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Old's Cool: Guide to classic bikes
By A.J. Stevens, Luke Ponsford on 01/08/2005 15:14:22
Nostalgia ain't what it used to be. Faux modern retro is one way to go, but if you want your old school metal to be authentic there's only one option: get the real deal and buy a classic. Let us show you how
- and it's an endless argument with no real rights or wrongs to it - the important thing is how your classic makes you feel. There's no such thing as an elixir of youth or a recipe for immortality. But as a means of transport to experience the sensations
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Bosche Spice - BMW Bikermeeting
By Luke Ponsford on 29/10/2007 20:39:40
"I vill tell you vot you vant, vot you veally, veally vont," says Ponsford. You want a BMW event which dumps the normal cliches of German boringness in the bin and keeps 30,000 Euro bikers very happy indeed
BMW one. And that means that 80mph will be quite fast enough for most, thank you very much.Continue the World of BMW Bikermeeting
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Eddie Lawson - Green Day
By Mark Graham on 18/05/2009 09:13:21
One man, one motorcycle - over twenty years ago Eddie Lawson raced a bright green bike very, very well. Decades later and, for some, it's as if he never stopped
degrees of expense and accuracy, became part of the second coming of Superbike racing, Lawson and his mean, green Zeds underpinned the original wave of Superbike mania.There are two strains of followers here in this sea of green: builders of original Eddie
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Creche Course - They start 'em young these days
By Mark Forsyth on 17/06/2008 14:51:06
MF goes racing with the fastest 8-year olds in the country as we go looking for the next generation of MotoGP talent
racing virginity on his aged Polini mini-moto.I foolishly ask what all the different race classes mean and struggle to understand the answer as there are about 12 different categories. It's bewildering when your brain's as small as mine. But suffice
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The failings behind the Suzuki MotoGP project
By Gordon Ritchie on 14/07/2010 09:31:32
On the back of the success of the GSX-R common sense would suggest that when four-strokes were introduced with MotoGP the knowledge would transfer to the GSV-R
of outings before Michelins found their way back onto the rims. Now we could at least see what was a tyre issue and what was a machine worry. Suzuki were by no means alone in having to iron out the wrinkles, and compared to Yamaha and Kawasaki (the latter
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Four-stroke GP retrospective
By Visordown on 16/09/2010 09:53:15
MotoGP is about to see another change with a move to a 1000cc engine limit, this change is seen with excitement. Here we look back at the trepidation of the four-stroke GP before the class changed in 2002
uncertain of the original four-stroke change. This feature from 2001 sums up the intrigue, distaste and excitement before the MotoGP class was born.Why? Well the GP people have been addicts to the smell of two-stroke pre-mix and the sheer purity of an engine
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The planet, the bike and you
By Jon Bentman on 18/10/2010 11:51:26
You can't escape the news reports, they're everywhere: global warming is here. And always the villain's the same, the filthy internal combustion engine. So is the motorcycle toast?
into the world of fuels, gasses and legislation to try and figure out what this change in climate (both physical and political) really means for us motorcyclists.And seeing as how it's a massive subject we're going to have to take it little by little. And let
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Is motorcycle racing too dangerous?
By Visordown on 29/11/2007 13:18:15
After the recent tragic death in BSB, are we complacent about track safety in the UK or do we just have to accept that these accidents are part of bike racing
being mentioned regarding safety) and will continue to do so because I love doing it and accept the risks. But that doesn't mean that I accept the tragic losses that could have been avoided with better planning and with rider safety being top priority
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Things that go bump in the night
By James Whitham on 21/10/2010 14:26:42
In the deepest thickets of Derbyshire, a strange new breed of trail-rider is eschewing daytime riding in favour of heading out in the thick of night…
how feeble enduro bike headlights are. Not only do they produce very little actual light, they never point it where you need it. The soft, long-travel suspension means that when you open the throttle the pathetic beam points up to the tops of the trees
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Max to Supermax
By Gordon Ritchie on 28/03/2002 10:49:25
Four years into his 500GP career, and Max Biaggi still hasn't won the ultimate prize the sport can offer. In a couple of years, he lost to riders he is rated higher than by most. When will Max become more than just another factor?
and the race win was nothing short of earth-shattering, arguably one of the greatest single achievements in the modern history of GP racing. Or am I hyperventilating on the old hyperbole? To put it into context, it took all - and I mean all - of the post
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