapped an R1 engine in a Suzuki Supercarry van and created a vehicle that will accelerate to 60mph in under 7 seconds. The weedy 1000cc 38bhp engine that used to power the...

BMW R1150GS

19 August 2001

BMW R1150GS

The GS may be the most off-road orientated of the trio, down to its alloy bashplate, but it’s not a real trail bike. Mostly, it’s for show, but I liked its funky looks and the chunky way it goes about...

Aprilia to launch naked musclebike

19 August 2001

Aprilia to launch naked musclebike

Aprilia’s RSV-based naked musclebike has been undergoing road tests in Italy and will go on show for the first time at next month’s Milan show. It will have a similar twin-spar frame and the 1000cc...