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First Ride: 2010 MV Agusta F4 1000R launch test review
By James Whitham on 04/08/2010 09:55:20
Visordown’s Chief road tester is former World Supersport star and all-round top chap James Whitham. MV Agusta generously allows him to sample the new F4. Is he a happy chappy? Or utterly disgusted with Agusta? Find out
on the road. And a bike that gave you magic-carpet comfort on a bumpy road would handle like a Vespa with a flat tyre if you took it on track.Read on for James Whitham's verdict of the MV Agusta F4How MV made big changes to the F4 without losing its good looks
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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
the LC4 motor they went for a new design incorporating some innovative features.The frame is a steel trellis type that uses the engine as a stressed member. The cylinder and cylinder-head assembly nestles up inside the frame tubes making for a very
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James Whitham's Fizzy Rascals
By James Whitham on 12/01/2011 16:52:51
Huddersfield to Spa on seven Yamaha FS1Es to ride priceless GP bikes the other end. What could possibly go wrong? Whitham rounds up six buddies and departs on a moped pilgrimage
Revisiting Whitham's trip to Spa on a FizzyIf you’ve been a reader of the mag for any length of time you can’t have failed to notice that as well as my love of modern bikes, I have an unhealthy interest in older ones. Particularly 1970’s two
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James Whitham Column - Feb 10
By James Whitham on 20/02/2010 10:52:31
This intrepid columnist has spent half a lifetime trying not to make the same mistake more than one hundred times. And failed. Here’ the latest window into his world...
.Well, that was it wasn’t it, the thought kept popping into my head I wonder if it’d run? I decided to clean the carbs out, put some fresh fuel and coolant in and stick a battery on, just to find out if I could fire her up and hear the 750cc triple roar before I stripped
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James Whitham Column - Dec 09
By James Whitham on 27/12/2009 16:05:07
James gets a white-knuckle lap of the Nürburgring in a Skoda Flavia at the hands of Jack Burnicle, anorak flapping in the breeze and tyres squealing all the way...
statistic about the old course is amazing, but the most unbelievable thing about it is the fact that it’s still open to the public. During designated sessions every week it’s possible for you, me or anyone else to pay a few euros and head out onto
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James Whitham Column - Mar 09
By James Whitham on 01/03/2009 14:14:37
Oh dear. Somebody has pulled Whitham’s chain and now he’s up on his pedestal and having a rant. He’d rather be shouting spite than spouting shite...
and saying “bloody sat-navs.” Listening to him you’d be forgiven for thinking the truck, egged on by Tom Tom woman, had driven its self down the road.Anyway, it took all the next day, 4 blokes, a large digger and a lot of head scratching to extricate
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James Whitham Scrapbook: Part One
By James Whitham on 06/06/2011 11:44:27
A life in comedy photographs
Don’t know what was going on with the bum-fluff on my chin. I may have been going through a stage of trying to look cool with a bit of designer stubble... your guess is as good as mine on this one!This was my third ever outing in the Isle of Man. It
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Living with a 2008 Ducati Monster 696
By James Whitham on 23/11/2008 10:37:02
James Whitham's review of the Ducati Monster 696. What's it like to live with?
the previous model Monster and my abiding memory of it was the riding position, the bloke they designed it around would be easy to spot if you passed him in the street, he’d be the one who resembled an orangutan, with the six foot long arms and no legs !The new
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Spot the Difference - 2008 Supersport 1000 Test
By James Whitham on 02/06/2008 11:45:11
The latest batch of thousand cc superbikes are so fast, efficient and similar to each other that it’s now almost impossible to tell them apart. Niall and James put forward the argument that in 2008, it really doesn’t matter which model you ride anymore...
the most visually appealing. Niall and James have both suspected this for a while, so gleefully took on the task of trying to split the latest on the road. And as part of the test, we disguised each bike and then let owners of existing models ride them
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First Ride: 2008 Yamaha YZF-R6
By James Whitham on 10/04/2008 23:14:59
James Whitham used to be a bit tasty on an R6 in World Supersport, so he’s uniquely placed to give the ‘08 bike a proper seeing-to...
through the technical stuff first. What was it the man with the Yamaha suit said just before I headed for the bar? “Careful adjustments to a successful design identity.” Summit like that. Many of the tweaks are quite subtle and some are even invisible. All
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