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Five £3000 late '90s icons
By Ben Cope on 31/01/2012 16:31:35
Want to treat yourself to a slice of 90s cool?
that newer doesn't always mean better..I've hunted high and low to find a good example of each of the bikes on our list, with mileage as close to 20,000 as we could find. Step right this way to see our list of late '90s icons..
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I Love The 90s
By Stuart Barker on 04/11/2010 09:39:01
Choose a FireBlade. Choose a Ducati 916. Choose born-again bikers, track days, Mick Doohan and Carl Fogarty. Choose the 1990s.
and spoil the party.And so it came to pass that GATSO cameras, the scourge of the 90s, would watch our every gear change and twist of the throttle, thieving scum would become increasingly keen to deprive us of our beloveds and fat cat insurers decided we
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Top 10 sports bikes from the '90s
By Visordown on 17/08/2010 10:06:18
Nostalgia hits and future classics. They may be getting on a bit but they’re still capable...
10. Suzuki GSX-R75010. Suzuki GSX-R750 SRADEngine 749cc, liquid cooled, Power Torque Weight 179kg Top speedOn the scene for four years at the end of the ‘90s the Suzuki GSX-R750 was a reinvention of the manufacturer’s entry in the sportsbike
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Jo Guest, Aprilia RS250: Two 90s icons
By Ben Cope on 25/11/2011 11:39:13
Two desirable objects from what seems like a lifetime ago..
Having grown up in the 90s, I suppose I'm one of the lad's mag generation and here are two icons from the same era: Jo Guest and Aprilia's RS250. If you count the Microns, then that's three ...sob!I wonder whatever happened to Jo Guest (and Micron
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'Ferrari' motorcycle sold. At last.
By Visordown News on 01/05/2012 10:06:56
'90s one-off sells to private individual
A MOTORCYCLE produced as a tribute to Enzo Ferrari has sold at auction for £85,000.The 'Ferrari' motorcycle previously failed to sell at auction in 2008 with a reserve of £180,000. It had since been listed on eBay for £250,000.The 'Ferrari' motorcycle was designed and built by Da...
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Ex-Rutter Ducati 888 on eBay
By Visordown News on 09/06/2010 10:34:35
Trounce the modern stuff at your local trackday on an iconic 90s racer
WANT TO stand out from the crowd on a piece of 90s retro trackday cool?An ex-Michael Rutter 1992 Ducati 888 SPS is up for grabs in eBay, ridden by the man himself in the 1992 season.Imported by Hoss Elm (now there's a name I've not seen for a while
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Motorcycle Radar: 1991
By Roland Brown on 25/11/2010 14:48:24
Hang on, new Triumphs, forkless Bimotas? It had to be the 90s
1991The Nineties picked up speed with promising developments in two very different areas: reborn Triumph’s bikes reached UK showrooms; and Bimota’s forkless Tesi heralded a new direction for bike design. Which would be a hit, and which a flop? Meanwhile, most bikers carried on bu...
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To The Crusher - Yamaha GTS1000A
By on 13/08/2008 12:17:55
The GTS1000A was supposed to be an early '90s sports-touring flagship for Yamaha.
The GTS1000A was supposed to be an early '90s sports-touring flagship for Yamaha, but it turned into an embarrassing farce.Ironically, the best part of a decade later we see the goodly FJR1300 doing a much better job for half the price and with half
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Zero-mile Honda NR750 for sale
By Visordown News on 23/05/2012 12:57:11
Honda's early 90s complicated masterpiece. Yours, if you're loaded
A ZERO mile Honda NR750 has come up for sale.Honda's oddball oval-pistoned RC40 was only produced in limited numbers, 300 to be precise. Only eight were officially imported to the UK and in 1992 they had a retail price of £38,000 which is £64,000 in today's money.The NR featured ...
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Niall's Spin: Suzuki GSF600S Bandit (2000-01)
By Niall Mackenzie on 11/10/2010 10:53:47
Niall spins his reviewing yarn on the bike that launched the budget middleweight craze way back in the mid 90s
budget middleweight craze back in the mid '90s.Models of this age will feel slightly dated now given that motive power comes from a decidedly aged 600cc air/oil-cooled lump that first saw service in the GSX600F 'Teapot'.Still, it's a smooth, gutsy engine
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