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2002 Triumph Sprint ST 955i

As should only be done when considering a British bike, I test rode and then popped off to the “local” for a couple of pints with the mates. Or at least went off and had a drink with some friends in a more Canadian version of the vernacular. The Sprint ST 955i immediately appealed to…

2004 FJR 1300 – Frik’n Joy Ride

For a while I owned an ST1100, and every year as Big Red’s new models and updates were announced, the speculation would begin amongst the denizens of the ST1100 mailing list. Half wish list and half rumour mill (a friend of a friend’s second cousin works at Honda and…) the faithful would speculate on Honda’s…

2003 VTEC VFR – Down on Credit

In 2002 Honda updated its venerable all-rounder, the VFR, and brought it into its sixth generation. The previous VFR was getting Maybe it was boredom from consistently winning British motorcycle magazine sport-tourer shootouts, but Honda seems to have fixed a bike that may not have been truly broken. The sixth generation of VFR came to market…

CBR 1100XX Blackbird

The CBR1100XX Blackbird was, at its introduction, one of the most renowned bikes of its day. But that was far from my mind as I sat contemplating its seating position and what could be done to make it more comfy. I was tallying up modifications, not to improve its top speed, but just to make…

ZZR 1200 – So powerful I can’t think of a witty way to relate how powerful it is.

I never intended to ride this bike. Indeed it wasn’t even on my must try list, but it should have been. In riding this bike I gave in to peer pressure, a number of friends, vague acquaintances, and even total strangers (though very few of my family) were suggesting, and some insisting, that I hop…

Honda ST1300 – Lots of tour… But, Er… Where’s the Sport?

The first thing that will strike you about the ST1300 is not it’s styling, a preying mantis look that has been beaten into submission with the conservative stick by the marketing department, but its engine note. The engine at idle sounds like an escapee from the foley stage for a Jetson’s cartoon; a whirring sci-fi…

BMW R1150 GS – An Afternoon with the Angry Platypus

I’m going to tell you a secret. I rode this bike earlier this year (2003) for the BMW test ride days, and I liked it –a lot. I know the cartoon character headlights with one eye wide and the other squinted, beak front fender, and gangly enduro styling give the bike an ungainly and odd…

2002 BMW K1200RS Requiem and Review

After just over a year of ownership and 36,000 kms or so my K1200RS is no more due to a rather serious partially airborne incident. After riding a bike for 36,000 kms you get to know it pretty well and as part of a semi-spiritual farewell to the bike and to ward off the sheer…