Two fantastic bikes, both four cylinder streetfighters. One costs twice as much as the other, but is it twice as good? The Kawasaki Z1000 goes up against the MV Agusta Brutale 1078RR in this Bikematch and the results have suprised us all. They both look like angry hooligans but that’s where the similiarity ends. The [...]
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Kawasaki Z1000 v MV Agusta Brutale 1078RR
Posted: 6th June 2010 by admin in Bikes for 'Being Different', Bikes for SundaysTags: 1078RR, agusta, brutal, Kawasaki, MV, Z1000
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1991 Yamaha FZR1000R EXUP Vs Suzuki GSX-R1100
Posted: 17th May 2010 by admin in Bikes for Sundays, Bikes for Trackdaysby Simon ‘Jim’ Bowen Visordown.com For many, these are still the two greatest superbikes ever built. Suzuki’s legendary GSX- R1100 went head-to-head with Yamaha’s EXUP for years, and in 1991 the two were at the top of their game. In the days before fuel injection and comedy dry weight claims, we were feasting on the [...]
Triumph Speed Triple vs Aprilia Tuono vs Kawasaki Z1000
Posted: 25th August 2009 by admin in Bikes for SundaysTags: Aprilia, Kawasaki, Speed Triple, Triumph, Tuono, Z1000
Review by Jon Urry – Visordown.com All three bikes are great examples and virtually the same price. The Z1000 and Speed Triple may look expensive when sat next to a Tuono that’s over two years fresher but it’s a testament to their re-sale value and a worrying insight into how much someone’s lost on that [...]
Kawasaki ZZR1200 versus ZZR1400
Posted: 6th July 2009 by admin in Bikes for Sundays, Bikes for TouringTags: hyper sports, Kawasaki, sports tourer, super sports, ZZR1200, ZZR1400
Article from www.visordown.com Pitching the 14 up against its four year-old forebearer, the ZZR1200, should seem a foregone conclusion. And of course with the ZZR1200 being a sports tourer, not a super sports (the ZX-12R was Kawasaki’s big-capacity super sports back then) the old bike’s soft-focus should see it steam-rolled. Only we’ll give you a [...]
Aprilia RSV4 Factory versus Honda Fireblade
Posted: 9th June 2009 by admin in Bikes for Sundays, Bikes for TrackdaysTags: Aprilia, Factory, Fireblade, Honda, Italian, Japanese, RSV4, Sportsbike, Superbike
Article from www.visordown.com The RSV4 Factory is too small and far too firm, both of suspension and of seat, to be road-practical in any rational sense, but when you actually get to the bits of road we ride for, those dry, well-sighted corner-complexes miles from anywhere, the Aprilia experience is pixel-perfect High Definition next to [...]
Bikematch 600s
Posted: 28th March 2009 by admin in Bikes for SundaysTags: Honda CBR600RR, Kawasaki ZX6R, Ninja, sports 600, Suzuki GSXR600, ZZR600
Ever had your mates tell you “You need a bigger bike than a 600!”. Well, with the new breed of sports 600s you can ask them “Why?”. When I first started riding I bought a ZZ-R600 to the bemusement of my biking buddies. After a few weeks of beating them into submission in and out [...]
Streetbike versus Superbike
Posted: 11th February 2009 by admin in Bikes for SundaysTags: CB1000R, Fireblade, Honda, naked, Sportsbike, Streetbike, Superbike
Would you be better off trading in your sportsbike for one of the new breed of super-fast streetbikes? Would you be comfortable going ‘naked?’ Well, you wouldn’t be disappointed if it was the latest Honda CB1000R. We’ll soon be putting the new (and great-looking) naked streetbike through its paces as it goes up against the [...]
‘Busa versus ZZR
Posted: 11th February 2009 by admin in Bikes for SundaysTags: hayabusa, hypersports, ZZR
The ‘hypersports’ class has two clear frontrunners in the race to be crowned king of the road. The Suzuki GSX1300R Hayabusa and Kawasaki ZZR 1400 are both devastatingly fast, reaching 180mph before the first ‘expletive’ travels from brain to lips. But what are they like to live with and which one matches your riding style [...]