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Courier Advice: City bike test
By Jon Urry on 22/02/2008 12:54:01
Despatch riding: the ultimate test of man and machinery. Armed with four city bikes, can the staff survive London's urban jungle and earn an honest wage?
, and decent brakes are a necessity for avoiding pedestrians and U-turning cabbies.So what better test of four very different city-focused bikes than to become couriers for the day? Could Honda's classic city tool, the CBF500, prove that size doesn't matter
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Six month delay for new bike test
By Visordown News on 05/09/2008 10:30:15
New bike test debacle prompts emergency meeting with industry leaders and transport secretary
REPRESENTATIVES FROM the motorcycle industry met Transport Minister Jim Fitzpatrick today, for an emergency meeting to prompt a six month delay to the introduction of the new-style motorcycle test, scheduled for the end of this month.The Motor Cycle
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New bike test introduction delayed by six months
By Visordown News on 11/09/2008 17:07:18
News style bike test fiasco grinds to a halt as DSA announce March 2009 launch date
AFTER VISORDOWN exclusively broke the news last month about the bike test crisis meeting between industry leaders and MPs, the Driving Standards Agency (DSA) has announced a delay of six months to the introduction of the new practical motorcycle
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Road Test: King Of Bikes
By Two Team on 27/04/2008 22:49:51
Eight bikes, each a winner in its class, slug it out in the ultimate test. One will be crowned king, but which one?
calculator working out which would cost the most to own. With points awarded for each discipline, the coronation ceremony would be for the bike that scored the highest.This is possibly the biggest road test TWO has ever done. The winner surprised some
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Industry calls for fresh look at bike test debacle
By Visordown News on 24/06/2009 09:46:26
Motorcycle industry urges Secretary of State for Transport to intervene in new bike test fiasco
THE MOTORCYCLE Industry Association (MCI) has asked the newly-appointed Secretary of State for Transport, Lord Adonis, to take a fresh look at the fiasco surrounding the new two-part motorcycle test. The MCI has asked Adonis to look
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Prime Minister pledges investigation into bike test debacle
By Visordown News on 24/02/2010 22:41:02
Gordon Brown says he'll take action over 62 per cent drop in bike test candidates
motorcycling industry in this country and it is important that the questions she (Mrs Main) has about the specifics of these tests be answered."Many riders said the new-style bike test was a going to be a cock up and they've been proved right.Wonder what
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2011 Triumph Speed Triple - Long term test bike
By Andy Stevens on 21/02/2011 10:57:22
First impressions on this years test bike
The 2011 Speed Triple is Triumph's latest overhaul of this iconic bike. It has a new frame, new suspension, new swingarm, wheels, bodywork, tank, new clocks, new headlights, in fact pretty much everything is new, everything except the engine that is
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Tom Sykes passes Direct Access bike test
By Visordown News on 07/10/2008 08:29:36
Rizla Suzuki ace now road-legal on two wheels
RIZLA SUZUKI British Superbike rider, Tom Sykes, has successfully completed his Direct Access motorcycle test. Sykes took the trip down to Crescent's base in Verwood, Dorset, hooking up with affiliated trainer Maverick Training at Blamford Camp
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Enjoy some carbon fibre MotoGP test bikes
By Robin Goodwin on 02/02/2012 12:40:39
Stealth black MotoGP prototypes
.Here are a selection of some of the bikes from the last three days of MotoGP testing at Sepang...
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Bike schools feel pinch over test centre mayhem
By Visordown News on 15/08/2008 09:20:33
Business owners out of pocket over new test law facade
MOTORCYCLE SCHOOLS around the UK are feeling the direct effect of the government's new test implementation, which is due to go into operation this October.The owners of two companies, Two Wheelers at Elgin, and Fast Track at Buckie, are already
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