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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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

New road rules could spoil the TT party

01 October 2001

The TT is on for 2002… but not quite as we knew it. Expect mobile GATSOs to litter rural roads and speeding offences committed on the island to appear as endorsements on your mainland licence. And, if...

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 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.

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...

Sigma Ducati 853s

01 October 2001

Not everyone is a fan of Ducati’s 748. There’s no doubt it’s as beautiful as the 916 or 996 but because of its smaller capacity it just doesn’t have the same credibility. Related: In-depth Ducati 748...

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.

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...

You’ve seen the bikes of 2002… here’s some for 2003

01 October 2001

Honda showed off its new bikes for 2002 at a private launch in Paris last month, now the firm is revealing some of its bikes for 2003. The huge VTX1800 is being joined by two more machines carrying...

Send us your daft snaps

01 October 2001

IT’S supposed to be the highlight of your season – the moment you meet your hero. You’ve queued for the pit lane walkabout, jostled for position in the crowd, blagged a pen and poster and primed your...

World’s first ride on new Ducati 998

01 October 2001

Marc Potter has stepped off the new Ducati 998 to report his first impressions of the Italian firm’s new flagship sports bike. Potter said on Tuesday he had enjoyed two sessions so far on the bike but...

Blue Marlin voted Best-Looking bike of 2002

01 October 2001

Aprilia’s Blue Marlin has come out way ahead in your vote for the best-looking bike of 2002. The firm revealed it’s ” close-to-production ” prototype at the Milan show last month looking for public...

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...

Kawasaki ZZ-R1100

01 October 2001

Year: 1999(V) Mileage: 5619. Price £4699. Kawasaki’s ZZ-R1100 was the first bike to be designed as a very, very fast sports-tourer, equally at home on sweeping mountain roads in the Alps as it is...

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...

Coming soon on this site

01 October 2001

On Monday, October 8, 2001, we’ll bring you video action from our world’s first test of Ducati’s flagship 998 superbike. We expect to bring you another first test on another important performance bike early next week, too. Keep checking back to make sure you don’t miss a thing.

Chat live with Shane Byrne on Thursday lunchtime

01 October 2001

Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne will be online on Thursday October 4, from 1pm, to answer questions from anyone registered with motorcyclenews.com. Whether you want to know what he thought of Rockingham, or whether it got boring winning every round he finished, you’ll have your chance on Thursday. He won this season’s privateer championship within the the British Superbike championship. To join the live chat...