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2010 MV Agusta F4 1000 Mallory Park track test
By Mark Forsyth on 24/06/2010 12:07:49
Categorically better than its predecessor and properly in contention in the exalted company of the other European exotics. It filled Whit with confidence – and that is quite some recommendation
cramped for the very tallRating: 4/5Return to Euro Exotica2010 MV Agusta F4 1000 SpecificationsPrice £14,250Top speed 185mph Engine 998cc, 16-valve, liquid-cooled inline four Bore x stroke 76mm x 55mm Compression ratio 13.1:1Power 186bhp at 12,900rpm
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Jewel Sport - KTM 990SMR v Aprilia Dorsoduro
By Mark Forsyth on 14/06/2010 15:50:07
As a time and motion study, jewellery heists are a pretty profitable blag. What do you need? Simple innit, two fast, thuggish supermoto bikes with plenty of V-twin stomp. A KTM 990SMR and Aprilia Dorsoduro should be enough to get the job done
previous robbery. Insurance companies have coughed up, stock has been replenished and although security are jumpy, they’ll always be that way.So with suitably anonymous clothing and a couple of big stuffa bags and rubber masks, we nipped into W1 to do a
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First Ride: Husqvarna Nuda 900
By mark forsyth on 28/10/2011 10:22:27
BMW makes Husky road bike
the frame designer a few sleepless nights. Red rocker cover is a crazy Husqvarna-only modification, said to be worth 2bhp.Oversquare bore and stroke of 84x81mm of the dry-sump motor runs a fairly giddy 13:1 compression ratio. Power is a claimed 103hp
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First ride: Rieju RS3 125LC
By mark forsyth on 21/04/2011 10:27:02
Spanish 125 - Yamaha engine
The Spanish Rieju manufacturer might be a new name to us here in Blighty but the company has some serious, deep-rooted history. They've been making two-wheelers non-stop since 1947 and were formed just before the Spanish civil war in 1934 where
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2010 Aprilia RSV4 Factory Mallory Park track test
By Mark Forsyth on 24/06/2010 15:17:54
Small, feisty and peaky, but raw, basic and flawed in some respects. Aside from all that, a beautiful creation and a most lusted after machine. And very, very fast too
together) 57.59Section times 3.76, 7.84, 10.76, 14.04, 15.40, 6.59Top speed 138.44 mphSlowest speed 18.7 mphSpeed at mid and exit of Gerrards mid=82.0 mph exit = 97.17 mphBraking force 1.05g section 4 hairpinMaximum lean angle 47.55 degrees mid Gerards
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Euro Exotica - BMW S1000RR, Ducati 1098 Bayliss, Aprilia RSV4 Factory and MV Agusta F4
By Mark Forsyth on 24/06/2010 16:20:19
A warm, dry Mallory Park Focused Events track day, James Whitham, the four best bikes produced in Europe and a data logger. Let’s get busy…
out in terms of lap times (real figures in brackets)BMW S1000RR (1st 56.33)MV Agusta F4 (4th 57.59)Aprilia RSV4 (2nd 57.04)Ducati 1098 (3rd 57.20)WarningNormally this page would be graced with a heading like ‘Conclusion’ or ‘Verdict
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