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Pounding your meet - Biker Meets
By John Hogan on 20/10/2010 11:28:10
Why do we like riding to car parks, drinking muddy tea out of throwaway cups and nattering like old women about bikes? Because we're bikers of course, and that's what we do
The ideal bike meet would be somewhere about 30 or 40 miles from your house, giving you the chance for a proper ride there. The weather should be sunny too, but you don't always get the choice. Meeting up with friends is what it's all about. If you
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Meet the family - Kawasaki Z900
By Visordown on 14/06/2010 15:08:33
The Z900 was a memorable moment in Kawasaki's history as one of the motorcycling milestones of the past fifty years
Of all the bombshell bikes launched in the last fifty years, Kawasaki’s 1972 Z900 (becoming the Z1 in 1974) is a milestone machine.Kawasaki decided to trump Honda’s CB750 by launching something else altogether. With double overhead cams to the Honda’s one and 903cc to Honda’s 736...
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Kings of Cornering: Part Two
By mark forsyth on 08/08/2011 10:51:55
Triumph, triumphs
Triumph’s most splendiferous 675 Daytona is a fantastic all-rounder. Blessed with more mid-range power than any of its smaller 600cc competitors, it is a much nicer bike to ride on the road, needing less gear-lever action and less revs to pedal it along at a decent rate of knots....
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Dirty Work
By Tom Higham on 28/01/2011 12:19:23
On a trip to the South Coast this week I was invited to meet the team behind a bright pink bike cleaner
they give to the Rizla Suzuki MotoGp team, the Dixon Yamaha MX team and also as an official supplier to the Force India F1 team, ensuring they all keep shining for the cameras.The company also supports the local bike meets at Poole Quay, which take place
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Tyre Launch: Dunlop Qualifier II
By Bertie Simmonds on 24/07/2009 15:18:01
RoadSmart meets Qualifier – Dunlop’s fast road & track tyre
THE SCIENCE PART: The Qualifier II uses single tread technology on the front hoop and Dunlop’s TTC (Triple Tread Compound) on the rear. This gives uniformity to the front and the best of both worlds on the rear – a softer compound for better side grip on the shoulders of the tyre...
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Christian Iddon Interview
By Jon Urry on 30/03/2008 21:44:41
TWO meets Britain's greatest supermoto rider to find out if he's capable of keeping both wheels inline for once
Christian Iddon...he's a bit good, you knowConsidering his obvious talent and factory rider status Christian Iddon is remarkably level-headed, especially for a lad of his tender years. Although he still hasn't turned 23 he's done a lot in racing terms and spent most of his life i...
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Bike Icon: Kawasaki ZXR750
By Mark Shippey on 11/10/2010 13:09:50
Lean, mean and best in green, come and meet the best-looking mass production 750 four-cylinder sportsbike ever
Anthony Gobert pulls into park fermé and is mobbed by the Muzzy Kawasaki team. A first place in the second race at Phillip Island secures a very respectable fourth for the infamous Aussie in the 1995 World Championship. This was to be the last win on the world stage for the ZXR75...
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Jeremy Burgess - The King Maker
By Mike Nicks on 05/06/2004 14:45:21
Valentino Rossi's right-hand man has 14 GP titles to his credit and delights in psychological paddock warfare. Meet Jeremy Burgess
Jerry Burgess gets up at 5am on a race weekend. He heads for the computer, switches it on and combs the data, seeking something that might give Valentino Rossi's Yamaha YZR-M1 a microsecond's advantage on the track. He's 50 years old, but he's the first of the Gauloises team to ...
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Inner City GP: Milton Keynes
By Visordown on 01/12/2009 14:40:17
Living in the centre of town? Want to get some early-morning thrills without venturing too far?
Location: Central Milton Keynes, BuckinghamshireDescription: Low speed urban circuit, watch for SaxosSurface: Mostly well-surfaced with moderate grip levelsSkills practised: Observation, anticipation, low speed throttle control, reflection-checkingMilton Keynes was always going t...
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The Best 600 On The Planet - Crutchlow's Championship winning R6
By Ben Miller on 08/04/2010 14:57:16
NO ARGUMENTS, FOR THESE ARE THE NUMBERS: 140BHP, 158KG, £45,000 and more points than anyone else in the World Supersport championship. Meet Cal Crutchlow’s R6
Tucked-in on a Valencia start/finish straight hazy with heat, the blue and carbon of Cal Crutchlow’s R6 were so tight to the exhausts of Anthony West’s CBR600RR going into the last lap, the two were virtually indistinguishable. The headline battle of the third round of the champi...
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