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2008 Yamaha YZF-R1 Comparison
…the title.The faster tracks like Buttonwillow and Willow Springs play right to the R1's strengths, requiring much less effort to ride fast than at the shorter 1.5-mile Pahrump course. It is the gap between first and second gear, that most of the time is only an issue on the street, which kills the R1's…
2009 Streetfighter Comparo III
…shredding the asphalt on the ?fighters to see who?s best. First up was one of our favorite Southern California motorsports compounds, Willow Springs Raceway. We spun countless laps around the 1-mile, 11-turn Horsethief Mile circuit. Its layout simulates your dreamiest canyon roads, offering a variety of corners…
2009 Aprilia RS125 First Ride
…engine springs to life and finally rewards its riders with some decent acceleration. Remember to shift though, because if you keep the throttle pinned for just a few seconds longer, the fun is over just as quick as it started.Out on Willows Springs International Raceway?s 1.8-mile Streets of Willow course…
2004 Honda CBR1000RR Comparison
…you got to the lap times and quarter-mile results. Well, your read won't be much longer but your wait is. For the first time, we decided to split a sportbike comparison test in two. We hear you guys out there who say they don't care if one bike is 0.3-second quicker around Willow Springs that has little…
2007 Supersport Shootout V
…of saying we won't create a separate track test this year. Our rain-hampered track session simply didn't allow us enough time to gather all the required info, notes and lap times to make a track test fully credible. We'll still use the impressions we got from romping around the Streets course, but this…
2007 KTM 690 Supermoto First Ride
…street performance in mind. When the invitation to toss the latest KTM supermoto machines around the mean Streets of Willow popped into my in-box, I knew I was in for a peg-dragging good time. In fact, the very first supermoto experience of my career took place in Las Vegas at the KTM 450/525 SMR press intro…
2006 Yamaha R6 First Ride
Willow Springs?circuit in California was the location for our correspondent's exhilarating test of the latest incarnation of the Yamaha R6.The desert around the Losail MotoGP racetrack in Qatar is flat and featureless, and by 10 a.m. covered with a heat haze from the burning sun that hangs in the cloudless…
2008 Superbike Smackdown V
…with a day at Willow Springs and another at Pahrump, Nevada on both Spring Mountain Motorsports Park's 1.5- and 2.2-mile tracks. We also took this year's quintet out for a street ride or two just to push our luck even further. The core testing facility for Superbike Smackdown V was Spring Mountain Motorsports…
Biker Build-Off Behind the Scenes
…then switched bikes and took another lap. I was convinced that Sands was going to crash. Racers that win championships do not know how to hold back, and sticking a guy like Roland on something with well over 100 hp and no rear suspension at a track like Willow Springs. well, you might as well fill out the…
2008 RSD 450 SuperSingles First Ride
…learn more.With the hype surrounding these machines at an all-time high, we contacted the wrecking crew over at RSD and hauled the three of the four 450 SuperSingles out to the tight and hilly, Horsethief Mile road course at Willow Springs International Raceway for us to get our own read on these potential…
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