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Used Bike Guide's readers reviews
Kawasaki ZZR 600 - Air today gone tomorrow a ZZR dilemma
We all like to do a bit of home maintenance on our bikes but for ZZR600 riding UBG reader, Alan Milne it proved frustrating and costly...
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.
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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
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BSA Reviews:
BSA - B40 | BRIT BANGER! - Phil
Clarke Does Trails & Trials On A Beezer B40
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BUELL Reviews:
BUELL Cyclone | CYCLONE
WARNING Andrew S Parker Had A Buell That Blew...
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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!
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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'
FLSTF Fat Boy | LIP UP FATTY -
The harley-davidson FLSTF Softail Fat Boy
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
VFR 800 FiW | Keeping on top of the VFR
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...
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Fireblade | BLADES
RULE OK! - Still razor sharp, Hondas FireBlade promises those
who dare a riding experience they will never forget.
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Firestorm |COSY GLOW - HelterSkelter
Lights Up Honda's Firestorm...
CBR1000F | Fancy
a 160mph superbike that wont bust the bank?
VFR | VFR MEANDERINGS
Honda Deauville | The forum members have their say
HONDA CBF1000 | A bike you ‘Can’t Bloody Fault’! * New *
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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 Cains 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...)...
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ZZ-R1100 |
Awsome! - Kawasakis
new 170mph ZZ-R1100 was the fastest road bike on the planet..
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ZZR 600 | Air today gone tomorrow a ZZR dilemma
KTM Reviews:
KTM950 Adventure | WeirdbutWonderful
- Brian Bradwell ranks the KTM 950 Adventure King of the hill.
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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
MOTO-MORINI
9(half) V-Twin
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MZ Reviews:
ETZ 251 | Shed your prejudice
- Ruth Sparkes finds happiness with a humble MZ
ROYAL ENFIELD Reviews:
Royal Enfield 500cc Bullet | Single Bullet
SUZUKI Reviews:
RGV250 | The v-twin is just
a scream!
DR350 | DRastic Action -
Andy Wegg's Slick Suzuki...
DR-Z400SM | S&M fun from Suzuki - No pain, no gain!
GS500E | Old Faithful - Suzuki GS500's been around a long time!
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
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TRIUMPH Reviews:
SPEED TRIPLE 1050 | Snick the slick box into first, lower your dark visor and let the clutch out...
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
Tiger 1050 | The Tiger laps up your favourite biking roads like the cat that got the cream
URAL Reviews:
Outfit 650cc | URAL OUTFIT
- Rick Crompton Opts For Stout Solidity
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YAMAHA Reviews:
TDM850 | A bike doesn’t always have to cost a fortune to be the perfect machine...
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
Yamaha R1 | Living it up in Lincs
Yamaha Road Warrior | USA 1700cc Tourer review as part of our top Jap customs
Yamaha V-MAX | Living life to the max!
Yamaha XV535 VIRAGO
NOTES:
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