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Burt Munro's Speed Obsession
By Stuart Barker on 10/09/2010 14:16:16
From a small shed in a small town in a small country at the very bottom of the world came an old man and an old bike - to capture the most remarkable world speed record ever
Everybody who's ever owned a bike has wanted to know how fast it goes. It's human nature. Trouble is, once you'veridden your bike flat out, you just know you're going to want to go even faster. That's human nature too. But while most of us are content to buy a few aftermarket par...
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Motorcycle Radar: 2001
By Roland Brown on 01/12/2010 17:15:17
Motorcycle journalist Roland Brown looks back at what was going on in the industry and the bikes that were launched in 2001
2001Harley-Davidson V-Rod Pasadena, CaliforniaIn 24 years of attending launches I've only ever been on one at which the world's press gathered with no clue to what the bike looked like. And when Bill Davidson revealed the V-Rod two dozen jaws hit the floor. At Irwindale drag stri...
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Motorcycle Radar: 1986
By Roland Brown on 02/12/2010 13:55:46
Roland Brown is a world class swordsman, entertainer, poet, scientist, boxer, ladies' man and motorcycle journalist. Only one of those is true.
's key feature, its 143bhp V4 engine, was initially detuned to 105bhp for Euro-consumption. So when a friend bought a US-spec Max I cadged a spin, and took it speed-testing where it tried to dislocate my shoulders on the strip. Despite handling like a
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Second bike doesn't mean second best
By Jon Bentman on 01/12/2010 15:52:42
A single bike in the garage isn't enough for some of us. But think beyond the winter hack, the 'shed' and the humdrum commuter
in compiling this feature one thing we have consistently found is that to be identified as a second bike is not to infer secondary importance or inferiority. Far from it. In fact from our interviews we found the contrary to be the reality. Second bikes attract
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Getting your ACU licence on an MSV trackday
By Ben Cope on 18/04/2011 22:03:40
There's a new way to get your ACU licence and it's simpler than you might think
I've been talking about doing my ACU licence for years but never got around to doing it. Until last week, that is. The thought of travelling to Rugby to sit in a classroom and have flags waved at me was never that appealing. That and the fact I had to take a test, I hate taking t...
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Discuss: What's harder to ride properly fast; 600 or a 1000?
By Visordown on 21/02/2010 14:44:00
Which is harder to ride properly fast, the crazy power of a 1000cc Superbike or the precision of a rev-hungry 600? We ask you, dear Visordown reader
On the road, an experienced rider will be quicker in most instances on the 1,000cc bike where he can use the power. An average rider will be quicker under certain circumstances on the bigger bike, but quicker in others on the smaller bike.FalcorobBoth are mentally fast, 500GP com...
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I Love The 70's
By Stuart Barker on 27/10/2010 15:42:48
Whats not to love about the 70's, lairy cars, crazy dress-sense, hairy women (forget the last bit). TWO feature looking at 70's biking
'll be shedding tears of nostalgia by the end of this groovy feature my friend.The 1970s saw the death of Burger King himself, Elvis Presley. Star Wars, Jaws and Grease dominated cinema screens and bikers everywhere drooled over Suzi Quatro - now to be found
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Living with a 2001 Triumph Daytona 955i
By Daryll Young on 26/03/2002 14:52:33
Daryll 'Diddy' Young is a very nice man indeed. And he had a Triumph Daytona 955i to review for a year. He has since changed his name to Sean Coombs
August 2001Being able to browse through all the latest manufacturers' brochures with a view to choosing a new bike to use for the rest of the year is an alien concept to me. Even as a motorcycle dealer for the best part of 17 years I was never 'given' anything to ride on a regula...
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Teenage Kicks
By Warren Pole on 01/04/2005 12:11:08
Grubby oiks on the rob, or the very future of motorcycling? Wozza hunts out the kids on scooters to find out
, burnouts, texting, and more wheelies. I'd started this feature half-expecting to be mugged by a bunch of barely-literate oiks, but now here I was in the middle of their world and I couldn't have been more wrong. This lot are mint and in it for the love
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Living with a 2001 Kawasaki ZX-6R
By Gus Scott on 26/04/2002 11:45:59
Gus Scott the man, the legend, a ladies man and a very tight northerner indeed. And he was very fast on a motorcycle
August 2001Finally, I have me own long-termer, thanks to me man Bertie Simmonds.He sorted it out with those lovely people at Kawasaki UK, but I know it's gonna cost me heavily, probably down in the ale house, followed by a big, fat kebab, with everything on...So why do I want a Z...
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