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The best bikes to get your kids riding
By Mark Forsyth on 16/09/2010 10:13:44
Want to get your child riding? These are the top nine mini bikes for kids.
Children are like sponges... We grabbed eight bike crazy kids and tested their hand at motorcycles built for children. From the newbie to the most experienced, will your son or daughter be the next Valentino Rossi?Riding is in the blood, so get
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The World's biggest bike...
By mark forsyth on 18/08/2010 12:12:28
But why?
Some people, clearly, have too much time (and money) on their hands...
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Bike Icon: Ducati 888
By Mark Forsyth on 08/09/2010 15:09:22
The Ducati 888 is the Great Grandaddy of the 1198 and its awesome racing pedigree bred a road legend whose racing history is crucial to its status
own purpose-built crankcases and 100bhp at the back wheel. Despite dubious quality control, public and press alike raved.In 1988, with £250,000 and ten bikes at his disposal Lucchinelli campaigned the 851-badged (but in fact, 888cc) racers in WSB. He
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ABS - Is ABS the future for sports bikes?
By Mark Forsyth on 19/12/2008 14:45:44
In an industry first, Honda have produced a working prototype sportsbike ABS system that they hope will contribute to safer superbikes on the roads of Europe.
Combined braking systems. I’ll ‘fess up straight away: I don’t like them. The lever on the right bar is to apply front brakes, the pedal under your right toes is to apply the back brake- and there it should remain. I’ve been riding bikes since I
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Morocco by bike
By mark forsyth on 04/05/2011 14:35:28
With Mick Extance
If you've never been to Morocco, you have missed out, big time. If you were going to go to Morocco on a bike, we'd suggest going along with a living legend like Mick Extance, a five time finisher of the Dakar rally. Maybe the video will whet your
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This bike's got feet, not wheels
By mark forsyth on 26/11/2010 13:19:00
Only in Japan
The Japanese manufacturers have been trying to build soul into their bikes for years. Looks like they managed it...
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Jet bike mentalist
By mark forsyth on 16/11/2010 11:50:46
Ear defenders a must have
Robert Maddox featured here a while back with his Pulse Jet-powered bicycle. Seems he's gone a step further this time and built a Pulse Jet bike with 250lb of thrust, no rear suspension, no front brake and a claimed 200mph top speed. We approve.
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Burning bike: 2
By mark forsyth on 22/07/2010 13:18:49
Billy Lane's external combustion engine
He doesn't really seem that bothered, does he?
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Steam Punk Bike
By mark forsyth on 19/01/2011 15:11:33
Brass and copper make a welcome return
This steam-punk inspired bike is the work of LA based sculptor and, er, free thinker, Baron Margo.From what we can work out is uses an early eighties air-cooled Z1000 Kawasaki as a base and is cloaked in this hand beaten alloy and copper bodywork
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Electric bike is fun: shocker
By mark forsyth on 26/01/2011 13:43:01
Don't scoff, it's true
for the performance of the 12kw electric motor. And do you know what? It’s fast – like 200cc four-stroke fast. It’s really easy to control as well with peak torque just a flat line from the moment you open the throttle. It took me about twenty seconds to get a feel
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