SuperBike Magazine June 2020
Lockdown has slowed down our ability to test motorcycles for you. However, we have had a recent gap to be able to get leg over a few. Enjoy.
Lockdown has slowed down our ability to test motorcycles for you. However, we have had a recent gap to be able to get leg over a few. Enjoy.
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This bike is perfect for the weekend
warrior that would also like
to do some off-road riding on the
weekend.
The bike looks incredible when
walking around it. The full Akrapovic
system is definitely an eye catcher but
something that caught my eye even
more was the carbon fibre BST wheels
that were specifically made for this
motard.
When jumping on this bike, you can
immediately feel the height difference
compared to one of the ones you’ll see
racing around the short circuits. Once
pressing the happy button the beast
roars, this single cylinder 500cc motorcycle
has never needed any more
grunt and the Akrapovic makes the
bike sound more aggressive compared
to the standard pipe. One thing that
did stand out to me was that there
were no visible changes made to the
braking system. I was a bit sceptical
to begin with, having raced motards I
know what kind of forces go through
the brakes, especially on the front. At
this point I had to remind myself what
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