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First Ride: 2002 Harley-Davidson VRSCA V-Rod review
By Bertie Simmonds on 27/03/2008 21:03:21
Harley-Davidson unleash their most important model for 50 years. With a watercooled, 115bhp, 60¡ V-twin motor straight out of their VR1000 racebike, it marks the start of a new direction for the Milwaukee firm. This is big.
, nothing could prepare me for the bike I saw. This is the boldest move for Harley-Davidson in recent history and this is the VRSCA V-Rod.V is for V-twin, R is for racing, S is for street, C is for custom and A means this is the first of a new breed
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Icon: Two Fat Ladies - Proper TV cooks
By Bertie Simmonds on 22/06/2002 16:04:43
Two thundering game birds who cooked thundering game birds, and batted about on a trusty Thunderbird combination
it up.What made the show was the girls cavalier attitude to life. As well as riding the Trumpet, they liked their tabs and booze and had a killer line in thigh-slapping banter. Jennifer was born in 1928 and was expelled from convent school at 15 saying
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First Ride: 2001 Honda VTX1800
By Bertie Simmonds on 29/03/2008 13:12:58
There's a low, mean burbling coming from somewhere near my pants as my posterior is pummeled by a searing wave of torque. God, can you believe I've just written such tosh?
Reading it back, It all sounds so pants... but just how do you put into words the following two BIG figures... 1,795cc and 115 ft/lb of torque? Instead, hop on and come for a ride.We're cruising at an altitude of 693mm (all shorties welcome
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Living with a 2003 Kawasaki Z1000
By Bertie Simmonds on 12/07/2003 15:18:14
Uncertainty soon turns to attraction as the big Zed wins over Bert
for the miles and the roads I regularly use?Thankfully, Saturday dawned bright and clear. Time to gel with her. My local B-roads were superb on the Z1000, just like they were on my old ZX-9R C2. That beefy mid-range, courtesy of the bigger 953cc mill and fuel
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Living with a 2001 Honda CBR929RR Fireblade
By Bertie Simmonds on 26/04/2002 10:59:44
Former TWO magazine editor, Bertie Simmonds, talks about his experience of owning a Honda CBR929RR Fireblade
your right hand. It's up to you how hard you twist it, as to which side of the Blade's character you see.So far with more than 2,000 miles showing, I've left the mean side to others, as mad racer John McGuinness et al took my precious Blade to the Isle
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