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Bayliss + Panigale - Traction Control = ?
By Ben Cope on 14/02/2012 08:57:21
Back to the 9 to 5
black lines out of corners and backing it into the next one. Through the longer corners he'd look over his shoulder mid corner to see if I was anywhere close. I wasn't.
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On the subject of safety
By Ben Cope on 27/10/2011 12:14:25
..eye opening video from back in the day
This video is from the Imola GP in 1974. The rider is Mimmo Cazzaniga, crashing at Tosa corner.Even though today's speeds are higher, it makes you realise how much safer circuits are now, than they were then. The good old days. Hay bales? Being rescued by men in pants? I'll stick...
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Retro crashes at The 'Ring
By Ben Cope on 14/06/2010 14:40:19
It was no safer back in the day. Quality cine clip captures some old school crashes at the Nurburgring
over the shop.But best of all, look out for the guy who gets thrown out of his car, brushes himself down and goes to get back in again.Imagine explaining how you soiled the inside and dusted the outside of your trousers to your mates when you get back
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Super white van man
By Ben Cope on 12/04/2011 18:00:40
Ford's one-off transit. Soon to be 6 inches from your back wheel?
Ford have created this one-off Transit dubbed the SuperSportVan. Powered by a 3.2 litre, 5-cylinder turbo diesel engine - which will almost guarantee you'll see it bombing down the outside lane at 110.Bikers beware...
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I wish I was 17 again
By Ben Cope on 16/07/2009 12:37:05
Well, back in my day - which admittedly was only 10 years ago - there's not much I wouldn't have done to get one of these
One of the girls here at work has just passed her CBT and got a Yamaha YZF-R125 to tool around on. I saw it in the car park this morning when I came in and thought it was a new R6 at first glance. It's a beautiful thing, and it's quite funny once you look behind the fairing to se...
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Video: Rule number one of carrying a pillion...
By Ben Cope on 25/02/2010 13:02:03
If you're going to turn up on your Harley making loads of noise and showing off. At least make sure your pillion's on the back, before you ride off..
There's a lot of anger in this video. But it's very funny. Just remember, a successful ride with a pillion always starts with the pillion actually being on the bike as you pull away. This guy failed at the first hurdle...
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Time.com reckon it's a UFO landing pad
By Ben Cope on 28/07/2009 17:05:52
Time magazine have a list of top-10 Google Earth finds and reckon this is a UFO landing pad. I reckon they need to back off the double-espressos
Time magazine is usually the bastion of all things worldy and sensible, but in a recent feature of theirs titled Top 10 Google Earth Finds we just had to pick holes in their over-imaginitive offerings.At number three is this offering above, found on a US-Army base near Thetford F...
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Everyone loves a good stunt...
By Ben Cope on 31/05/2011 16:31:14
...but most of us prefer it when they go wrong
Back to the drawing board....
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Tuk Tuk wants in on the stunting action
By Ben Cope on 02/08/2011 10:31:42
The developing world are coming and they want to be stunt gods
Forward this video to 35 seconds and then press play. Guarantee you chuckle or your money back..
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Can you identify this mystery Honda?
By Ben Cope on 05/09/2011 10:48:54
The prize is unlimited kudos from your peers
Calling all motorcycle geeks. Can you identify this bike?It's from a Honda patent dating back to around 1992 and coinciding with both the original Fireblade design and the RC45 designs being patented. The back end and single-sided swingarm look
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