2002 Motorcycles
Motorcyclist’s First Rides section showcases our staff riding 2002 motorcycles and street bikes from Suzuki, Yamaha, Kawasaki, Honda, Triumph, BMW, MV Agusta, Moto Guzzi, Harley Davidson, Ducati, Aprilia and more in order to give you their professional
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Motorcyclist’s First Rides section showcases our staff riding 2002 motorcycles and street bikes from Suzuki, Yamaha, Kawasaki, Honda, Triumph, BMW, MV Agusta, Moto Guzzi, Harley Davidson, Ducati, Aprilia and more in order to give you their professional impressions. Find 2002 motorcycle reviews and sport bike tests including comparisons and much more.
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Ducati Multistrada 620
Ducati's Multistrada 620 was designed to be light, agile and easy to ride, the press kit said. Just as well. The hail of a few minutes ago... more |
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First Ride: 2002 Yamaha YZF-R1
When Yamaha's "new" YZF-R1 was unveiled at last year's Milan show, everyone wondered how Yoshikazu Koike and his design team-still under... more |
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First Ride: Yamaha FZ1
In yet another display of magnanimity and the necessity to be a player in the growing naked street-stomper market, Yamaha flew the world... more |
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Ducati 999 World Premiere
I remember getting a little sideways right before the Tramonto left-hander turned into a bad dream. Thankfully, that's all it was.... more |
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Smart Money: 2002 - 2003 Honda CBR954RR
An exquisite balance of power and weight that's astonishingly accurate in the steering department, Honda's CBR954RR remains one of the most underrated sportbikes of the last decade....
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Up to Speed: BMW's 2002 R1150R
Nudity is perfectly natural when you've been running around in boxers for 78 years. Still, the 2002 BMW R1150 Roadster shows little evidence of its austere ancestry. Only the headlight and...
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2002 Triumph TT600 Motorcycle Test
The only non-Japanese entrant in the world 600-class sportbike sales derby would've had the most inauspicious start of any bike in memory were it not for the amazingly awful V-Due, which bankrupted...
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2002 Honda Interceptor
Way back in 1998, we initiated a shitestorm of biblical proportions by decreeing the Honda Interceptor as the Motorcycle of the Year. Why the fuss? Because that year the Yamaha YZF-R1 debuted, also....
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2002 Kawasaki ZZR1200 Motorcycle Test
To be honest, we weren't expecting a lot of excitement from the new ZZ-R1200.For some reason, Kawasaki's people seemed to speak in hushed tones whenever its new Euro-tourer came up. They tended to...
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2002 Yamaha FJR1300
Uncle Jack would proclaim through a haze of cigar smoke, "There's nothing you get by pissin' and moanin'. Shut your trap about it, already." It didn't matter what "it" was, because the great man felt...
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Riding on the Wind
It was by pure luck that my new neighbor Drew happened to be an avid motorcyclist ......
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2008 ninja 250
My son has had a 2002 model for the past 2 years as his first road bike. It's a great learner bike because as your skills increase you can get higher into the RPMs. I think this new improvements...
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Mixing Tires
I have always been told to not mix bias and radial tires on the same bike, Why Not? No one has ever given me a good answer.
This is what I am thinking, and please tell me if I'm off base on this.
I...
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Roland Brown: Schools In Session
The stock 919 was designed to be a modern UJM, no more, no less.
Comfortable enough to tour the county on, easily modified, simple to maintain, reliable as reliable can be.
The machine was exactly...
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My First Bike
Deekan...
Three bikes top my list for newer and larger riders...In order:
1. Buell X-1 or Cyclone, 99-2002
2. Kawasaki ZRX 1200, 2000-2005
3. Suzuki Bandit 1200, 2000-2005
Reasons: these three...
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WSB/ WSS Qatar test
Circuit Length: 5.380km Temp: 24°C
Weather: Dry, sunny
Noriyuki Haga and Troy Corser (both Yamaha Motor Italia WSB Team) made their final pre-race preparations for the 2008 World Superbike season...
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New Era Dawns for Yamaha World Supersport Team
The 2008 World Supersport Championship season will witness a rejuvenated official Yamaha presence through all 14 rounds of the series, with long time Yamaha servant Broc Parkes now joined by 2002...
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New Era Dawns for Yamaha World Supersport Team
The 2008 World Supersport Championship season will witness a rejuvenated official Yamaha presence through all 14 rounds of the series, with long time Yamaha servant Broc Parkes now joined by 2002...
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Kawasaki Announces Monster Partnership
The Kawasaki Racing Team is excited to announce that it will be joining forces with the meanest energy drink on the planet, Monster Energy, for its assault on the 2008 and 2009 MotoGP World...
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