June / July 2006
Issue 207

Used Bike Guide's readers reviews

Single Bullet

When Philip Sharpe bought his new Royal Enfield 500cc Bullet six years ago, little did he think that he would still be enjoying it today. He had fully expected to be trading it in for something ‘bigger and better’ within a year or two. Why are they still together? Story Philip Sharpe Pics CP

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Previous Reviews

Stories and reader reviews from UBG and UMG that have been on-line.
Issues in stock can now be ordered directly from each page.

Complete listing:

APRILIA Reviews:
RS125 | SMALL WONDER - The Aprilia RS125 - in a class of its own?
RS250 | GUILTY BUT INSANE - Unconfortable, unreliable, expensive and oh so exciting to ride.

BMW Reviews:
BMW K100 | K100: A CLASSIC COURIER - Sean McAnena Went DR-ing With A BMW Brick
BMW F650 | TREAD LIGHTLY - Algy makes tracks With A BMW F65
BMW R1100S | BEEFY BM - Is The R1100S A Real Sportbike? HelterSkelter Sez So...
BMW R1100RS | BMW R1100RS - Matt Dudley went Boxing
BMW Rockster | Rebel without a cause - Malc Wheeler wants the best of both worlds

BSA Reviews:
BSA - B40 | BRIT BANGER! - Phil Clarke Does Trails & Trials On A Beezer B40

BUELL Reviews:
BUELL Cyclone | CYCLONE WARNING Andrew S Parker Had A Buell That Blew...

DUCATI Reviews:
Ducati Monster | The Prize Monster - Duncan Spokes got given (GIVEN!) a Ducati Monster...
FABIO TAGLIONI | THE GENIUS WHO CREATED THE DUCATI LEGEND
Ducati ST4S | 10,000 miles two-up on Italian tourer. And it was the wifes idea!

HARLEY-DAVIDSON Reviews:
Harley Sportster | HARLEY HEADACHE - S Pearson Suffered with a Sportster...
Harley Sportster 1987 883 | SPELLBINDING.. Ten grand and countless hours have paid off!
Road King / FLHR | THIS TWIN'S NO TURKEY - Dave Greehy took his Harley FLHR cruisin'

HONDA Reviews:
Africa Twin | Age concerned? Dave Berry tells us his experiences of the maturing game.
CB250N | HONDA CB250N - Jason Owen went Day Dreamin'
CB250RS | HACK 250RS - R Berwick can't stop buying CB250s
CBR400 | Small but perfectly formed
Hornet 600 | THE HAPPY HORNET - Sean Kirby Sez His 600 Beats a Blade Any Day
Hornet | The sting of the hornet
CMX250 Rebel | RIDE A REBEL - Pete Buckingham Liked His 250 So Much He Started A Club!
XL250 | XL HELL! - BeanZ explores a cheap trail tool...
XR400R | SIMPLY THE BEST - Is the Honda XR400R the most versatile in the world?
CB500 | 500CC FYLER / SOOPAH CEE BEE - Dave Blendell's Best 500 Twin
CX500S | AMAZING MAGGOTS! - Beanz & the Bike of his Dreamz...
VF500 | RUNNING A VF500 - Piotr Smolenski rides an unusual Honda
VT500 Ascot | FLAT-TRACK COURIER HACK - Sean McAnena's Old Boiler Was An Ascot
CBR600F | SUPERSIX - HelterSkelter's Expose of the CBR600F...
SLR650 | SUPER SLR Dave Blendell Had A Splendid 650...
CB750 | CHOPPED CEE-BEE - Beanz Goes Honda Pull
VFR800 | V4 Versatile •• On-line Comparison to Triumph Sprint Sport in UBG Mar 04
VF1000F | HOT HONDA - Mad Mitch Rides A VF1000...
CBR1000F | HOT LORRY! - Alan Blunt Spent His Student Grant. On A Honda?!
Fireblade | BAD BLADE - Sean Couldn't Stand His CBR900RR...

Fireblade | BLADES RULE OK! - Still razor sharp, Honda’s FireBlade promises those who dare a riding experience they will never forget. •• On-line Comparison to FireBlade 2002 in UBG Sept. 04

Firestorm |COSY GLOW - HelterSkelter Lights Up Honda's Firestorm...
CBR1000F | Fancy a 160mph superbike that won’t bust the bank?

