January
Powervalves: the open and shut case
28 January 2001
IT’S more than a decade since the term EXUP (Exhaust Ultimate Powervalve) entered the bikers’ vocabulary. Back then, most riders knew it was something to do with the exhaust and that it helped power.
Learn to wheelie in a day… or your money back
28 January 2001
OVERRIDING your natural survival instincts is one of the toughest things a human can ever do.As a species, we’ve spent thousands of yearsrelying on our innateself-preservation instincts to get us home...
A standard R1 just wasn't enough
28 January 2001
MODIFIED R1s can be found at every pub meet in the country, but few are as desirable as QB Carbon's Yamaha. More than £12,000 has been lavished on the bike to turn it into the ultimate R1 - and it's...
A year’s mileage…in a week
21 January 2001
HINDSIGHT is a marvellous thing. How many times have you bought a bike – or any product for that matter – only to find a glaring fault become noticeable after a few months? Wouldn’t it be great if you...
And you thought you’d never want to buy an MZ
21 January 2001
By Steve FarrellDESPITE its best efforts, MZ is still best known to most people as a manufacturer of stinking, low-tech commuter bikes. But now it has its sights set firmly on superbike riders – and...
Special GSX-R1000 set to steal Ally Pally show
21 January 2001
SUZUKI'S GSX-R1000 is hardly lacking when it comes to performance, but that hasn't stopped tuning firm Harris working its magic on one of the first bikes in the country. This GSX-R, which will be...