Posts Tagged ‘Sportsbike’

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 [...]

‘Blade versus R1

Posted: 28th February 2009 by admin in Bikes for Trackdays
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A friend of mine has recently taken delivery of a 2008 Honda Fireblade. I’ve always thought the Yamaha R1 was the most seductive and desirable incarnation of the Japanese Superbikes but will the Fireblade change my mind? Well…no. It’s a beautiful piece of machinery with curves in all the right places, but it looks more [...]

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 [...]