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Launch report: KTM 990 SMT
By John Cantlie on 17/02/2009 09:24:16
John Cantlie reports back from sunny Portugal, during the launch of the KTM 990 SMT
like anodised sprockets and even matching clothes if you want to buy into the look. But boil it down to the facts and it’s a 990SM with some more sensible bodywork - and if you love any of the 990 range of KTM models as much as we do, you know that can
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First Ride: 2002 Aprilia Tuono Fighter
By John Cantlie on 29/03/2008 19:22:43
Aprilia launch the production version of their Tuono-R concept bike, the Tuono Fighter. With a Mille engine and chassis, near-on full superbike power and streetfighter styling, you just know this is going to be a bad boy.
Aprilia have done with their Tuono - it's an RSV Mille with a slightly de-tuned motor and no clothes. And that's why it goes, stops and goes round corners so bloody well.You see, I thought the Tuono would be a bit of a disappointment, but boy was I wrong
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First Ride: 2006 Honda ST1300 Pan European
By John Cantlie on 03/04/2008 19:21:50
For 10 years now Honda's Pan European has been one of the sharpest touring tools in the box.
For 10 years now Honda's Pan European has been one of the sharpest touring tools in the box. But a decade without development is a long time in the motorcycle world, so for 2002 the ST1100 becomes the ST1300 and a full set of new clothes to go
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The Professionals - Gordon Murray
By John Cantlie on 16/01/2009 15:12:50
Gordon Murray, son of a motorcycle racer and the designer of the legendary McLaren F1, on the Ducati 916, the Isle of Man and hanging bikes on his walls at home...
’t own a suit. I own enough Hawaiian shirts to clothe the population of Hawaii..
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Indian Takeaway - Enduro India
By John Cantlie on 29/06/2005 12:46:44
If you need a break from the drudgery of working life, if you want to ride a bike in a place where traffic laws are non-existent and you can do pretty much whatever you want, well, you need to go to India
out into the countryside. Southern India's lower plains, a mix of scrubland and palm trees, rise from a light simmer to full boil during the course of the morning. By 1pm it's above 35° and I pity those riders clothed in full protective equipment
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Scar Tissue: Crusty Demons of Dirt
By John Cantlie on 01/12/2010 14:47:03
15 years ago when VHS ruled the world, a team of renegade dirt racers were inventing impossible new tricks that changed biking forever. They rode hard, crashed like hell and got it all down on film. They were the Crusty Demons of Dirt…
roadshow stunt tour that is coming to the UK on January 3rd 2008 and a new clothing label in the US, but you can’t help but feel that perhaps the Crusty vehicle is slowly running out of gas. The freestyle movement that their riders spawned now has a life
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