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20 Questions... Jane Omorogbe
By Mark Shippey on 05/11/2007 13:41:42
ITV's Amazonian ex-Gladiator BSB presenter talks bikes, racing, nights in jail and, er, more bikes
lusted over in your youth?I only had one 'bike' in my youth, a Puch Maxi.4. What were you riding and where when you first did 100mph?In France on a '97 CBR600 about six weeks after passing my test.5. What should the speed limit be on a clear and empty
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James Whitham Column - Feb 2008
By James Whitham on 15/02/2008 12:51:37
Another busy month in the Whitham mansions. He mourns the passing of his first jump-bike and the best jumper, and recounts an hilarious night in the company of the Fogartys
of his Austin Maxi. We leapt that poor bike, front basket and all, over everything, milk crates, mates laid down side by side, even a couple of burning cardboard boxes on one occasion. We even did the dummy run and stopped at the top of the ramp to get
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Bike Icon: Yamaha FS1-E
By Benjamin Kubas Cronin on 10/09/2010 13:42:24
It's the bike that was once parked outside chip shops across the land. Here we look at the Fizzie and all of its 4.8bhp. Long live pedal power!
-faster treatment, but Yamaha recognised an entire generation of young bikers had nothing to use but relatively boring transport. Yamaha's plan was to inspire teen 'desire' for a 50cc machine. And it succeeded.The usual fare was to dutifully ride your Puch Maxi
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James Whitham Column - Feb 08
By James Whitham on 17/02/2008 16:12:54
Another busy month in the Whitham mansions. He mourns the passing of his first jump-bike and the best jumper, and recounts an hilarious night in the company of the Fogartys
of his Austin Maxi. We leapt that poor bike, front basket and all, over everything, milk crates, mates laid down side by side, even a couple of burning cardboard boxes on one occasion. We even did the dummy run and stopped at the top of the ramp to get
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James Whitham Column - Aug 10
By James Whitham on 30/07/2010 13:08:04
Using Yorkshire grit (mined from a rich seam under the Pennines) James Whitham and favva, travel to the TT in Manx comfort and style. They could have been in an Austin 1800
before, including an international meeting at Mallory Park in 1977 that pretty much put him off watching short circuit racing for good. We went down in the family Austin 1800 (like an Austin Maxi only shitter) it was meant to be a bit of a father
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Living with a 2002 Buell XB9R Firebolt
By Simon Bowen on 12/10/2002 14:28:35
A carefully considered long term Buell by Jim Bowen
cover 32,000 miles a year in commuting alone), as the country turns into an Orwellian nightmare with different cameras for different crimes, sometimes a change can be as good as a rest.Last year was spent mostly on a trusty maxi-scooter – hardly fantasy
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