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Best Biking Summer Holiday... America
By John Cantlie on 21/10/2010 11:40:15
Best-ever biking summer holiday across America so you can get some ideas for your own. You don’t have to spend thousands of pounds or be away from work for long
AMERICAName: John CantlieBike: Honda GoldwingMiles covered: 14,955Total cost: £2,400Pros: Sense of total freedomCons: CostAt precisely 3.33am just 20 miles out of Jacksonville, I sat bolt upright, slammed on the brakes at 80mph and swerved to avoid
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Bonhams Biggest Bike Auction
By John Cantlie on 05/07/2008 17:13:14
On June 30th, the single biggest private collection of motorcycles ever sold in one go went under the hammer. Went with Whitham to pick up a biking bargain, but instead we found ourselves hopelessly out of our depth…
.I’d come suitably equipped to the auction, of course. To my right sat James Whitham, erstwhile racer and second-hand bike nut. James is a proper punter in the old-fashioned sense of the word, he loves nothing more than to buy bikes, fix bikes, turn them
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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
mudguard is folded round the seat, the exhaust is bent skyward and my fender bag is spewed over the road. At which point the CRF topples onto my boot, smashing two toes. I pick the bike up and perform a wailing, John Cleese-esque dance of self
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Running for the Hills of Scotland
By John Cantlie on 05/10/2003 10:07:39
From the twisting, forested passes of Loch Tay to the winding mountain roads near Cape Wrath, grippy tarmac and stunning views await riders brave enough to make the trip up to Scotland
had a big love affair with Scotland since I was a kid so I signed up on the dotted line straight away. All I had to do was supply the bike, and a call through to Honda fixed me up with the only hot new bike of 2003 I really wanted to ride - the CBR600
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Indian Takeaway - Enduro India
By John Cantlie on 29/06/2005 12:46:44
If you need a break from the drudgery of working life, if you want to ride a bike in a place where traffic laws are non-existent and you can do pretty much whatever you want, well, you need to go to India
is very simple: a 150- kilometre, seven-day lap around around Southern India on 350cc Royal Enfield bikes. In practice, however, this requires an organisational feat on a par with the 1969 moon landing and incredible commitment by both the team and paying
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Scar Tissue: Crusty Demons of Dirt
By John Cantlie on 01/12/2010 14:47:03
15 years ago when VHS ruled the world, a team of renegade dirt racers were inventing impossible new tricks that changed biking forever. They rode hard, crashed like hell and got it all down on film. They were the Crusty Demons of Dirt…
The rider’s name was Seth Enslow and in that single moment he became the coolest rider in the world.Rumours had been going around for months about this insane new bike video out of the States, and I’d finally got my hands on a bootleg copy. I simply
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How to race motocross
By John Cantlie on 19/02/2009 12:13:13
It’s the cheapest and most exciting form of two-wheeled motorsport with a growing ‘veterans’ crowd of over 35 year-olds racing. Fancy something new? Here’s how to get started.
can get a competitive bike for £1,500, and if you search on the internet you can get all your riding kit for less than £200. The racing is entirely manageable and not as intimidating as many first-timers imagine it will be. All you’ve got to do
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The Ramp
By John Cantlie on 22/10/2010 16:19:05
Surely there's never been a more insane idea than freestyle motocross
my doing. Alex and myself have done any number of off-road features in the past for various bike mags - it's something we've both always loved - but this is different. Freestyle motocross. Nac-nacs. Heel Clickers. Candy Bars. Confused? Don't be - all
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AM to PM: Spending the longest day in Iceland
By John Cantlie on 26/07/2010 11:07:06
Summer Solstice in June means loads of warm weather and daylight to go riding in. But what happens when you go to a place where the sun never sets? 24hrs of non-stop riding in Iceland
by Njall Gunnlaugsson and Eythor Orlygsson from Biking Viking (pronounced Wyking), one of Iceland’s leading bike adventure outfits. “Good timing,” says Njall, shaking my hand enthusiastically. “We had a good earthquake just yesterday – 4.6 on the Richter
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Yanks
By John Cantlie on 26/11/2010 14:53:27
There are some 12,000 American military personnel stationed in the UK. Every year, they remember their fallen comrades by taking to the streets on their Hogs. This year, we tagged along for the ride
’ve had a few fatalities here on the bases, unfortunately. The last one was 2008, a guy had just had his bike delivered from the States but he hadn’t done the mandatory familiarity course. It’s compulsory, an official order, and you’re not supposed to ride
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