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The Power of Balance
By Ben Miller on 01/12/2010 12:27:54
MotoGP racers talk about it, road bike engineers strive for it and, if your bike’s got it, riding really, really quickly is easy. But what the hell is balance?
and, with little more than a race cylinder head and an exhaust, turned up at a superbike meeting to kick ass, perhaps with an unknown American racer by the name of Kevin Schwantz in the saddle. For proof of the GSX-R750F's balance of strengths
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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
and a brand new exhaust on the straightened CRF230, it was time to rendezvous with the others. Mike meets me at Bushman Sands as the others have gone ahead. Feeling for all the world like a schoolboy just out of detention, we set off.Continue Enduro
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Living with a 2002 Honda Silverwing
By Daryll Young on 12/07/2002 12:32:18
Daryll discovers that he didn't quite get the short straw with the Silverwing
about 60 mph, but hey, where's the fun in that? It's slow, dangerous, and it takes forever to get anywhere.We turned off the motorway and headed across the moors taking in some decent twisty roads to meet the rest of the crew. Within half a mile I
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Living with a Triumph Thruxton
By Steve Cropley on 15/09/2004 12:47:48
Gentleman motorcyclist Steve Cropley dispatches motorways and B-roads on the Thruxton and asks who will buy the nouveaux retro
but on the motorway, and is probably perfect for that much-discussed breed, the returning biker. But before long, I suspect he'll want to move on.January 2005There's less to this than meets the eye. That's my latest conclusion about the Triumph Thruxton. Not that it
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Living with a 2009 Harley Davidson XR1200
By James Whitham on 23/10/2009 10:56:37
James Whitham's review of the Harley XR1200
’m putting a few more miles on the old Harley and for the most part I’m still enjoying living with it. I’ve been to a few of the British Superbike meetings on it, mainly so I can avoid the queues coming out of the circuits on Sunday night. People’s reaction
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Longest Test: Suzuki GSX-R1000
By Rob Hoyles on 02/11/2009 10:36:24
The dark horse of this year’s litre class, the GSX-R1000 just keeps on impressing Visordown’s Deputy Editor and keen club racer, Rob Hoyles.
corner, the Harley’s trademark ‘potato-potato’ bellowing at every twist of the throttle, the intermittent combination of high-pitch scream and the unmistakable sound of kneeslider meeting tarmac – everything that could instil a shiver down the spine
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Semi-active suspension coming to production BMWs soon
By Visordown News on 01/07/2011 16:04:06
Suspension innovation from BMW with Dynamic Damping Control
conditions that is yet to meet its match. In conjunction with the three tuning variants "Comfort", "Normal", and "Sport", ESA II therefore opened up a new dimension of ride stability with the best response in all operating and payload configurations
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Five great £3000 track weapons
By Jon Urry on 31/05/2012 16:51:00
Want a road bike that'll also cut in on the track? You don't need to blow the bank, check out these smart buys instead
!!!) and they look as cool as hell at your local bike meet – although you will get pulled by the cops every time you ride it…Specs: Engine: 997cc, V-twin, l/c, DOHCPower: 138bhpWeight: 185kg2002 Ducati 748The limited budget means that you are looking at a ‘stock’ 748
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Heated Gear - it really works!
By Bill@Mission on 25/08/2007 10:53:58
710KM to Paris - pre-knackered - the night from hell
exactly 12 hours to ride the R1200GS the 710 Km to Paris to meet the customer. The bike is being used for the Press Bike ad I put onto the site " and the lucky winner was a buddy of the photographer in question. He just felt more comfortable with someone
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Used Review: Sports 600s
By Bertie Simmonds on 05/04/2008 17:38:51
Yesterday's supersports screamers are still duking it out on the used battlefield. Under cover of sunshine, Bertie advances on middle England with a bunch of war veterans to find out who still cuts the mustard gas.
for me and just a smidge too small to keep my lumpy frame comfortable. The morning dawns bright and pleasant so I decide to go the very long and pretty way to meet Daryll, and see if on the way I could fall in love with a three-year-old R6. The first
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