2002 Motorcycle Road Tests
Motorcyclist’s Road Tests section showcases our staff taking it to the streets to compare and ride the latest 2002 motorcycles and street bikes from Suzuki, Yamaha, Kawasaki, Honda, Triumph, BMW, MV Agusta, Moto Guzzi, Harley Davidson, Ducati, Aprilia
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Motorcyclist’s Road Tests section showcases our staff taking it to the streets to compare and ride the latest 2002 motorcycles and street bikes from Suzuki, Yamaha, Kawasaki, Honda, Triumph, BMW, MV Agusta, Moto Guzzi, Harley Davidson, Ducati, Aprilia and more. Find 2002 motorcycle comparisons and sport bike road tests including comparison test results and much more.
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2002 Kawasaki ZX-9R
While the other Japanese makers are busy tripping all over one another in the rush to produce lighter, more powerful, LED-encrusted... more |
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2002 Kawasaki ZZR1200
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... more |
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Harley Davidson Screamin' Eagle Road King
If bigger really is better, you're looking at the best off-the-rack Harley-Davidson in captivity. Known as the FLHRSEI2 in Milwaukeese, its... more |
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MV Agusta F4 S
The buildup took nearly a decade. Back in the early 1990s, speculation about the rebirth of MV Agusta's legendary 750 fours begot various... more |
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2002 Honda RC51
Whatever the multimillion-dollar factory riders want, it seems they get. And if any of those changes happen to benefit street riders, well... more |
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2002 Kawasaki ZX-12R
The new ZX-12R comes not to praise its predecessor but to bury him. Although they share the same name, the Maximum Ninja you see inhaling... more |
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2002 Yamaha FJR1300 Sport-Touring Motorcycle Test
Uncle Jack would proclaim through a haze of cigar smoke, "There's nothing you get by pissin' and moanin'. Shut your trap about it,... more |
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Buell XB9R Firebolt
We ask that you surrender all biases, predilections, prejudices and predictions at this time. All will be safely returned to you unharmed... 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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