Honda
BY SimonK
BIKES | September 13, 2001
Founded in 1948 by Soichiro Honda, this is the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer. Honda's commitment to providing basic transport for the masses is exemplified by the evergreen Cub and the seminal CG125: a bike which, in primitive cultures such as Papua New Guinea, Borneo and Norfolk is revered as "Pushrod-Him-Belong-Jesus-Christ". At the other end of the scale, Honda redefined the supersports class in the early 90s when Tadao Baba's FireBlade hit the streets. With an initial design brief of "Go raiku shitoffu shovuru", sales success was assured, but tabloid outrage and the threat of legislation followed. By way of making amends, Honda UK set up its Riders Club. Tea parties, whist drives and pottery classes are regular fixtures, and Honda's own private army of janitors ensure that the company's products are enjoyed responsibly. You meet the nicest people on a Honda.
KHH's CX500
BY Mr.Moosehead
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bikes | June 22, 2002
CBR600 F-Y
BY Cane
As the CBR was my "big" bike I'll try not to gush too emotionally about the experience. There's nothing worse than a virgin going on about how great their first shag was when we all know that it was probably crap... >>more
BIKES | September 13, 2001
CBR600 F-Y
BY SimonK
Never underestimate the importance of test rides. I picked out my first bike after DAS, a Yamaha Fazer, on the strength of the magazine write-ups and the cheap comprehensive insurance >>more
BIKES | September 13, 2001
CBR600
BY Mr.Moosehead
The dangerously-loud-multi-coloured-rust-bucket. Or The ARK as it is known due to its numberplate. Or even 'You Bastard' when it breaks down, which thankfully has only really occurred once in the past year... >>more
BIKES | September 13, 2001
Fireblade
BY Sniper
When it came out, it was the bike to beat, for me it still is. I have the 99 CBR900RR-X model, and its one hell of a bike. Compared to a 2001 CBR600, it feels very smooth, and the handling is superb... >>more
BIKES | September 13, 2001
CBR1000 F-L
BY Salad Dodger
Honestly, I thought it was still okay, but then I had a ride on a new Blackbird. And the bells began to toll for the CBR... >>more
BIKES | September 13, 2001
CBR1000 F-L
BY Mat Tab
Progress. Technology. Development. All of these things have viciously ganged up on the poor CBR1000, relegating it to the ranks of the cheap, old, touring also-rans... >>more
BIKES | September 13, 2001
CBR1100XX-X
BY Salad Dodger
Not much to say, yet, except that it's very stable, stops on a sixpence, and goes like polished poo off a chrome shovel, and it's still running in. Gawd knows what it goes like above 6k... >>more
BIKES | September 13, 2001
CD200 Benly
BY darsy
After some initial problems (predictably enough, given the vendor, a dodgy spark plug was involved) the burgundy offense to good taste that is a Honda Benly fired into life with rather a rorty sound for a twenty year old 200cc inline twin... >>more
BIKES | September 13, 2001
Deauville
BY Trevor Warwick
"The motorcycle for people who don't like motorcycles" >>more
BIKES | September 13, 2001
Silver Wing
BY platypus
It was big, it was cheap, it was noisy, it was definitely rufty-tufty... >>more
BIKES | September 13, 2001
Goldwing
BY Salad Dodger
Having rented a couple of these behemoths for weekend trips, I decided that I would quite like to own one. To this end, I scoured MCN classifieds, to find that 3, 4 and even 5 year-old 1500s were going for between 8 and 9 grand... >>more
BIKES | September 13, 2001
VFR800 FIW
BY Paul Corfield
My first bike was a Suzuki Bandit 600S which had been binned and repaired. I'll admit to being very nervous about getting back onto 2 wheels after an early binning experience but my confidence was returning. Having come into some cash I decided to give myself a treat... >>more
BIKES | September 13, 2001
2001 'Blade
BY daz
What can be said about the Fireblade that hasn't been said already? >>more
bikes | November 15, 2001
CBR929RR Fireblade
BY Cane
I've always wanted a FireBlade. Don't ask me why, I just have. There are other bikes. The R1 and the GSXR1000 have long taken the sportsbike crown from the Blade but a FireBlade is what I wanted so that's what I bought... >>more
bikes | November 19, 2001
CBR400RR NC23
BY abso
There is a certain contingent of UK riders who regard 400s as "girls bikes". More fool them is all I can say, they're missing out on some great bikes, perhaps the greatest of which is the CBR400RR... >>more
bikes | November 19, 2001
Honda NX650X Dominator (1999)
BY Mike Ritchie
I bought this bike backwards, so to speak. This is probably an ideal post-DAS bike, and the CBR600FV I bought after my DAS probably wasn't... >>more
BIKES | October 17, 2002
RVF400R
BY antonye
The Honda VF 400 series was born from the racing pedigree of it's older and bigger brothers, the 750 class... >>more
bikes | October 5, 2001
CBR600
BY Ben Blaney
This won’t be what you might expect from the owner of a CBR600. The thing is that I really can’t see why anyone would ever buy one. >>more
BIKES | September 18, 2001
CX500
BY Will Grainger
If you've ridden in London, you've probably been overtaken by a nutter dispatcher on a CX... >>more
BIKES | September 25, 2001
CB500
BY Guy Harper
You're likely to do your DAS on a CB500. You're equally likely to look for a funky bike when you pass. You're even more likely to recoil in horror when you try to get insurance... >>more
BIKES | September 24, 2001
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