Practical Sportsbikes - September 2016
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TURBO CHARGE - Kawasaki Z750T and Honda CX500T go head-to-head in factory turbo duel. Kawasaki KZ900 - “There was sand in the motor. It was a mess”. Yamaha TRX850 - Japan meets Italy in bargain sports twin. Suzuki RG125 - 17 again on the original learner race replica. 10 BIKES TO AVOID AT ALL COSTS - Dodgy Ducatis, howling Hondas and more… NEW - PROJECT TDR250 - Less weight, more power. PLUS! 23 PAGES OF WORKSHOP WISDOM.
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Special Build Of the Year
Enter your stunning home-built special in to our Venhill Special Build of the Year competition and you could win our £1000 cash prize.
Dukes And Hazards
The Isle Of Man is an unforgiving place for any machinery, not least big twins from Bologna. Despite meticulous prep, a small stone did forJames Hillier’s Classic TT.
Greek Tragedy (With A Happy Ending)
It arrived from Athens, a hound with a bag of nails in its jaws. After untold amounts of pain, suffering and expense, Tony Barrow’s RG finally emerged, as the pristine square four he always craved.
Droop Snoot Beaut
It ‘only’ took Mike Newman four years to get his Bandit/’busa/ZX-9/10 hybrid into exactly the shape he wanted. Now it’s precisely the machine he had in his head all that time ago.
Project Bike Budget Drag Bike
PART 2: TIDY UP FRAME AND DRY BUILD The mess is starting to look less like a mess and more like a motorcycle – before it becomes a disparate collection of parts again. But things begin to fit (where they touch).
Wreckless Erik
He was going to build his own bikes come hell or high water – and that he achieved. Erik Buell threw engineering conservatism to the wind and although his fortunes fluctuated, his huge reputation endures.
Gold Rush
A stock 2014 CB11 is, let’s face it, a fairly dull device. But chuck some engine tweaks and a cosmetic makeover at it and all that changes.
Tony Scott​​​​​​​ - A Life In Engines ​​​​​​​
One of the greatest engine tuners of any generation, Tony Scott’s work is synonymous with Honda’s RC30. But Tony won TTs with every manufacturer, in a career spanning some of the greatest names and greatest bikes of the modern era.
Origin Of The Species
In the 17 years between Suzuki’s GS1000S in 1979, via Yamaha’s 1989 FZR1000R EXUP, to Honda’s 1996 CBR900RR-T ’Blade, the face of big-bore sportsbikes changed beyond recognition. PS celebrates this huge evolution.
Fettled Kettle
Tony Edwards, it’s fair to say, is obsessed with Harris Magnums. He’d never seen a Kettle engined Magnum 2, so he set about building one. Two years (and thirty four grand later) here it is.
