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With all the talk a decade ago around the crossplane crankshaft YZF-R1, it almost seemed like the conventional inline-fours were going to be left to the history books. There’s…

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Honda’s current CBR600RR can trace its roots back to 1987, when the mid-capacity Honda was sold with the model designation CBR600F – or Hurricane in the US. That…

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With Yamaha’s YZF-R1 sitting pretty as top dog in the performance-bike stakes as the new millennium dawned, Suzuki’s reputation for super-competitive machines was under serious challenge. While…

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Given the Triumph Street Triple 675’s resemblance to the factory’s big-bore Speed Triple streetfighter, it was given the tag of ‘Junior Hooligan’ at its 2007 release. But while…

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Back in 1996, Suzuki rewrote the sportsbike rule book in much the same way they did when the original GSX-R750 was released 11 years previously in 1985. The 1996…

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2016 Triumph Trophy 1215 Triumph’s Trophy model was first unveiled back in 1960, but it wasn’t until 1992 that it was graced with a 1200cc…