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vertiGO - Timmer electric motorcycle concept
By Ben Cope on 08/07/2009 14:48:36
Electric bikes are evolving fast and here to stay. We take a look at a university student's impressive vision of the future
vertiGO ... Maarten Timmer's Electric VisionMaarten Timmer's Electric Vision ... we love it, do you?ELECTRIC bikes have been on the horizon for years, with all sorts of weird concepts appearing, from RS50-framed models to drag-bikes like Killacycle
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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
the winter.Batteries use small metal plates bathed in acid, the chemical reaction between the two causes electrons to flow, therefore creating electricity. Your battery will go flat when the metal plates get coated in a layer of lead sulphate and during
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Cold Play - Rebuild a wreck
By Jon Urry on 20/10/2007 18:26:15
Jon likes to spend his winters hibernating in the garage (or erm, kitchen) restoring an old shitter...
in the tank, you'll be getting it repainted. But if possible make sure the plastics are all there. In old bikes plastic panels are a nightmare to get hold of, and expensive. The motor's electrics are a bastard to sort out so check for a spark
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To The Crusher: Gilera Nordwest
By on 03/04/2008 12:39:52
If ever there was a motorcycle built for the journalist, this was it.
out of itself. Meanwhile electrics would be as rudimentary as anything Benjamin Franklin could lash up, batteries would be replaced more often than the Duracells in your Walkman, brakes would seize at the merest apparition of moisture and you could
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British frame breakthrough
By Mark Graham on 10/08/2004 10:19:57
The heat of competition demonstrates how post-war Britain led the way in cost-cutting technology
negotiating a rock step leading to the ornamental gardens of a Mrs Montague Pitt-Hendry.Bagg had become lost during the night-time leg of the three day endeavour when the electrical system on his machine contrived to function perfectly for two hours
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Glory Denied by Agent's Blunder
By Mark Graham on 19/08/2003 12:03:13
Fascist plot to assassinate
the 'on' switch. With his scouting duties curtailed by a rare electrical malfunction, he gave the Ajay its head and had a crack at the competition proper.Fifth-columnists within the FIM had suspected Mallory-Parke was 'up to something' and had placed a
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Bike Icon: Norton Commando
By Mark Shippey on 14/09/2010 17:53:35
Much-loved and much maligned, the Norton Commando both saved and then helped to kill the British bike industry
for superior quality machines was already beginning to shine through. It also had disc brake (the first for a motorcycle) and an electric start. The Commando finally got a Lecky boot in 1975. The kicker stayed on though, as it didn't work too well...In its
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Cold Play - Hit the trail
By Alex Hearn on 20/10/2007 18:34:11
Alex ditches the wet and slippery roads in favour of the even wetter and slipperier trails
, the 400 being favourite (£3,000 up). Be warned - any four-stroke without electric start will torment you, at sometime. Usually when you're really knackered.Where?Trail riding's much like road riding, but off-road. Duh! You take your road-legal dirtbike
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Sticks and Stones - Red Bull Romaniacs
By Geoff Walker on 12/07/2011 11:09:58
Set in Dracula’s own backyard, Romaniacs is five days of sheer hell for bikes and riders as enduro racers from all over the world tackle the toughest race in the world
of KTM UK, in the shape of an ’09 300 EXC two stroke, complete with the electric start. I raced the ’07 race on a 300 EXC and it proved to be a great tool for this event, taking my sometimes slightly angry self (people call me Angry Geoff, I don’t know
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Carl 'Foggy' Fogarty columns from TWO magazine
By Carl Fogarty on 27/10/2002 11:48:28
Carl Fogarty has done more than enough to deserve this space to talk about anything that takes his fancy: racing, superbikes, Grand Prix, family, friends, fun and hanging out with pop stars in London nightclubs...
moving about a lot more because they can't help it when their tyres go off.We've moved into the new house in Spain and right away had some dramas. First off we had no electrical power and had to stay in Alan Pendrie's house (the guy from On Fire clothing
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