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First Look: Pettinari Triumph Bonneville
By Visordown News on 12/05/2010 09:31:09
Popular Brit naked gets the proper Italian touch from Triumph Bonneville specialists and builders of customs Pettinari
MILAN-BASED Triumph specialists Pettinari have put their touch to the popular parallel-twin Triumph Bonneville - and this is the result.Showa forks and Öhlins rear shocks take the place of the standard items, presumably to improve the Bonnie's handling. Twin 310 mm front discs an...
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Learning to ride a motorcycle: One Stop Guide
By Visordown on 02/08/2011 14:00:57
Motorcycle learning to ride guide
on the biking ladder.We’ve compiled a motorcycle training survival manual to advise you on how to get into biking; running through all aspects of the test, the gear you’ll need and the right bike to buy, ensuring you get the best preparation before, during
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Honda CBF1000FA launched
By Visordown News on 02/09/2010 12:43:11
Finally the revamped and popular large capacity Honda all-rounder motorcycle is in UK Honda showrooms now and available for test rides
HONDA UK has announced the Honda CBF1000FA is now available from official Honda dealers, priced at £8,875 OTR.Originally designed and launched as a CBF1000 in 2006, this latest addition features a sporty, single exhaust end-can to its 998cc Honda Fireblade-derived motor - up 10bh...
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Meet the fuglys: alternative used adventurers
By Jon Urry on 14/09/2010 09:26:14
They may not be the best looking bikes out there, but is there more than meets the eye when it comes to these presentationally-challenged secondhand bikes?
Beauty is a subjective thing. What one person may find appealing another will consider repulsive. Life has to be like that. Without this diversity how on earth would half the people on the Jeremy Kyle Show get pregnant? Although that could just be down to drink. Or hard drugs. Or...
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Buyer Guide: Kawasaki ZX-9R
By Visordown on 05/10/2010 11:05:47
Comfy, ultra-reliable, cheap and 170mph fast. All the inside information on the cruelly underrated and too often overlooked Kawasaki ZX-9R from the people who own them
Click to view: Kawasaki ZX-9R owners reviews, specs and image galleries.Yesterday’s man. Always the bridesmaid. Give a bike a bad name and it sticks. The sports bike market in the UK is incredibly competitive and like animals on the African plains, any hint of weakness can mean d...
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Buyer Guide: Yamaha Fazer 1000
By Visordown on 15/10/2010 09:51:09
The ultimate buyers guide to the Yamaha Fazer 1000 written by the people who actually own the bike…
Click to view: Yamaha Fazer 1000 owners reviews, specs and image galleries.We all wanted an unfaired R1 with high bars. What Yamaha delivered was so much more. The first Fazer 1000 did have an R1 engine but wrapped around it was a chassis which meant the Fazer was practical, comf...
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Buyer Guide: Honda Hornet 600
By Visordown on 18/10/2010 12:09:23
The ultimate buyer’s guide, written by the people who actually own the bike
Click to view: Honda Hornet 600 owners reviews, specs and image galleries.Cheap doesn’t have to mean nasty. In fact the Honda Hornet 600 offers one of the highest fun per pound ratios of any bike you can buy on the used market. But there’s more – it’s a durable, capable, useable ...
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Living with a Victory Hammer S review
By Everyone on 23/11/2009 12:06:06
We loved the Victory Hammer S so much after the test we didn’t want to give it back. We still don’t!
November 2009Back in the August 2009 issue, we tested the new Victory Hammer S against a Harley-Davidson V Rod Muscle. The Victory absolutely hammered (arf!) the Harley in every department apart from speed. In looks, presence, sound, style, paint and just total outright coolness,...
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Fitting a Leo Vince GP Pro + Decat to my 10R
By Ben Cope on 03/08/2011 16:46:51
Leo Vince claim good power gains but it's the 12.5kg weight saving I'm after most
struggling with the end can, trying to line it up with the link pipe and keep it away from the swingarm.Things that aren't pictured here: me consulting the Italian-made nonsense masquerading as an instruction manual. Me Googling for fitting instructions
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Living with a BMW R1150GS Adventure
By Alex Hearn on 12/06/2002 12:21:45
Alex Hearn reviews BMW's 1150 Adventure with mixed views
July 2002The R1150GS Adventure is the bike I've been waiting for BMW to build. Why? Lots of reasons - for a starter the upgrades (like the 30 litre tank) have turned an already useful mile cruncher into a real distance machine - 250 miles @100mph? Done, easily, and the comfort an...
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