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Best of British
By Jon Urry on 01/03/2007 23:36:25
There are still a few bulldogs out there, bearing their teeth at the foreign hordes. Let's celebrate all things British with a little help from two of our own musical legends. Pip pip and tally ho!
. This culinary delight was invented in Glasgow in the 1970s. So, although it was invented in Britain, it is cooked, sold and eaten in Indian establishments. So is it Indian?Royal Enfield is a British company, founded in the 1890s. But like most other British bike
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Legendary Supersports - 2008 600cc Test
By James Whitham et al on 02/06/2008 12:14:53
Whitham is joined by British greats to assess the supersport machines
wins, 5 British Championships (plus 2 trials championships) and 3 GP wins.What you doing with yourself now? “I’ve retired gracefully and I’m now a full time trials rider, pre-1965 bikes only. I still ride on the road, I bought a BMW R1150RT because it
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2010 MV Agusta F4 1000 UK test and review
By Mark Forsyth on 26/02/2010 09:55:11
MF rides the new MV Agusta F4 in ‘proper’ British weather
Click to read: 2010 MV Agusta F4 1000 owners reviews, 2010 MV Agusta F4 1000 specs and to see the 2010 MV Agusta F4 1000 image gallery.Rockingham’s National circuit is not the grippiest out there, even on a good day. In February, with 4 degrees
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Road Test: I am not a number
By Bertie Simmonds on 19/04/2008 22:21:20
If only bikes were available on prescription to combat the misery of the Great British Winter
1800 GoldWing and the Harley-Davidson Electra-Glide Ultra Classic.As I slithered home up the wet and uninviting M25 and M1 on the BMW, I was a little alarmed. The front end of just felt so vague. Hit raised white lines, overbanding or the odd rut
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What The Press Say: 2012 BMW S1000RR reviews
By Visordown on 14/03/2012 17:15:06
BMW have revised the S1000RR for 2012, here's a round-up of the reviews from the British press
Here's what the British motorcycling press said in their 2012 BMW S1000RR reviews:"Let’s face it, the S Thou’ is a proper barmy lunatic, and is in stark contrast to the sober Japanese rivals. Only John McGuinness (if he rode for BMW) or Ghostrider
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What The Press Say: Honda Crosstourer reviews
By Visordown on 18/02/2012 14:22:37
The British press rate Honda's new 1200cc V4-engined adventure bike
good thing or a bad thing depending on which side of your midlife crisis you are on.” Steve Rose, Motorcycle Sport & Leisure – May 2012“So make of it what you will but I liked it. Even though I liked the VFR1200 (it suited the way I ride on the road
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What The Press Say: Kawasaki Versys 1000 reviews
By Visordown on 02/12/2011 10:37:15
Kawasaki add to the Versys range with a new 1000cc older brother, here's what the British press made of it
Here's what the British motorcycling press said in their 2012 Kawasaki Versys 1000 reviews:"Unlike the ZX-10R, Z/SX riding experience, though, there was something lacking in terms of the riding experience. I felt. Nothing really stood out as being
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First Ride: Harris WCM GP review
By Niall Mackenzie on 22/05/2003 17:08:59
British MotoGP rookie Chris Burns rides a Grand Prix bike built around the bones of a Yamaha R1 in less than 14 weeks by a British team. Niall Mackenzie tests the impressive Harris WCM GP bike.
rpm is just short of 13,000rpm but Harris is planning to up this to 13,500rpm in the next generation engine, with a wider spread of power. This will either be done using a Yamaha style five valve per-cylinder head or a more conventional four valve
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First Ride: 2007 Triumph Rocket III Touring
By John Hogan on 10/04/2008 23:08:01
As American as the English language, this Hinckley super-tourer is all set to give the US cruiser market a good old taste of British spunk.
reworked to provide more torque (154ft/lb @ 2,000rpm), but with less horsepower, 108bhp at the crank on the standard pipes or 125 with the straight through option that’s available. Power is electronically capped in the first three gears to prevent you from
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Triumph Daytona 600 versus CBR600 & ZX-6R
By Niall Mackenzie on 03/06/2003 15:40:04
England experts every British sportsbike to do its duty. But can the Daytona beat the awesome CBR600RR and Kawasaki ZX-6R?
the RCV and walked the title. Honda wanted the WSB title, so it built the SP-2 and developed it into a world beater. And now big H wants the best supersports 600 bike, so it built the CBR600RR. Job done, almost.In our group test earlier this year the CBR
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