Hayabusa
This isn’t quite the Suzuki Hayabusa, but a vacuum cleaner: Hayabusa
A weekend with a Yamaha YZF-R1 – my review
I’ve just spent the weekend with a Yamaha YZF-R1 in my care. I’ve ridden a number of motorbikes now including most often a CBRE 600, but also a Honda Blackbird, a VFR 800 and, some time ago, a distant relative of the R1, the Fazer FZ6 600, but this is the first time I’ve taken …
Honda comparison: CBR 600 vs Deuville vs VFR 800 vs Blackbird 1100
It may seem strange to compare a CBR 600 (small sports bike), a Deuville (small tourer), VFR 800 (sports tourer) and Blackbird 1100 (sports tourer) as they’re all quite different bikes. From the small and nimble CBR 600 to the big, super-fast Blackbird, and then the Deuville with its low revving, plodding engine. They do …
Motorbike hire in London (again)
I usually hire motorbikes from Raceways, Surrey Quays and they treat me pretty well. Now they know me and I obviously spend enough money with them they’re more likely to give me a good deal on hiring the extras at the same time as the bike, or making sure I get one of the newer …
A decent motorbiking road out of London
Hiring a motorbike in London always has the disadvantage that you have to go quite a way to find a decent road to ride down. Well, I’ve found one now with the route from north-east London to Saffron Walden. The ‘easy’ way would be to take the M11, since Saffron Walden is only a couple …
Review of Honda CBR600
I’ve ridden Honda CBR600’s quite a few times now and I have to say that I think for riding pleasure I enjoy this bike more than the others I’ve tried. After riding the Blackbird recently, which is an exceedingly well balanced bike for its size, the CBR600 felt extremely light. That is the real benefit …
Review of the Honda CBR 1100 Super Blackbird
I’ve just had the pleasure of a week and a half with one of Honda’s biggest, and fastest, bikes: the Super Blackbird. Thankfully, no-one calls it the ‘Super Blackbird’ but just sticks to the plain and simple ‘Blackbird’. Before getting on the bike I was slightly unsure about whether I’d take to it. I loved …
Review of Yamaha Fazer FZ6 600
Having not ridden a motorbike for some 7 years I sat astride the Yamaha Fazer 600 with some trepidation. I had chosen the bike as it looked like it would have a reasonable amount of power to ‘break me in’ to the world of bigger bikes, but with a less racey style than the CBR’s …
Honda VFR 800 review
I’ve ridden a few bikes over the past couple of years including a Yamaha Fazer 600, a Honda CB 500 and a CBR 600 (a few times now). I was really looking forward to trying out the VFR as I thought it would offer a similar ride to the CBR 600 but with some extra …
Motorbike hire in east London
I usually hire motorbikes from a place called Raceways in Surrey Quays, East London but a) it’s quite expensive, and b) they’re the wrong side of the river. I’m going to be on a Honda VFR800 this weekend I’d definitely be interested in finding something a bit closer, though, but East London doesn’t seem particularly …