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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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Bike Icon: Ducati 888
By Mark Forsyth on 08/09/2010 15:09:22
The Ducati 888 is the Great Grandaddy of the 1198 and its awesome racing pedigree bred a road legend whose racing history is crucial to its status
the factory entered Marco Lucchinelli at Daytona on an 851cc version. He cleared off into the distance - clocking 166mph on the banking on his way to win the twins event. Tongues wagged.The roadgoing 851 was launched at the Milan show in 1987. It now had its
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MV Agusta Racing Resurrection
By Harriet Ridley on 29/07/2005 12:13:27
MV were once racing's dominant force, before slipping into the Japanese shadow. Two men have risked their livelihoods to resurrect Italy's heritage and produce bikes that are works of art and ahead of their time. This is their story
'd bought a few years earlier. At the 1997 Milan show, Castiglioni and Tamburini presented the gorgeous inline four F4 750."I always believed a 750 with the weight of a 500 and the power of a 1000 is the perfect motorcycle," says Tamburini. But when the F4
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Every type of four-stroke bike engine ever made
By Robin Goodwin on 21/11/2011 12:32:25
Well, every one that powered a production motorcycle, to be precise. A compendium of four-stroke motorcycle engines.
and felt that a V6 would be relatively easy to produce, as they would effectively be joinin two triples together.Displayed as a concept at the Milan show in 1977, Laverda sought to prove the potential of the V6 at the 1987 Bol d’or – which is just what
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