World Launch DUCATI SUPERSPORT
The new SuperSport hits a new balance between road rideability and racetrack agility – has Ducati found the perfect blend?- May 6, 2017
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Many of us dream of riding a full-blooded superbike through our favourite bitumen twisty bits and on to the latest weekend leather-clad hangout; however, real-world practicality and scratching fantasies do not always make good bedfellows. Models such as Ducati’s 1299 Panigale may be supermodel gorgeous, but they lack everyday useability.
That’s not to knock people who ride their thoroughbred superbikes regularly, even commute on them daily – all power to you I say. But as the riding population grows older, an increasing number of buyers appear to be looking for a bike that delivers superbike-type performance for the road, coupled with ergonomics to suit. The answer may just be Ducati’s new SuperSport model, and if you want a little more sport in your SuperSport, then the S version will get you there. For this new [...]
That’s not to knock people who ride their thoroughbred superbikes regularly, even commute on them daily – all power to you I say. But as the riding population grows older, an increasing number of buyers appear to be looking for a bike that delivers superbike-type performance for the road, coupled with ergonomics to suit. The answer may just be Ducati’s new SuperSport model, and if you want a little more sport in your SuperSport, then the S version will get you there. For this new [...]
GSX1300R Hayabusa Review
The 2017 version of Suzuki’s big bird is here, and it’s still a cult hero- April 17, 2017
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In a previous life as a motorcycle salesman, if there was ever a bike I didn’t have to try too hard to sell it was the Hayabusa. Anyone who came in and started sniffing around the GSX1300R already knew they just had to have it. Unless you’d been living under a rock since 1999 everyone had heard of the rivalry between Suzuki and Honda and their goal of building the world’s fastest production motorcycle.
I love the story behind the naming of the Hayabusa – Japanese for Peregrine Falcon, because it preyed on Blackbirds. It’s like an old mythical fable, the stuff legends are made of. You can almost picture a Japanese Manga-style cartoon with a Falcon swooping down on a defenceless little Blackbird with a Tarantino-esque soundtrack. Or maybe that’s just me.
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I love the story behind the naming of the Hayabusa – Japanese for Peregrine Falcon, because it preyed on Blackbirds. It’s like an old mythical fable, the stuff legends are made of. You can almost picture a Japanese Manga-style cartoon with a Falcon swooping down on a defenceless little Blackbird with a Tarantino-esque soundtrack. Or maybe that’s just me.
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