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Bob’s Your Uncle

If I had one reservation about the Fat Bob, it’s how such an impossibly cool-looking motorcycle will ride, steer, handle and stop. It’s not as if Harley always gets the balance right. I love Bob’s low stance accentuated by […]

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Honda CBF1000

This bike has nothing to fear but a Bandit Smart and well styled, with a terrific engine and an equally good gearbox, the CBF is a bike we’ve been waiting for. But lurking by the […]

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Aprilia SL750 Shiver

Fast track The Aprilia boogie, with a lighter beat Its looks might make you think, but there is nothing unusual about the design of the Aprilia Shiver. Upside-down forks, multi-faceted headlight, trellis frame, exhausts under […]

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Traffic Muncher

Traffic Muncher Honda’s SH300i scooter: a sports bike in a commuter body? Once upon a time, scooters knew their place in society. They were never bigger than 150cc and were strictly confined to the congested […]

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KTM SM T

Maverick The mission: turn a KTM Supermoto into a tourer. Did it work? What do you get when you cross a sheep with a kangaroo? A “woolly jumper”, right? But what do you get when […]

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Yamaha XTZ660 Ténéré

Freedom Machine It’s late, but it’s here now The name “Ténéré” has been synonymous with off-road adventures ever since the original dual-sport machine was first launched in the early 1980s. Developed from Yamaha’s Dakar race-winning […]

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Honda VRF1200F

Epic Engineering The sex appeal of the Honda VFR1200F lies in its engineering There’s been a creeping blandness pervading the design of Honda’s cars and bikes since Mr Honda shuffled off this mortal coil and […]

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New bikes of 2011

New bikes of 2011 Go ahead, make my year… The Bear goes gonzo on the bikes that are hitting the showrooms just about now ‘You’ve seen them all on the web, sure – but while […]