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2009 BMW G450X first ride review
By John Cantlie on 27/04/2010 16:18:33
They’ve flirted with it for years, but now BMW finally get stuck into the business of serious off-roading with their new enduro tool
Click to read: BMW G450X owners reviews, BMW G450X specs and to see the BMW G450X image gallery.Just a few years ago the very idea of serious enduro riding on something with BMW on the tank would have been preposterous. Huge trans-globe adventure
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Talk your way out of a Nicking
By John Cantlie on 22/04/2010 10:43:50
Be dignified, be calm, be honest and be free
all knowledge of everything the cop will just say, “Oh, okay, my mistake. Off you go.” It doesn’t work like that. Be honest. Say, “Because I was speeding”. When he asks you what speed you were doing, round it down 5mph but don’t be daft – he already
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First Ride: Honda XL700 Transalp
By John Cantlie on 10/04/2008 22:59:27
Older than the hills themselves, Honda’s original Adventure bike just got itself a total makeover for 2008. And a whole new lease of life...
in this category) you get a bike with 80% of its performance. The Transalp will never set your pants on fire with lust or envy, but this latest version will thud dependably over the horizon for at least another 10 years.SPECS:Price: £5,399Engine: 680cc, liquid
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Africa Rally - Adventuring with the Princes
By John Cantlie on 14/04/2010 14:21:08
South Africa opens its arms to the heat and dust of Enduro Africa, the rally that promises to thrill and thrash its participants in equal measure. And this year, Princes William and Harry came along for the ride
All told, it was a vintage year for the African rally. A massively revised off-road route heading southwards from Durban to Port Elizabeth down the eastern cape of South Africa, hugely technical and challenging riding, £300,000 raised
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First Ride - BMW G450X
By John Cantlie on 07/09/2009 14:54:23
They’ve flirted with it for years, but now BMW finally get stuck into the business of serious off-roading with their new enduro tool
Click to read: BMW G450X owners reviews, BMW G450X specs and to see the BMW G450X image gallery.Just a few years ago the very idea of serious enduro riding on something with BMW on the tank would have been preposterous. Huge trans-globe adventure
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Secret Policeman's Ball
By John Cantlie on 19/12/2008 13:55:04
Every year in May, 120 policemen from all round Europe gather in Belgium for a race that no journalist has attended in 35 years. It’s thrilling and it’s fast, and this year were invited along for the ride...
(“British coppers go mad in Europe”, that kind of thing) and watched a video of last year’s event. It looked fast and right up my street. Doing 100mph down small country roads strewn with gravel and lined with large oak trees racing against the clock
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Heavy Metal
By John Cantlie on 28/03/2008 14:33:20
BMW K1200R, Harley-Davidson FLSTCI Heritage Softail, Triumph Rocket III - Three massive motorbikes that can go toe-to-toe with a tank
Panzers that rolled up to the Channel. The Americans were so busy trying to hide under the table and not get involved that they didn't have anything useful at the time, so Germany and their fleet-footed tanks were sitting pretty.Fast forward 67 years
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Jack's Pack: Riding the Ducati dream garage
By John Cantlie on 23/09/2010 16:52:12
We head to West Sussex to test Jack Gratton's collection of Ducati's. How did we get on?
the devil am I going to get home now?” He’s a huge man, both in stature and character, with the attention span of an 8 year-old who cannot tolerate anything remotely boring and laughs long and hard. Think Rubeus Hagrid in beaten-up leathers losing the front
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Pikes Peak Blog
By John Cantlie on 17/07/2009 16:27:44
Early starts and first runs
of 6min dead. The fastest guy up the hill (on an Aprilia 550 – are you seeing a pattern here?) is Dave Durrell. He’s raced at Pikes for the last 15 years, won it the last 12, and posted a first-sector time of 5min 19s, so I’m happy enough. Landers came
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Riding Enduro Africa
By John Cantlie on 29/11/2005 16:09:55
2500 kilometres, 10days, 5blokes, 5bikes, 1 ginormous continent...and a broken foot
. It's his passion for Africa that means next year's rally is taking place at all.The route is an almighty loop taking in most of South Africa's Eastern Cape. From Port Elizabeth in the south-east, you'll head north-west through brutal mountain passes
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