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Road Test: C-R40 v Enfield Cafe Racer v Bonneville
By Jon Urry on 26/05/2008 15:21:27
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!
? The Triumph Bonneville. Modern biking wrapped up in a retro veil.Click to read the Royal Enfield Cafe Racer ReviewTriumph Bonneville Specs SPECS - TRIUMPH TYPE - RETRO PRODUCTION DATE - 2007 PRICE NEW - £4999 ENGINE CAPACITY - 865cc POWER - 66bhp@7200rpm
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Modern Rockers: Triumph Thruxton, Ducati GT1000, Moto Guzzi V7
By Jon Urry on 16/08/2010 09:40:29
Classic styling for these retro inspired modern bikes, Triumph, Ducati and Moto Guzzi all have what it takes. But who's got it licked?
and handling. While you may be tempted by the half-faired 1000S or café racer 1000 they have their limitations and both are cripplingly uncomfortable to ride due to their low clip-on bars, and this is despite Ducati altering their design after a few years
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First Ride: 2001 Moto Guzzi California Special review
By Bertie Simmonds on 20/09/2010 12:30:24
For 30 years the Moto Guzzi California has always been the cornerstone of the Guzzi range. The 'Cali' has survived by doing what it does best: laid-back, cruising in the finest American tradition
It's been kind of hard to categorise for the last few years though, as it has moved along a bit from its original seventies raison d'etre of being just a cruiser version of the cafe racer V7 for the voracious US market.Guzzi now seems to want
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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!
.Fire up the Cafe Racer and it sounds like a British bike should: loud and proud. There is no way those pipes are road legal, but the Enfield gets away with it. Unfortunately the Enfield also rides like an old British bike. Where the Triumph looks old
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First Ride: 2008 CR&S Vun
By Roland Brown on 27/05/2008 22:48:46
It's pricey single-cylinder special time.
, Rotax-engined single produced by Cafe Racers & Specials, a small Milan-based firm. Vun, which means One in Milanese dialect, is being imported by Bedfordshire dealers Flitwick Motorcycles. Its basic package - 54bhp motor as used by BMW's F650; frame
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Moto Guzzi Breva 1100 vs. Buell Lughtning XB12Ss vs. Ducati S2R 800
By Colin Goodwin on 14/10/2010 11:19:54
Tired of Japanese conformity? Add a dash of sophistication to the cold winter's mire with these air-cooled alternatives.
Whether you got into bikes by watching Barry Sheene flicking a 'V' at King Kenny, by looping-the-loop on your granny's Honda C90 or re-living the cafe racer culture of your rocker dad's long lost youth, bikes like these three V-twins we have here
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Living with a 2006 Ducati Sport Classic
By Alex Hearn on 15/03/2006 15:56:19
Alex Hearn bought this Ducati Sport Classic to review with his own money. But he wouldn't be so crass as to mention that
sportsbikes) I think the Ducati's reasonably priced and blessed with character and pedigree - and, as befits a modern-day cafe racer, is ready to be adapted to suit the owner's requirements.Which, when all's said and done, is what makes the Ducati even more
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Kings of the Hill
By Warren Pole on 18/03/2008 22:58:28
Ducati's Hypermotard goes toe-to-toe with KTM and Buell through the vicious twists and turns of a Championship hill-climb event in Wiltshire
lots of small single cylinder supermoto bikes and a V-twin was the next step, especially for expanding our roadbike range.We first started designing and testing the 950 in 2003, it was finally launched in 2005. KTM had made its first big V-twin road
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Road Test: XB12 v Ducati Hypermotard v KTM 950
By Warren Pole on 28/05/2008 23:02:31
Ducati's Hypermotard goes toe-to-toe with KTM and Buell through the vicious twists and turns of a Championship hill-climb event in Wiltshire.
"Are you the blokes coming from the bike magazine?" asked the guy next to us as we parked up in the paddock. Damn. He'd seen straight through our clueless expressions, our brand new road legal bikes masquerading as hill-climb racers and our bungling
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Road Test: Tuono vs 749 Dark vs. 660SM vs Thruxton
By Niall Mackenzie on 22/04/2008 21:17:41
Niall Mackenzie re-lives his youth and heads for Bonnie Scotland, with four very different bikes.
it was time to revisit my youth (and my chip shop) on four quite different bikes to see which would work best on a variety of roads and in the fickle Scottish summer weather.KTMChosen because: Wet or dry this supermoto should provide thrills on the lunar
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