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Westminster motorcycle charging: thin end of the wedge?
By Visordown on 26/11/2010 17:06:44
It's £1.50 a day to park your bike. Fair enough if it guaranteed secure parking but it doesn't. Another not so stealth tax?
’t is this just another stealth tax?Typical Labour government, make money from nothing. Labour always do something half-arsed, charge stupid money for it, and then tell everyone how great they are because they’re making a difference when the only difference
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Bad Boy No 8: Kim Ashkenazi
By Stuart Barker on 07/12/2010 15:31:13
Possession of Class A, B, and C drugs with intent to supply and child pornography charges halted the talented Ashkenazi's career
Kim Ashkenazi is a supremely talented rider both on dirt and tarmac. A seven-times Australian motocross champion, he also won the British Supercross 125cc championship in 2001 and finished second to the legendary Jeremy McGrath in the first round of the British Super X championsh...
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Bad Boy No.2: Billy Lane
By Stuart Barker on 06/12/2010 15:02:15
From building custom bikers to manslaughter, here is a crime and punishment look at Billy Lane
the legal limit and found himself facing charges of driving under the influence manslaughter (DUI manslaughter), driving while suspended, and causing serious bodily injuries.He turned himself into police hands on September 25.The incident polarised
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7 Motorcycle Battery Chargers
By Ben Cope on 06/01/2012 12:51:29
It's essential to keep your battery in good condition but you don't need to take it down the gym. Here are 7 chargers that'll do the hard work for you
this process, the acid turns to water. A charger will reverse this issue and bring your battery back from the dead. Once charged, a trickle-charging mode will keep it topped-up and in reliable condition. Here are seven motorcycle battery chargers that will keep
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The last time Harley updated its engine...
By Visordown on 10/09/2009 12:12:00
...was back in 1984 when the introduction of the Evo 80 resurrected the Screamin' Eagle
motors, but everything else, V-angle and firing sequence excepted, was all-new, including the reliablity.A publicity stunt to launch the new motor saw a pack of FLT Tour Glides charging around the Talladega Speedway, hoping to cover 8000 miles
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Discuss: Do 1000cc superbikes need traction control?
By Ben Cope on 21/06/2011 09:28:00
...or is it all in your wrist?
The 2012 Yamaha YZF-R1 joins the growing list of 1000cc superbikes with traction control, but do we need it?Superbikes with traction control:Aprilia RSV4 APRC SEBMW S1000RRDucati 1198MV Agusta F4 1000Kawasaki ZX-10RClearly, it's a charge lead
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To The Crusher - Yamaha GTS1000A
By on 13/08/2008 12:17:55
The GTS1000A was supposed to be an early '90s sports-touring flagship for Yamaha.
, slipstreaming, flat-out.So the GTS sounded like a bike from heaven, but it wasn't. It featured a de-tuned FZR1000 EXUP motor, which was strangled to just 100bhp in anticipation of a blanket Euro law which never happened. It also had fuel-injection, a catalyser
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Fred Hill - Man of Unshakable Principle
By Visordown on 18/06/2010 09:26:59
When the compulsory helmet law came through in 1973 this man opposed it
and recommended to his prisoner: “When no one’s looking, just bugger off Fred.’”Other officers were less sympathetic with one burly PC bringing a ludicrous assault charge against Fred back in 1978 when Fred was 68. The case collapsed in farce with the cop blubbing
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Bad Boy No.1: Marco Lucchinelli
By Stuart Barker on 03/12/2010 12:46:40
The coke snorting champ: The story of Crazy Horse, the original Grand Prix rock star
Battle of the Twins race on a Ducati 851 and scored two wins in the first ever World Superbike season in 1988 before becoming Ducati’s team manager in the series the following year. He was still in Ducati’s employ when he was arrested on drugs charges
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Scooters vs. Public Transport: A very unscientific test.
By Robin Goodwin on 18/08/2011 14:24:23
A Visordown trip to the coast on two of Honda's new frugal scooters
wouldn't get charged for taking a different route by bike!
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