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First Ride: KTM 690 Enduro & SMC
By James Whitham on 10/04/2008 11:23:23
These two bikes have a lot more in common than just the motor and are a much nearer to being able to live up to their name than any other street-moto or street-enduro machines currently on the market
690 SMCThe SMC, or ‘supermoto competition’ is basically the same bike as the Enduro. The only major differences being the wheels, brakes, gearing and the forks. The wheels are 17 inch spoked and fitted with sports road tyres, the front brake matches
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First Ride: KTM 690 Duke
By James Whitham on 10/04/2008 21:26:14
The Duke has been, and KTM intend it to continue, as the flagship of the smaller end of their range. And as such the engine and drive train is virtually the only thing that it has in common with the Enduro and the SMC. The rest is all different
The Duke has been, and KTM intend it to continue, as the flagship of the smaller end of their range. And as such the engine and drive train is virtually the only thing that it has in common with the Enduro and the SMC. The rest is all different
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James Whitham Column - June 10
By James Whitham on 30/06/2010 12:22:56
Yorkshire born (and bred) Yorkshireman Michael James Whitham leaves Yorkshire to go trail riding. He enjoys it greatly and then generously finds time to discuss motorcycle theft
Enduro Experience. During the dinner-stop Mick was telling us how his business venture nearly didn’t get off the ground at all. He’d been followed home from one of the first enduro days he organised by some wrong ’uns who then proceeded to steal seven
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Things that go bump in the night
By James Whitham on 21/10/2010 14:26:42
In the deepest thickets of Derbyshire, a strange new breed of trail-rider is eschewing daytime riding in favour of heading out in the thick of night…
how feeble enduro bike headlights are. Not only do they produce very little actual light, they never point it where you need it. The soft, long-travel suspension means that when you open the throttle the pathetic beam points up to the tops of the trees
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James Whitham Column - Apr 2009
By James Whitham on 01/04/2009 11:22:53
Whitham talks of growing old disgracefully, the boundless joy of heated handlebar grips and destroying rural derbyshire on one of those vile quad machines...
enduro bike that I knew I was really getting on. I’ve had to put up with a lot of piss-taking from my mates, not to mention sideways glances at the motocross practice track. But I don’t care. They weren’t laughing when we went green laning up to North
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KTM 690 Duke R vs. Yorkshire Dales
By James Whitham on 04/11/2010 15:26:20
Highway to Heaven: Six bikes, six roads, six twats, six stories. Ben Bardon was forced to take photos of someone called James Whitham. Perhaps, more worryingly, he also had to listen to him for the best part of a Thursday afternoon
bends and smooth tarmac, think more of narrow, bumpy, unfenced, moorland track and you’ll be somewhere near. Like an enduro course that someone’s sloshed a bit of tar ’n’ chip on, and as such, bike choice is critical.If you’re on a Blade, or an R1
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