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The White Helmets motorcycle display team
By John Hogan on 22/10/2010 11:37:08
The White Helmets display team have been entertaining kids at military tattoos for over 90 years. But in this day of psycho freestylers aren’t they just relics, a total anachronism?
and stalls looking at tat while Dad got steadily stocious on German beer. Two things stick in my mind as memorable from those days out: watching the Red Arrows scream past and gawping through a fence at the White Helmets performing mind-bending tricks
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How to clean your motorcycle helmet
By John Hogan on 20/10/2010 14:03:29
Innuendos aside here is a step by step guide to cleaning your lid
Cleaning your helmet is something we all think we can take care of, but do you really know how to do it properly? If you’re nodding your head smugly while reaching for the furniture polish and an old rag, think again. We’ll show you everything you
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Shark RSR 2 Carbon looks ace
By John Hogan on 24/07/2009 17:13:25
New Carbon Fibre beauty from Shark
Just got my hands on one of the new RSR V2 Carbon helmets from Shark. Early signs are promising, it looks mega, weighs next to nothing and feels as comfortable as a marshmallow three piece suite. I'll stick a few hundred miles in it and post a full
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The secret to getting test rides
By John Hogan on 18/05/2010 14:20:08
With a bit of careful planning and knowing exactly what to say, you could be test-riding the bike of your dreams this afternoon. John Hogan went deep undercover to see just how easily he could blag rides on some seriously hot bikes
did they know I work for this magazine. I did my homework, got the necessary paperwork together and at each dealer turned up on a GPZ500 worth £1,400 wearing battered kit and wearing a cheap helmet. But this didn't stop them lending them me the latest
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Two Hundred Miles Per Hour
By John Hogan on 21/06/2010 12:17:58
Take six people who've never done 200mph before, take one of the fastest bikes in Britain, add a two-mile long runway and this is how it feels
helmet on the top of the tank, and can actually feel the vibrations buzzing through your head. It's addictive and, frankly, rather scary. If the bike seized now or the rear tyre blew up (and they sometimes do) you'd have the biggest crash of your life. It
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Hogan's Heroes: Trials Riding
By John Hogan on 05/11/2007 14:09:12
Britain's most popular form of bikesport has just got one more fan. We put Hogan on trial. Verdict? Guilty (of being rubbish)
.The school supplies trials boots, helmets and, most importantly, Scorpa 125 four-stroke trials bikes - 68kg of the most bizarre form of motorbike I have ever ridden. You start off doing some manoeuvring exercises on the flat to get a feel for the controls
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Double Ton - cracking the 200mph barrier
By John Hogan on 17/06/2008 14:51:06
Six riders attempt to crack the illusive 200mph barrier at Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground
and as you squeeze every part of your body tighter behind the fairing, the wind blast goes eerily quiet and all you can hear is the high-pitched whine of the engine. You rest the chinbar of your helmet on the top of the tank, and can actually feel
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Jet & Rent - Athens
By John Hogan on 22/12/2008 09:30:25
The sights of Greek capital as seen from the seat of a bike
directions I got a room and a cold beer without any drama.Athenians view the tourist season to be over by early September, but they are up for charging a fortune if they can get away with it. I ended up with a room that once I had dumped my helmet and day
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Hogan's Heroes: Trials Riding
By John Hogan on 01/07/2006 13:43:33
Britain's most popular form of bikesport has just got one more fan. We put Hogan on trial. Verdict? Guilty (of being rubbish)
supplies trials boots, helmets and, most importantly, Scorpa 125 four-stroke trials bikes - 68kg of the most bizarre form of motorbike I have ever ridden. You start off doing some manoeuvring exercises on the flat to get a feel for the controls and learn
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Luke Williams, the serial bike buyer
By John Hogan on 29/03/2010 14:30:32
Luke williams is a serial bike buyer. what he doesn’t know about motorbikes isn’t worth knowing. Problem is, he hasn’t quite got round to passing his test yet...
hadn’t got round to passing my test. Don’t get me wrong, I wasn’t one of those guys that would arrive at a bike show in a car and then pull a jacket and helmet from the boot to wear while they walked round. I was, and am, a biker, I just don’t have a
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