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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.
will happily sell you said items - plus carbon bodywork and full Öhlins suspension - to lop kilos off the bike, add a load of funky V-twin noise and give it a performance boost.Let us quickly identify what the Tuono Fighter is. Well, unlike Yamaha's Fazer 1000
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Reach for the sky - Whitham's Tornado ride
By John Cantlie on 10/04/2002 17:01:29
Whitham reduced to a whimpering pile of vomit and fear after one hour in the back seat of a Tornado GR4 fighter-bomber
(Mach 0.92)Engines: 2 x Turbo-Union RB199 Mk103 enginesMax power: 32,000lb of thrust on reheat Dry power - 8,000lb, Reheat - 16,000lb eachTurn performance: +7g to -1.5g Min height 100 feet, Max ceiling 50,000 feetInteresting point: Each engine is held
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Pikes Peak Blog
By John Cantlie on 17/07/2009 16:27:44
Early starts and first runs
Pikes Peak. 12.4 miles, 156 corners, starts at 9,000ft and finishes at a wheezing 14,400ft. The world’s fastest, most dangerous hill climb has been running for 87 years, twisting its way up into the Rocky mountains behind Colorado Springs, USA
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