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First Ride: Buell Ulysses XB12T
By Jon Urry on 22/09/2010 12:24:11
Spawned from the much-maligned Ulysses comes the latest entry to the adventure tourer world, Buell’s Ulysses XB12XT
Click to read: Buell Ulysses XB12T owners reviews, Buell Ulysses XB12T specs and to see the Buell Ulysses XB12T image gallery.Spawned from the much-maligned Ulysses comes the latest entry to the adventure tourer world, Buell’s Ulysses XB12XT.Despite a bit of a panning from the pr...
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Rocket Men - The Racing Haslam Family
By Bertie Simmonds on 26/06/2002 15:50:55
The story behind the racing Haslam family
Here's a favourite Haslam anecdote. First race of the season in March 1999 at Brands Hatch and in the 125 race are two Haslams, Ron and his son Leon. Towards the end of the race, Leon is lying in third place with Ron just in the points in the top 15.Suddenly, Leon crashes at Grah...
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Bad Boy No 8: Kim Ashkenazi
By Stuart Barker on 07/12/2010 15:31:13
Possession of Class A, B, and C drugs with intent to supply and child pornography charges halted the talented Ashkenazi's career
Kim Ashkenazi is a supremely talented rider both on dirt and tarmac. A seven-times Australian motocross champion, he also won the British Supercross 125cc championship in 2001 and finished second to the legendary Jeremy McGrath in the first round of the British Super X championsh...
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Bluffer's Guide to Supermoto
By Visordown on 20/09/2010 16:37:57
A 5 minute guide to the crazy world of Supermoto
HistorySupermoto first saw light of day in the late 1970s in the USA, mainly as a ‘bit of fun’ for road-racers in the US who wanted to hone both their Tarmac and off-road riding skills. UK racing journalist and promoter Gavin Trippe put together an event that would prove who was ...
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Niall's Spin: 2003 Kawasaki ER-5
By Niall Mackenzie on 21/09/2010 11:38:56
The commuter and courier favourite. But how does it stack up as a first big bike?
Click to read: Kawasaki ER-5 owners reviews, Kawasaki ER-5 specs and to see the Kawasaki ER-5 image gallery.BIG ENOUGH TO be a proper bike but easy enough for a learner to feel confident on and cheap to buy and run too. That's Kawasaki's bike school-favourite, the plucky ER-5.Oft...
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First Ride: 2008 Harley-Davidson XR1200
By Grant Leonard on 24/09/2010 13:49:31
With the launch of the XR1200, Harley-Davidson has achieved several firsts.
Click to read: Harley-Davidson XR1200 owners reviews, Harley-Davidson XR1200 specs and to see the Harley-Davidson XR1200 image gallery.One is to build a bike exclusively for the European market. The XR1200 is a design initiative of Harley-Davidson Europe, borne almost of a frustr...
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Icon: Che Guevara
By Bertie Simmonds on 22/10/2010 16:52:09
A political icon from the Swinging 60s and owner of the second most famous beret in the world (after Frank Spencer's) it's little known that Che was a very keen motorcyclist and biking author. Good on him...
For one very short spell in history during the 1960s, that gay dandy of head-dress - the beret - was actually cool.Before then it had been the national headgear of the French (bad) and after in the 1970s it was to be mocked by the likes of Frank Spencer, but you would not have sc...
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What the hell is Hero?
By Visordown News on 09/03/2012 14:39:54
It wants to buy Ducati, but where has Hero come from?
UNLESS you've spent time in India, as a motorcycle brand Hero probably doesn't mean much to you. But now it wants to buy Ducati and everyone's ears have pricked up. Is this a safe set of hands? Does it really have the money? What, in short, is Hero all about?Until a year or so ag...
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Living with a 2001 KTM Duke II
By Niall Mackenzie on 26/05/2002 14:02:00
Our Spuds lives life with KTM's crazy supermoto
September 2001"Do you want a long-termer, Niall?" asked editor-bloke Alex, the only man to have got his knee down in the Valencia pit lane (he was falling off at the time). Well, when I found out this meant a free bike for me, and not as I had first assumed a lengthy stretch in B...
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Carl 'Foggy' Fogarty columns from TWO magazine
By Carl Fogarty on 27/10/2002 11:48:28
Carl Fogarty has done more than enough to deserve this space to talk about anything that takes his fancy: racing, superbikes, Grand Prix, family, friends, fun and hanging out with pop stars in London nightclubs...
August 2001I wasn't surprised to see the results from the Donington WSB races, with most of the five riders I said would do well doing well.Chili, Corser, Hodgson, Edwards, and Bayliss, although Bayliss had a bit of nightmare with his tyres. It seems to be the way things are goin...
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