October

Your pet hates revealed

07 October 2001

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

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.

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Celebrities and pillions

01 October 2001

Celebrities: Suzi Perry: TV presenter: The first time I did 100mph was on the back of Kenny Roberts on his GSXR750 around Donnington the year he became World Champion. It was totally exhilarating, it...

Terblanche on the Multistrada part one

01 October 2001

Choose a Real Player (RM) or Quicktime (MOV) download to watch the first part of our exclusive interview with Pierre Terblanche.

Learn off-road skills with BMW

01 October 2001

The BMW Off-Road Skills course has two remaining dates in 2001: October 19-20 and October 21-22. This award-winning course, pioneered in Germany, will take place at BMW’s exclusive off-road facility...

Racers and ex-racers

01 October 2001

Chris Walker: Ex BSB and GP rider: Cast your mind back a quarter of a century when Chris Walker wasn’t so much the wild riding Stalker as the barely out of nappies Toddler. Not that that was enough to stop him wanting to get in the seat – the problem was he just wasn’t big enough. The man himself draws an entertaining picture of the event. There he is, out in front of the house on a bright day,...

Yamaha R6

01 October 2001

Year: 1999 (T). Mileage: 5457. Price £4599. The R6 is aimed at the sportier end of the 600 market, but the previous owner of this example obviously had different ideas – the high-rise pillion grabrail...

Strange but true

01 October 2001

Here’s out latest collection of weird worldwide tales with a motorcycling bent. If you have anything worthy of adding to our next round-up send an e-mail to jon.urry@emap.com Croatia: Despite being a national hero, Wimbledon champ Goran Ivanisevic can’t flog his Piaggio scooter. No-one put in a serious offer for it in a recent charity auction. Giant Ivanisevic, who is 6ft 5in tall, was told to get...

Your pet hates revealed

The Ducati 998 technical changes

Our 996 winner revealed

Suzuki to bring in Roberts rep GSX-R600

Why the 2002 TDM900 ended up the way it is

Longterm BMWR1150R

2002 TT will go ahead

Best value bikes for under £5000

What it was like to crack the ton

Hybris takes streamlining to extremes

Win a riding holiday and track school with Chili

Aprilia Falco

Honda reveals new 230 and 150 four-strokes

Lib-Dem transport policy focuses on bikes

Readers

Triumph to roll out 2200cc cruiser and Blackbird rival

Injured Hislop concedes title to Reynolds

Suzuki TL1000R

Designer explains MultiStrada in video exclusive

TDM video interview part two

The bike you voted Worst-Looking of 2002

Terblanche on the MultiStrada part two

You’ve helped set yet more new records

Italians take a shine to the Bonnie

Is police FJR on your tail?

TDM video interview part one

Celebrities and pillions

Terblanche on the Multistrada part one

Learn off-road skills with BMW

Racers and ex-racers

Yamaha R6

Strange but true

Blue Marlin voted Best-Looking bike of 2002

World’s first ride on new Ducati 998

New road rules could spoil the TT party

Sigma Ducati 853s