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Kawasaki Er-6n
Every now and then I think that Kawasaki Heavy Industries, the parent of the (relatively tiny) motorcycle division, has forgotten about its smallest child. The brand seems to just be marking time, or even giving ground. Remember when they attempted that partial model merger with Suzuki? Read
By: InsureMyRide | 14/07/2008 | Motorcycles
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Hyosung Gt650 Comet
With bikes like this Hyosung GT650 Comet prowling the streets for just under eight grand, I reckon alarm bells in Japan are ringing - and so they should be. Introduced late in 2003, the Comet was Korean manufacturer Hyosung's first 'big' bike released on the Aussie market, and it made quite a splash - even if that splash was more to do with what the bike represented, rather than what it actually was. Read
By: InsureMyRide | 14/07/2008 | Motorcycles
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Honda Cbr1100xx - Super Blackbird
There is something just so utterly intoxicating about the way Honda's Super Blackbird blends such enormous raw power with such velvety-smooth refinement Read
By: InsureMyRide | 14/07/2008 | Motorcycles
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Suzuki Gsr600
Naked middleweights are one of the best selling sectors in Europe, and with an abundance of crowded cities and interconnecting highways, it's not hard to see why. To rip through heavy traffic you want a good view ahead; you want a light, narrow and agile bike beneath you; and you want crisp acceleration plus decent brakes. Suzuki's new GSR600 has all this and more, and at a relatively affordable $10,990 plus ORC, it shouldn't see you selling your first-born son to pay for it. Read
By: InsureMyRide | 14/07/2008 | Motorcycles
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Review of the Triumph Thruxton 900
Just as much as it is a motorcycle in its own right, Triumph's Thruxton is a time machine. Just admiring a Thruxton from afar will get images of black Brando jackets, oil-spattered leather boots and striving to break 'The Ton' flitting through your mind, while actually taking one for a spin gets the nostalgia flowing in a torrent. Read
By: InsureMyRide | 14/07/2008 | Motorcycles
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Review of the Bmw F800 St
There's no doubt about it, BMW is on a roll. Even since the thoroughly revised and subsequently top-selling R1200 GS was released at the start of 2004, the Bavarian powerhouse of innovation has been pumping out great new models one after the other - and in quick succession too. Read
By: InsureMyRide | 14/07/2008 | Motorcycles
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Great Road Rides - Tasmania: Queenstown
I suspect that everyone knows about Queenstown's poisonous past by now. The fumes created by smelting the copper dug out of the ground here, helped along by the locals' need for firewood, stripped the hills surrounding the town of all their vegetation. For many years, even after smelting ended in 1968, Queenstown was surrounded by bare hillsides. Read
By: InsureMyRide | 14/07/2008 | Motorcycles
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Piaggio Zip 50 Review
When you're used to riding bigger motorcycles or scooters, hopping onto a 50 comes as something of a shock. Read
By: InsureMyRide | 14/07/2008 | Motorcycles