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First Ride: Team Agni TTXGP
By Mark Forsyth on 05/10/2010 10:18:13
We get first ride on the Championship winning Agni electric racer
. It runs two air-cooled electric motors and draws its power from a mind-boggling 80 lithium ion batteries, each the size of an A4 jiffy bag. What the hell was that going to feel like?We were at Thruxton to drive Citroen’s amazing Survolt electric race car
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First Ride: 2007 Moto Guzzi 1200S review
By Niall Mackenzie on 02/04/2008 11:06:38
A resurgent Moto Guzzi unveils another new model, and at a race track ferchrissakes. Mackenzie rides the new 1200 Sport.
They say: "A perfect blend of incredible performance and the sheer pleasure of riding" Moto GuzziWe say: "I'll be the judge of that" Niall MackenzieMoto Guzzi has never been a marque I've associated with race tracks so I wasn't sure what to expect
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First Ride: 2007 Buell 1125R
By Bertie Simmonds on 29/03/2008 09:55:29
25 years in the making and Erik Buell finally makes the bike he always dreamed of: a liquid-cooled V-twin with plenty of poke and handling to die for. So has junking the Harley engines given Buell a new edge?
. First impressions are good, thanks to that new motor, which was developed jointly between Rotax and Buell. Erik has long been a fan of V-twins thanks to their flexibility and it's this that hits home on your first ride of the 1125R. There's a beautifully
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First Ride: 2002 Aprilia Tuono Fighter
By John Cantlie on 29/03/2008 19:22:43
Aprilia launch the production version of their Tuono-R concept bike, the Tuono Fighter. With a Mille engine and chassis, near-on full superbike power and streetfighter styling, you just know this is going to be a bad boy.
around (note move around, not weave) at very high speeds, due to the rider being more upright. All this adds up to a highly entertaining ride that cannot fail to thrill the rider. You attack sections of road with the Tuono Fighter and it just laps it up
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First Ride: 2008 Yamaha YZF-R6
By James Whitham on 10/04/2008 23:14:59
James Whitham used to be a bit tasty on an R6 in World Supersport, so he’s uniquely placed to give the ‘08 bike a proper seeing-to...
Dunlop road tyres, not super sticky race ones. Impressive indeed. The slipper clutch and fly-by-wire throttle on the ’08 bike gives you loads of confidence when pushing hard. Letting all that trick stuff look after what the back wheel is doing allows you
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