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Discuss: Chinese bikes will take over from Japanese
By Bertie Simmonds on 15/10/2008 17:17:00
Oriental, non-Japanese bikes are set to become the new Rice Rockets?
Fancy a Chinese? I do. Well, let me put it this way: in a couple of years I reckon I might.Y'see, China is getting into motorcycles big time. And in the next few years I'll put a large bet down that they will be building the sort of bikes you or I
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Special K: Project ZX-7R
By Bertie Simmonds on 11/12/2002 16:58:03
The Kawasaki ZX-7R is overweight, lardy and obsolete. Just like Bert in fact. But take both of these old buggers, strip them bare (well, maybe just the bike), put them on the track and what do you get? Carnage, probably. Behold Bertie's project ZX-7R
of an 'it or me' moment. I commiserated with the poor sod, before parting with £1,200 for the bike and bits. Considering an average condition runner would have set me back £2,200 privately, I was happy.Continue Project ZX-7R
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Fit for purpose: The Wall of Death Motorcycle
By Bertie Simmonds on 20/10/2010 10:25:14
The average road bike does a bit of everything. But there are machines in the biking world designed to do one job only. Pure specialists if you will. These are the bikes...
BIKE:1926 Indian Scout"This machine is over 80 years old, but it's interesting to wonder what's actually original! When you first ride this bike it's awful. Rigid, uncomfortable and different to anything else you've ever ridden, but when you take
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Fit for purpose: Diablo 666 Endurance ZX-10R
By Bertie Simmonds on 20/10/2010 10:03:37
The average road bike does a bit of everything. But there are machines in the biking world designed to do one job only. Pure specialists if you will. These are the bikes...
're at the utter limit of physical and mental endurance."For us pit-stops take about 13 seconds from start to finish. That means the bike's fully fuelled, front and rear wheels are changed as is the rider. It's quite an art and is amazing to watch the guys do
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Fit for purpose: Police BMW K1200RS
By Bertie Simmonds on 20/10/2010 10:50:45
The average road bike does a bit of everything. But there are machines in the biking world designed to do one job only. Pure specialists if you will. These are the bikes...
MANPS 1058 Robin Marshall, Peterborough-based Cambridgeshire Constabulary bike cop."It's great being able to mix your job with the pleasure of riding a motorcycle. I don't know any bike cop who doesn't love riding! To do it you have to pass
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Fit for purpose: Honda CRF450X Dakar
By Bertie Simmonds on 20/10/2010 10:33:35
The average road bike does a bit of everything. But there are machines in the biking world designed to do one job only. Pure specialists if you will. These are the bikes...
or she'd divorce me, but luckily she realises this is important to me so I'm back for 2008, which will be the 30th anniversary of the Dakar."This year I spent 16-hours with just the bike for company after it had broken down. I was wrapped in one of those
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One day, scooters will take over motorbikes
By Bertie Simmonds on 27/03/2010 10:08:12
Scooters will succeed bikes as the planet's two-wheeler of choice
Scooters will succeed bikes as the planet's two-wheeler of choiceWhy don't we love scooters? When I say 'we' I mean 'we' the British at large, 'we' the motorcycling fraternity and 'we' the poor, down-trodden working masses. I know I'm frothing about
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What’s MotoGP ever done for us?
By Bertie Simmonds on 30/04/2010 12:21:11
How comparable is a £3 million MotoGP weapon to your sportsbike? Since 2002 technology has filtered down from the best teams in the world, more so than you might imagine
that they had to change mainly for the environment’s sake, but the kick-back for you and I was that this new era of super four-strokes would be test-beds for new kit for our roadbikes. So six years on, has MotoGP really brought road bikes on in a way
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Unforgettable
By Bertie Simmonds on 22/10/2007 20:35:35
We all remember our first bike, and it usually has a special place in our heart. But it's not just mortals like us - even racing's elite have a soft spot for the bikes that mean the most to them. Bertie Simmonds takes a trip down memory lane
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True Grit - Bikers with disability
By Bertie Simmonds on 31/03/2010 12:38:11
Getting hurt, badly hurt, on your bike isn’t something any of us like to talk about. But it happens. And not always to the other guy.
Chris JonesGetting hurt, badly hurt, on your bike isn’t something any of us like to talk about. But it happens. And not always to the other guy. But just how far would you be prepared to go to get back on a bike after a serious accident? We talk
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