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2010 Most Important...Ducati
By Visordown on 09/08/2010 14:59:29
Not a sportsbike in sight in the line-up of the most important bikes of 2010 from Ducati
Ducati 796 HypermotardCost £6,995 Engine 803cc V-twin Power 81bhp Wet weight 67kgThe baby Hypermotard not only costs less than its bigger brother, it’s also a damn sight more user-friendly but still lively and fun. Funky looks, a claimed 59mpg
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Kings of Cornering: Part Five
By mark forsyth on 11/08/2011 11:29:26
GSX-R600. Balance of power
It would be downright rude, in a series of features about cornering prowess, to ignore modern supersports 600s. They serve up a delicious balance between tyre grip levels versus power output. Launched in the winter months of last year, Suzuki’s GSX
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To The Crusher - Morbidelli V8
By Who Knows on 03/04/2008 15:51:20
Oh dear. Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.
, it still looked horribly horrible and all the blind staff at Morbidelli bemoaned how surprised and saddened they were that the public laughed at their baby.Then the firm had the cheek to announce the 98 version of the bike would cost £90,000 making
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In search of excitement with a Deauville
By Jon Urry on 26/10/2010 12:31:01
Courting death, danger and drudgery, Urry dons a heart monitor to see if Honda's vapid but virtuous NT700V Deauville can raise a beat
The Honda Deauville. Not a name to instil excitement."What do you ride?""A Deauville, baby. Want to hop on and see the world?""Err, no thanks. I'd rather take the bus."But what is it that gives a bike such a reputation? Why do so many perceive
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Isle of Delight - Riding the Isle of Man
By Stuart Barker on 22/11/2010 15:05:11
If the TT is too OTT for you, Stuart Barker discovers there are 48 weeks every year where things needn't be 'Mad Manx'
have been born and bred to bikes and it shows. I mean; where else would weaning babies be wakened at 5am to the sound of racing two-strokes?Continue for the first two routes page 2/2
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Living with a 2001 Kawasaki ZX-6R
By Gus Scott on 26/04/2002 11:45:59
Gus Scott the man, the legend, a ladies man and a very tight northerner indeed. And he was very fast on a motorcycle
?Mind you, while I was away the other week, trackday novice and TWO ad-bloke Shippey borrowed it for his debut track outing and kindly wrung my baby's neck around Cadwell Park. I was gutted. Felt like someone had had me bird behind me back.Still, he did
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Finding Valentino - 2008 Rally GB
By John Cantlie & Colin Goodwin on 18/10/2010 14:33:43
Amongst the frozen soil of the coldest Welsh Rally in recent memory, Valentino Rossi was pushing his Stobart Ford to the limit as he barged his way up to 12th place. This is our story of two days tracking down the elusive MotoGP superstar…
the sharper side of adventure bikes, unashamedly sharp and powerful.Finally, BMW’s new baby GS, the F800. Conventional suspension, chain drive and weird-looking, but it’s light, punches above its weight and easily capable of living with the bigger bikes. A
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Tyre Launch: Bridgestone BT-012ss
By Warren Pole on 11/07/2002 13:11:14
Review of the Bridgestone BT-012ss tyre from the Almeria circuit
, but not alarmingly and none of the other bikes I rode did, so all in all, that's the steering well sorted on these babies then.As for the other bikes, it was a case of hot laps, lap after lap in total comfort and confidence with happy peg-surfing and flick
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Moped Endurance
By Mark Forsyth on 26/10/2010 13:35:58
Step aside MotoGP, cheap-as-chips supermoto moped endurance racing is about to hit the big time. Mark Forsyth took a real racer and factory mechanic to the job - and still didn't win
're not allowed to use anything that wasn't manufactured for road use. Lovely. Cheap as chips.The event is the rapidly growing baby of the bike nuts at RAF Wittering on the Lincs/Cambs border. And it's a breath of fresh air; this self-insured, self-run, self
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Bad Boy No.2: Billy Lane
By Stuart Barker on 06/12/2010 15:02:15
From building custom bikers to manslaughter, here is a crime and punishment look at Billy Lane
’s not a Motorcycle, Baby, It’s a Chopper, and another on the art of custom building called Billy Lane’s How to Build Old School Choppers, Bobbers And Customs.Lane has a degree in mechanical engineering from Florida International University and holds seven
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