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ON THE COVER:
We test the spectacular
Kawasaki ZX-6R, both old and
new, in France
Pic: Alberto Cervetti
NEW BIKES
No, not a dirty phone call,
but an Italian roadster.
Guzzi’s 1100 Breva ridden
in Italy
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Every day we love BMW more and
more. Particularly with nonsense like the
new K1200R 168bhp naked
behemoth. Simon samples it in
Spain
CONTRACT
And Honda’s new CRF450X will
sign the dotted line for you.
Latest hot enduro
tool tested in the Isle
of Man
Phew! Aren’t those new 2005 600s great? But does that make
the 2004 range crap? Course it doesn’t. Full road and track
test fi nds out the fi ne differences, and asks if you really
need to update your year-old wheels
FEATURES
Aprilia’s
Pegaso Strada is no
cubist masterpiece.
But then Kenny’s no
oil painting either,
so it was a perfect
match in Sardinia
The dog in question being Mr Kenny
Pryde, and the trick being riding round a track
slightly faster, thanks to the Californian Superbike
School
Pulled over by the fuzz? Well here’s our top
guide to what to say and what not to say to the boys
and girls in blue. Legalese decoded, police powers
examined, injustice beaten off
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HATS ALL FOLKS
Editor
KENNY PRYDE
STOVEPIPE HAT
Traditionally worn by Calvinists, and
those with more ‘Victorian’ values
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Deputy Editor
ALAN DOWDS
DEERSTALKER
Hat for the analytical thinker
or for those who like to shoot
small wild animals
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RACING
REGULARS
The reigning world supersport
champion is keeping busy, dicing in
world superbikes. But he found the time
to entertain SuperBike at his luxury
Andorran hideaway
Theft rears its ugly head again, check
out the new BMW HP2 super enduro, and we
try out a new Off Road school and a Scottish
touring holiday
Features Editor
JON PEARSON
BURBERRY CAP
Worn by chavs nationwide,
protects the wearer from
intelligence and fashion sense
020 8726 8443
The police are bastards, the
police are nice guys, the police are inept, the
police are nice guys. Both faces of traffi c law
enforcement in the UK revealed by you, our
readers
Road Tester
SIMON ROOTS
TRADITIONAL SOMBRERO
Never be sunburnt again
with the 5’ wide brim.
Compulsory to smoke fat
cigars whilst wearing this
headpiece
020 8726 8442
It was the Return of the
Living Dead , with Portugese subtitles,
as Alex Barros wins at Estoril, before
normal service resumed at Shanghai,
with another Rossi victory
podium, Chris
Walker
Staff Writer
TOM LAWRANCE
CHEESE HAT
The headpiece of
choice of the
Green Bay Packers. Wearers,
beware of large, hungry rodents
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SUPERBIKES
It seems like Pirelli is contracted to
supply the tyres, and Suzuki has been
contracted to supply the winning bikes.
Corser sews up a clean sweep for the
GSX-R1000 on the world stage
The horn of motorcycling plenty has
pointed in our direction again this month and
has disgorged a mountain of fi ne clothing,
boots and metal goods. Check the quality
Art Editor
HUW WILLIAMS
TORREDORE HAT
A crazy Spanish custom to wear
pom poms on the head whilst
chasing large angry bulls
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Yes! It’s a revolutionary new
feature in SuperBike . It’s
the stuff we use. And we
talk about how good
or bad it is. So you
know what to buy.
Publishing genius
is what it is...
Assistant Art Editor
JAYNE TOYNE
RASTA HAT
Wrap up your natty dreads and do
not check for Babylon. Hail the Lion of
Judah. Etc.
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SUPERBIKES
And Honda seems to have BSB’s ‘winning
bike’ contract. Rutter takes over from
crocked Kiyonari, while James Haydon
heads up a revived Crescent challenge
106 Always on the
Rossi
Editorial PA
NUALA FITZGERALD
FEZ
Instant comedy hat.
Just like that
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The soap opera that
is the SuperBike long-termer
fl eet. JP’s CBR600 and Tom’s
R6 have been killed off,
Dirty Den-style. Al’s ZX-
6R gets the makeover
treatment, and
Kenny’s R1
keeps appearing,
unchanged, like
a two-wheeled
Ken Barlow
PUBLISHING
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ADVERTISING
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NEW LABOUR TARGETS PENSIONERS
THE EDITOR
GO VERN MENT FINA LLY A CKNO WLED GES
NEED TO T ARG ET E LDER LY D RIVE RS IN
OR DER TO CUT MO TOR CYC LE ACC IDEN TS
B ike theft. It’s not good, is it? We’ve had two long-term
bikes stolen in the last month and it’s getting beyond
depressing, it’s enough to make you give up. Faced with
determined thieves who know what they want and what
they are going to do with those bits after they’ve got
them, we’re on the back foot. We appear, in fact, to be
fi ghting a losing battle.
Every week, without fail, we get furious, anguished
letters and emails from readers who’ve had their bikes
stolen and been met with police indifference. To get your
pride and joy nicked is bad enough, to feel as though
the forces of law and order really don’t give a toss
compounds the misery tenfold.
And, when you add the commonly perceived animosity
which already exists between
us (bikers) and them (the
police), adding fuel to the fi re
and increasing a dispiriting
state of affairs. They seem
to ‘enjoy’ pulling us up and
generally hassling us, us as
terrorists of the highway then
not giving a toss when we are
victims of bike theft. Rightly
or wrongly – and we can
argue about this all day – that’s the way our
relationship is perceived.
