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First Ride: KTM 690 Duke
By James Whitham on 10/04/2008 21:26:14
The Duke has been, and KTM intend it to continue, as the flagship of the smaller end of their range. And as such the engine and drive train is virtually the only thing that it has in common with the Enduro and the SMC. The rest is all different
Dry weight: 148.5kg (claimed)Seat height: 865mmFuel capacity: 13.5lTop speed: 115mph (est)Colours: Orange
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First Ride: 2006 CCM FT35s
By James Whitham on 22/09/2010 12:10:00
Back from the brink, CCM return to the fray with a Suzuki motor wrapped up in one hell of a limited-edition piece of leftfield lunacy.
SEAT HEIGHT - 795mm FUEL CAPACITY - 12L TOP SPEED - 100mph 0-60 - n/a TANK RANGE - N/A
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First Ride: James Whitham's KTM RC8R review
By James Whitham on 09/02/2009 16:46:38
TWO's James Whitham reports back from the launch of KTM's sharp new RC8R
to be quite accurate with your right hand mid corner so as not to get too much power going to the rear wheel. For this reason the bike comes supplied with a second twist-grip tube that has an eccentric cable pull. The first 15% of movement of the twist grip
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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
to the new model, how a certain component is 15% more efficient, another is 200 grams lighter and another has more tortional stiffness. Very little is usually said about aesthetics or design concepts.With the new MV F4 they explained that the new bike was 10
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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
, fully adjustableFront brake: 320mm discs, four-piston caliper. (300mm, two-piston)Rear brake: 240mm disc, single-piston caliperDry weight: 139.5kg (138.5mm) (claimed)Seat height: 900mm (910mm)Fuel capacity: 12lTop speed: 110mph (est)Colours: Orange
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2009 KTM RC8R review
By James Whitham on 31/03/2010 12:18:02
KTM’s first superbike hit the mark last year with a blend of awesome performance and comfort. Now the R is upon us, is the RC8 a match for Ducati’s mighty 1198?
taken out 2mm, shoving capacity up from 1148cc to 1195cc. The compression ratio has also been raised to 13.5:1, and with altered valve timing and engine mapping to suit, the R model feels a lot more gutsy than the stock bike.Click next to continue
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First Ride: 2006 Suzuki GSX-R750 K6
By James Whitham on 03/04/2008 18:32:52
I know I'm not as young as I was...
.5lb.ft@9500rpmWEIGHT - 163kgSEAT HEIGHT - 810mmFUEL CAPACITY - 16.5LTOP SPEED - 165mph0-60 - n/aTANK RANGE - N/A
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First Ride: Triumph Scrambler
By James Whitham on 30/03/2006 13:54:11
No barbed wire fences to jump, so Whitham sticks to the roads on Triumph's Scrambler and gets nostalgic
exhausts send you back to a time when nobody locked their doors and pop stars could play their own instruments.Out on the road (let's be brutally honest here - despite its name, you'd have to be brave to take this 205kg bike very far from the Tarmac
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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...
-cooled, DOHC, 16-valve inline fourPower: 133.1bhp@ 14,000rpmTorque: 50.9lb.ft@ 12,000rpmFront suspension: 41mm USD, adj rebound, high and low speed compression and spring preloadRear suspension: Monoshock, adj rebound, high and low speed compression and spring
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KTM 690 Duke R vs. Yorkshire Dales
By James Whitham on 04/11/2010 15:26:20
Highway to Heaven: Six bikes, six roads, six twats, six stories. Ben Bardon was forced to take photos of someone called James Whitham. Perhaps, more worryingly, he also had to listen to him for the best part of a Thursday afternoon
and five point harnesses and roll cages they feel dead safe. On the KTM Duke, on a bit of road like this you’re getting the same buzz as you would riding your R1 on smooth A-roads, only at half the speed.For its part the KTM Duke, with aggressive super
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