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The Time Tunnel - Motorcycle Speed Record
By Jon Urry on 14/10/2010 14:57:49
The fastest bike in the world: 322.149mph, two Harley engines, 10,000 fans and one very brave man
Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah USA, Sunday 1 July, 1990. The largest crowd ever seen on the Flats has gathered to witness a motorcycle land speed record. The bike was owned by American bike mag Easyriders, sponsored by 10,000 of its readers who each paid $25 to have their name on th...
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The Blood Runners - Emergency Riders
By Jon Urry on 04/10/2011 11:33:33
We spend a night shadowing SERV riders who give up free time to transport emergency blood between hospitals to give those in need a fighting chance
a biker was knocked off and rushed to hospital. His mates, who were out riding with him, followed the ambulance to the hospital only to be told by the staff that they were out of his specific type of blood. A biker volunteered to ride to a nearby
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Under a Tuscan Sky
By Jon Urry on 25/10/2010 10:40:06
Exploring the best parts of Italy on a rabid KTM Super Duke over a long weekend is concentrated adventure riding that anyone can do. All you need is a Visa card and a backpack
get two more names synominous with their locations? She then added “if you go north be careful of the other bikers. They have not ridden all winter so might be a bit, how you say? Dangerous?”Heading out of Florence I got instantly lost. The city is a
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Inner City GP: Southampton
By Jon Urry on 02/12/2010 13:43:05
You don't have to ride miles to practice your roadcraft
15secs.Local legends have been born at this road track, and legend has it that bikers have been coming here since the 1970s to practice their roadcraft. One local lad managed to highside his way down a 20-foot drop off, so tyre-warmers might be a
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Dream Factories - Tours of Aprilia and Ducati
By Jon Urry on 14/03/2008 10:12:10
Back in 2005, Niall and Jon explored inside Aprilia and Ducati's factories before taking the RSV-R and 999 on a trip along the legendary Futa Pass.
simply, a must for any Ducati fan, or 'Ducatisti' as they like to be called.Aprilia, on the other hand, is relatively new in most bikers' minds. Despite actually starting bike production back in 1968, it wasn't really until the RS250 was launched
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Second Hand
By Jon Urry on 12/10/2007 12:49:25
With a £5000 budget we delve into the second-hand market to test four of the best used bargains around, the 2001 Aprilia Mille, 2000 Duacti 748, 2001 Honda Fireblade and 2001 Suzuki GSX-R750
I would be wary of the clutch.**Daryll is joking. In reality he loves lady bikers and thinks they're great. They're all better riders than him, tooSECOND-HAND OPINION - MACKENZIE & WHITHAM CHEW THE FATNM The thing that struck me about the RSV
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Three And A Half Grand Secondhand Steel
By Jon Urry on 14/10/2007 15:22:12
With the unlikely premise of £3500 fast burning holes in their pockets, four TWO teamsters are buying second-hand steel. It's head v hearts all the way
even he'd sweat the transaction. Urry would have to hock one of his LCs and then finance the rest. But for Hogan and JB, now sprogged-up, this is a fantasy exercise. To do this for real they'd need to get a real job with real money - and it'd still
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American Muscle - Yamaha V-Max
By Jon Urry on 09/09/2009 17:39:26
In 1985 Yamaha launched an unashamed brute of a bike. Born on the drag strip the V-Max was a mass of metal and chrome which instantly drew a cult following. Now, 23 years on, does the old master still command any respect?
’s style. If it isn’t black it’s polished chrome, accentuating the bike’s features and lines. Which is why I assumed that the fake carbon petrol tank cover and rear mudguard on this model were aftermarket additions. Not so, late in its life Yamaha actually
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