Solutions? Don’t live in London
for a start. Have a garage. Have
a garage with a ground anchor
drilled into the concrete. Have
motion detectors and CCTV
cameras and battleship chains
festooned over your bike every
time you park it. Chose Datatool
and a tracking device and on and
on and on… All of which adds up to
an expensive pain in the arse – but
much less than the pain of a
stolen bike and a ruined
no-claims bonus.
Just don’t expect
the police to do
anything.
road safety research report,
which studied the high casualty toll
amongst bikers, has found that old
fogies are our real foe.
You can picture them easily
enough – bedecked with beige
jacket and fl at cap, peering over
the steering wheel and driving
everywhere at 20mph. We’ve always
suspected that dozy older car
drivers are a danger to bikers, but
at least now the Government knows
it too. Reader Steven Biggs brought
it to our attention after he spotted
an article in Surveyor magazine (it
relates to his job, so we’ll let him off)
entitled, ‘Target older car drivers to
cut motorcycle accidents’.
The report warns the problem
of rider casualties could get worse,
given the fact that the sales of
bikes and scooters are
increasing year
on year, and
the UK’s
population is aging.
Psychologists at the
University of Nottingham
analysed police reports
on around 1,800 accidents
in the Midlands over a fi ve-
year period, identifying more
experienced car drivers as a major
factor in ‘right of way’ accidents.
In many cases, the driver
inexplicably ‘looked, but did not
see’ a motorcycle which was
close to the junction. ‘If all such
accidents were to be eliminated,
our results suggest a theoretical fall
of slightly over 25 percent in the
total motorcycle accident rate,’ they
reported.
At least one-third of the
motorcyclists in right-of-way
accidents, where they were not
at fault, either had their lights or
refl ective clothing on
or both.
One
STATE OF AFFAIRS
EVERY WEEK, WITHOUT
FAIL, WE GET FURIOUS,
ANGUISHED LETTERS
AND EMAILS FROM
READERS WHO’VE HAD
THEIR BIKES STOLEN
AND BEEN MET WITH
POLICE INDIFFERENCE.
RIDE FASTER WITH STEVE PLATER
If you fancy taking part in a riding clinic with
those all-round fun guys and top racers Steve
Plater and Woolsey Coulter, well, you can
now. British superbike rider Plater and
Irish road racing fi end Coulter will be at
a limited number of Focused Events track
days for your delectation and delight.
CONTACT: WWW.FOCUSEDEVENTS.COM OR CALL 08702 646268
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JULY 2005
A Department for Transport (DfT)
A SORRY
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explanation for accidents like
these is that the car drivers
‘overlook’ what is actually
right in front of them.
While concentrating on
the more distant view
beyond the junction
mouth, they simply glaze
over the immediate
ground and ignore
what’s under their
nose.
THEIR SAUCE
BMW’S RE-INVENTION CONTINUES APACE WITH YET MORE HIGH-PERFORMANCE
NONSENSE EMERGING FROM ITS MUNCHEN BUNKER. MEET THE HP2
A t fi rst, the BMW HP2 looks like a
crash-damaged R1200GS that’s been
fi xed on the cheap. But a closer peek
reveals a rather serious machine. Based
around a high-power 105bhp version
of the R1200GS motor and
a Dakar racebike-derived
frame, the HP2 is honed for
off-road performance. Upside-
down forks and revised
Paralever rear suspension, together
with a relatively light weight of 175kg
will help here, as will a host of practical
mods, from a translucent fuel tank and
scratch-proof coloured plastic panels to
an ‘hours run’ display for off-road
service intervals. No word on
price, but expect the lightweight
construction and limited numbers
to push it up around £11,000.
The report
is extremely
detailed
and
covers
more
than
just senile
pensioners.
Research Report
No. 54: In-depth
study of motor-cycle
accidents can be read
in full on www.dft.gov.
uk. Read it and weep.
Then take extra care
when you spot the tell-
tale string backed gloves
with the death grip on
the steering wheel of that
fi ve year old Rover. You
have been warned.
Semi-transparent
polyethylene fuel
tank, 13 litre capacity
Unique spring/
damper system
runs exclusively
on air. Two kg
lighter than a
conventional
component
Upside-down
telescopic forks
New silencer
almost two kg
lighter
305mm
semi-fl oating
single-disc
front brake
with fl oating
caliper. No
ABS
1,170cc fl at-twin engine,
105 bhp and 85 lb-ft
Tubular space-
frame based on
the R900 R Dakar
racer
New Paralever,
30mm longer than GS
S UPER CORSA
TURNS PRO
The Italian fi rm’s new Supercorsa Pro is an updated version of the
famed track tyre. It features carcass and compound changes
for the 180 and 190/55 (not 50) rears and a new profi le on
front. All the development work was done by those that know
best about treaded tyre performance, the world supersport
paddock, during 2004. The SuperBike verdict on the new tyre? “Very good
and a great leveller of all the bikes on our litre bike track test at Misano”
according to features ed JP. Pirelli spokesman Paul “Paolo Fortuna” Chance
says, “So they should be, those guys know what they’re doing.”
We presume he was talking about the superstock racers…
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