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Yanks
By John Cantlie on 26/11/2010 14:53:27
There are some 12,000 American military personnel stationed in the UK. Every year, they remember their fallen comrades by taking to the streets on their Hogs. This year, we tagged along for the ride
or cold. Try the heat in New Mexico in August and you’ll know what I mean.” We may moan about our country, but most of the Yanks love it over here, it seems. They’re allowed to ship five tons of personal effects over from home, they enjoy the weather
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Weird Weekends: BSB with the Rizla squad
By Luke Ponsford on 29/12/2006 14:29:26
There is no 'i' in 'team', but there are four in 'freeloading, indolent bike journalist'. Ponsford joins the Rizla Suzuki BSB squad for the 2006 championship's last hurrah
- fettling. Ultimately, that's what racing at this level is all about. Precision, gathering endless data, avoiding error at all costs. Winning, ultimately. For all the blue-clad personnel in this blue slathered garage, second means nothing at all
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Motorcycle Radar: 2002
By Roland Brown on 03/12/2010 13:42:30
Roland Brown is a world class swordsman, entertainer, poet, scientist, boxer, ladies' man and motorcycle journalist. Only one of those is true.
Hornet 9For a company with a history of generating two-wheeled excitement, Honda doesn't half build some boring bikes. Perfect example is the Hornet 900, the lean, mean 'naked FireBlade that we'd all been looking forward to for ages when
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Reach for the sky - Whitham's Tornado ride
By John Cantlie on 10/04/2002 17:01:29
Whitham reduced to a whimpering pile of vomit and fear after one hour in the back seat of a Tornado GR4 fighter-bomber
for the Dams Raid in 1943, although they have since graduated from their Lancaster bombers to GR1 and GR4 Tornados. Nicknamed 'The Mighty Fin' the Tornado is positively vicious up-close in the flesh. For starters, it's huge. I mean, these things are bloody vast
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Riding Enduro Africa
By John Cantlie on 29/11/2005 16:09:55
2500 kilometres, 10days, 5blokes, 5bikes, 1 ginormous continent...and a broken foot
. It's his passion for Africa that means next year's rally is taking place at all.The route is an almighty loop taking in most of South Africa's Eastern Cape. From Port Elizabeth in the south-east, you'll head north-west through brutal mountain passes
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Triumph Triple Challenge - The Contenders
By Ben Cope on 18/05/2012 10:58:50
Think everyone in BSB is a professional rider? Think again. We caught up with three aspiring young hopefuls.
the bikes are even and the fact the engines are sealed so we can't work on them is a bonus - it means there's less for my old man to do. The whole package is set: we park our bike in the awning next to the other riders and get on with it. We worked out a
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Rockers Roll
By Alex Hearn on 12/10/2007 11:17:04
Reliving a past they never had on machinery they didn't own first time round, Alex, Jon and Jim indulge in a spot of nostalgic old school cool. Let's go retro
, now they're eccentric sideshows. But that doesn't mean they don't have a place in modern motorcycling. The fact that bikes are so good now secures their place.And it all boils down to this. If you want a real classic bike that'll leak oil, break down
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Living with a 2001 Kawasaki ZX-6R
By Gus Scott on 26/04/2002 11:45:59
Gus Scott the man, the legend, a ladies man and a very tight northerner indeed. And he was very fast on a motorcycle
the means underneath to go like a high-class hooker on heat.October 2001It's been a peaceful few summer weeks for the Kawasaki. But why thrash it every day and wreck it when I've got a perfectly good race bike I can do that on during the summer months
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Living with a 2002 Aprilia RSV Mille R
By Bertie Simmonds on 12/12/2002 11:48:54
Did Bertie get on with the RSV Mille R, read on for his longterm verdict...
the indicators are and vice versa. Meaning that I spent the first few miles indicating my preferred direction of travel with a toot of the horn... With the price of the Mille R coming down to the sub ten thousand mark, I still reckon it's a bit of a bargain
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The definitive motorcycle bucket list
By Robin Goodwin on 05/12/2011 10:11:01
Top 50 countdown of motorcycling adventures that you simply have to do before you die...
When: NowCost: £3500 (S2R) - £40k (Desmosedici)Ducatis are desirable, there's no question about it, they feature on most wish lists for dream bikes, and it's easy to understand why. Starting from a rich heritage, the bikes from Bologna are the epitome of all
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