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Bike Icon: Suzuki GT750
By Benjamin Kubas Cronin on 22/10/2010 17:16:17
Think 750cc, think Suzuki. Here's the bike that kicked it all off way back in 1972. Somebody put the kettle on...
.Whether known as the Kettle, Wasserbüffel, Water Bucket, Vattenbuffeln or Water Buffalo in whichever countries it was released, the GT still has an enormous following today with more Kettles being restored to their former glory each year. There are online clubs
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First Ride: 2001 Moto Guzzi V11 Sport Naked review
By Niall Mackenzie on 20/09/2010 12:35:00
In my youth there were few bikes that I really hankered for. One was the Suzuki GT750 Kettle - that was my dream bike - but one other was a close second...the Moto Guzzi Le Mans
Click to read: Moto Guzzi V11 owners reviews, Moto Guzzi V11 specs and to see the Moto Guzzi V11 image gallery.So here I am, after all these years, astride a Moto Guzzi for the first time. I'm a Guzzi virgin, so I hope she'll treat me gently...The 'she' in question is a V11 Sport...
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Class of '75: 750cc two strokes
By Simon Bowen on 09/09/2009 17:49:16
The mid ‘70s was a time of contradiction and mayhem: Giant 2-strokes despite the fuel crisis, legends based on notoriety, little or no consideration for health and safety and the emphasis based purely on thrills. Happy days...
-friendly customer, the Suzuki ‘Kettle’. In the purple corner is the Widow Maker, a noisy and terrifying relic for the less mature, psychopathic customer.And so to today. In front of me are two stunning examples of motorcycles that adorned my bedroom wall
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The secret to Guy Martin's survival
By Visordown News on 15/06/2010 08:55:44
Clue: It involves milk and sugar
HE DRINKS TEA, races motorcycles and survives fiery high-speed crashes at the Isle of Man.Want to be like Guy Martin?Then get the kettle on and start bidding.Guy Martin eBay
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Mobile tea-urn
By Ben Cope on 28/10/2011 12:53:03
...go for a ride, stop for a brew
a kettle). It uses a coal furnace to super-heat water into steam which is fed into a small engine. This was the ZX-10R of the 19th century; it reached a dizzying 40mph. No matter how hard I look, I can't find any tea-making facilities on my ZX-10R
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Nakano calls it a day
By Visordown News on 29/10/2009 09:21:39
Shinya Nakano announces his retirement from racing
industry. I look forward to seeing everyone at the track in the near future, this time in a different capacity.”OK, Shinya. Get the kettle on.
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To The Crusher- Aprilia Moto' 6.5
By on 03/04/2008 14:46:54
The crusher, still picking small pieces of Norton Nemesis from its teeth.
. What they got was a crime against motorcycling. While quite adept at styling lemon squeezers and kettles for people more interested in making statements than sandwiches in their kitchens, Phil was clearly not the man for the job when it came
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UK biker raises £25,000 while circumnavigating Africa
By Visordown News on 16/08/2010 09:53:40
Spencer Conway completes 34,000-mile trip, evading gunfire and enduring hardship
BBC News: "Everything is very organised. Just to be able to put the kettle on without having to build a fire is very strange."
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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...
the rebuild but it’s finally taking shape.The other project couldn’t be much different. The GT 750 kettle is a brute of a bike. The bloke I got it off a decade ago said it hadn’t run for five years then, so it was a surprise to me that after 15 years lying
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Splitting heirs - Kawasaki ZX-10R V ZX-10R
By Jon Urry on 20/03/2008 15:36:50
It was the maddest 1,000cc superbike in the world, then they tamed it. TWO rides both incarnations of the Kawasaki ZX-10R back to back...
) and Suzuki's GSX-R1000. The old ZX-9R didn't stand a chance against this new breed of 1000s, each boasting in excess of 150bhp, but the ZX-10R was a whole new kettle of sushi. Kawasaki was back, and back with a vivid green coloured beast of a bike
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