Category: Features

Gran Turismo – Grand Canyon: Day 2 – Spokane, WA to Boise, ID : 750km

I’ve gone naked. By the time we reach the Old Spiral Highway outside of Lewiston, ID I’ve stripped the screen from the Ducati GT1000. The windscreen was slowing the handling, making the bike susceptible to sidewinds, and inducing a weave past 160kph. Removing the screen the Ducati GT1000 is transformed.

1098S Testing: Lost and Found

Rolling out of Frazier Park I’m setting sites on Palmdale, CA for the evening.  Lacking a detailed map, GPS or even coherent local instructions I’m at a bit of a loss as to the points between the two, but certainly don’t want the pounding drone offered by the I-5 or even 138.  Fortunately there’s a rider waving…

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Ducati 1098S Testing: Directions

The CHP officer is standing in front of the cruiser parked facing traffic in my lane, his hand out palm flat in the universal symbol for stop. I’m confused and more than a little worried. With no plate, and papers only in electronic form on the laptop, I’m thinking a world of not good thoughts….

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Ducati 1098 Testing: Escape from LA

“We give bikes out without plates all the time.”  I completely fail to understand this concept and explain that in British Columbia it’s a pretty big deal.  Suddenly, I feel like a naive foreigner. Still I don’t have papers for the bike so that’s a good excuse to avoid slab on the 1098S – as…

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Ducati 1098S Testing: Welcome to Hell-A

Sitting in an over priced $190.00 Ramada Suite in West Hollywood I can only conclude things are not going particularly well with this excursion to test the 1098S.  It’s not the bike, that’s brilliant, but getting there certainly hasn’t been half the fun… and I’m waiting for a change of tide. Nipping up the Angeles…

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Time Flies… So does the KTM 990 Super Duke

Time flies when you’re having fun, and the KTM 990 Super Duke is a lot of fun. Our three weeks of testing, which has been punctuated by other bikes like the Benelli TNT 1130 Café Racer and BMW F800S, is almost up. Some bikes we return without a second thought, but the KTM is not…

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Feel My Fear…

Neil! Love the video intro on the R1!!! Has a nice “Top Gear” feel to the production. You must be a bit nervous that you’ve now set a new bar for content…us readers will now be hungry for video segments to accompany all features!! Ha ha…seriously nicely done! Best, – Steve, http://www.sundaymorningrides.com It’s the “set…

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First Day of R1 Road Testing

I spent today being the most irritating rider in the world, as I stepped up and down through the ’07 R1’s throttle in 500RPM increments testing roll on and hard acceleration from various points. It was quite engrossing and I can only imagine what traffic was thinking as I plodded along, then suddenly took off…

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