KAWASAKI Reviews:
ER-5 | Andy is Taking it easy..
AR125 | LIVE AND LEARN - Phil Turner has a look at THE early Eighties learner bike, the AR125
GPZ400 | GREAT GEEPER - G Cornwell got on well with a GPZ...
Z750 | The Naked Truth - Flawed, but still a bargain
ZXR400 | FAB FOUR - Gordon Parker's Sexy ZXR400...
ZZR400 | ZEP POWER - Charlie Milne Moves Up To A ZZR400
GPZ500S | A GPZ500S was Louise Cain’s first ‘big’ bike, and she loved it
GPX600R | It just had to go - Andrew Rowe's Kawasaki GPX600R fell down on reliability
ZZ-R600 | No regrets about splashing out on an old ZZ-R600 - motorcycling's forgotten all-rounder
W650 | A change of pace? - Simon Moyes was a 2-stroke man. Then there was a Kawasaki W650
KLX650 | TOO-TALL TRAILIE? Steve Caton gets a (long) leg over a KLX650...
GPX750R | GRUESOME GEEP - HelterSkelter Met A Grim GPX...
Z900 | KAWASAKI Z900 - There's a new boy with a Big Zed: Guy Robertson
ZX10 | KAWASAKI COURIER - Adrian Riley replaces his hack FZR with... a ZX-10?
ZZ-R1100 | BIG ZED - HelterSkelter Loves A Big Kawasaki (it sez here...)...

ZZ-R1100 | Awsome! - Kawasaki’s new 170mph ZZ-R1100 was the fastest road bike on the planet..

•• On-line Comparison to Honda Super BlackBird in UBG June 2004

KTM Reviews:
KTM950 Adventure | WeirdbutWonderful - Brian Bradwell ranks the KTM 950 Adventure King of the hill.

MOTO-GUZZI Reviews:
Le Mans 850 | NO LIMITS LE MANS - 140mph? No problem, says Jon Haddock
V50 | More Moto for Your Money - Chris Evans enjoys his V50
1000S | Back to the future - Magnus McDonald gets to grips with his retro styled 1000S
Le Mans Mark V | LEMON TART - Fred Clayson learns to love his Le Mans.
Griso | CIVILISED and SORTED - The best Guzzi V-twin of all time and the easiest to live with

MZ Reviews:
ETZ 251 | Shed your prejudice - Ruth Sparkes finds happiness with a humble MZ

SUZUKI Reviews:
RGV250 | The v-twin is just a scream!
DR350 | DRastic Action - Andy Wegg's Slick Suzuki...
GS500E | Old Faithful - Suzuki GS500's been around a long time! *new*
GSX550ES | It's all my own fault!
GSX-R600 | TT racer Maria Costello wasn't bowled over by the Gixer we asked her to test.
SV650S | PRICE PERFECT
GS750 | SUZUKI GS750 - Steve Bergman gets sensible with a 750
GSX-R750 | SHARP SUZOOK - HelterSkelter meets Suzuki's Tricky Gixer...
VX800 | 50,000 MILES OF HOT VX - Steve Bergman's Slogging Suzi

GS850 | SUZUKI GS 850 - Mark Ogden's 850 is All He Needs...
Suzuki SV1000S | Written off! I'll take another..
Suzuki SV650 | Happiness is a small V
Alternative Medicine | Looking for a big capacity all-rounder..?
Bandit 1200 | SUZUKI 1200 BANDIT - A Good Buy, Says HelterSkelter...
Bandit 1200N | What do you want for your money...
Bandit GSF1200 | Freedom brought with a Bandit

TRIUMPH Reviews:
Blazer | BRIT HACK - Vietnam Zworkin blazed a trail...
TT600 | TT: TOTAL TROUBLE? - HelterSkelter Reviews Triumph's Tempestuous TT600
Thunderbird Sport | Triumphs' Bruising Symphony - Brian O'Sullivan has found true happiness

URAL Reviews:
Outfit 650cc | URAL OUTFIT - Rick Crompton Opts For Stout Solidity

YAMAHA Reviews:
XS250 | AWFUL EXCESS - Dave Blendell Suffers ORDEAL BY YAMAHA
XT600E | WILD TIMES - Robert Kay Took An XT600 To Zimbabwe
FZR600 | COURIER 600 - Adrian Riley despatches his Yam...
FZR1000 | FZR IS ACE? - Big Yammie Bruisers Took HelterSkelter For a Ride...
XJR 1200 | ULTIMATE UJM - HelterSkelter Takes On the XJR...
XJR 1300 | He loved it so much it came to the wedding!
XJR1300 | Muscles on the cheap!
Yamaha BT1100 | PEDIGREE CHUM - On-line Comparison to the MOTO GUZZI V11 (UBG APRIL'04)
Yamaha Road Warrior | USA 1700cc Tourer review as part of our top Jap customs
Yamaha V-MAX | Living life to the max!
NOTES:
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