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Morocco by bike
By mark forsyth on 04/05/2011 14:35:28
With Mick Extance
appetite.Conveniently, Mick is organising trips to Morocco later this year, when the weather becomes more bearable. He promises pure off-road riding hedonism with no ramblers to shout at you and no gates to continually open and close. Some of the routes
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Tomorrow, the roads shall be all mine
By mark forsyth on 28/04/2011 17:26:35
Well, I hope it's at least going to be quite quiet
I've been fannying around in the garage this morning making preparations for tomorrow.Don't care if it's going to rain or snow tomorrow, fractured ribs or not, I'm off riding. Full stop. Royal anythings don't interest me so I intend to be as far
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Maxxis Supermaxx Diamond road test
By mark forsyth on 10/03/2011 15:42:32
First the track, now the road...
We went for a pretty brisk road ride around the Algarve yesterday on the new Maxxis Supermaxx Diamond tyres. If brand names were allowed in Scrabble this new tyre would have an amazing word score.I suspected that this 100km road route would tell us
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Yamaha Tenere Experience
By mark forsyth on 23/04/2012 10:10:29
An experience never forgotten
Enduro titles and holds a whopping 8 ISDE medals. If there was a UK motorcycling hall of fame, Geraint would certainly have residence.He no longer rides competitively but runs the Yamaha off-road school from their idyllic family farm in Powys, just a few
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2010 Honda VFR1200F world launch test
By Mark Forsyth on 04/06/2010 12:34:57
One of motorcycling’s worst kept secrets - Honda’s top-secret VFR1200F. Visordown were among the chosen few to ride it at the Sugo circuit in Japan
masterpiece of technical shrinkology. It’s why Honda went the more compact Unicam route. DOHC might have been better for peak, high revving power but the SOHC method worked particularly well in their motocross CRF’s where space, weight and accessible power
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First Ride: Honda Crossrunner
By mark forsyth on 31/03/2011 16:32:37
Lukewarm reception but a stonking road bike for the real world
Just got back from a pretty hard-core 120 mile ride on the new Honda Crossrunner and these are my findings. Are you sitting comfortably?Last night at the unveiling and press conference there was a bit of a murmur going round the assembled hacks
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Trial and (many) errors
By mark forsyth on 04/10/2011 09:28:25
A Day with Dougie MBE
fell near Silsden a man with fourteen World Championship titles unloads his own van in the pissing rain.Yes, it's Mr Douglas Lampkin MBE and he's sifting through boxes of A-Star gear to see what'll fit the two chimps.Having watched the chimps ride
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Jewel Sport - KTM 990SMR v Aprilia Dorsoduro
By Mark Forsyth on 14/06/2010 15:50:07
As a time and motion study, jewellery heists are a pretty profitable blag. What do you need? Simple innit, two fast, thuggish supermoto bikes with plenty of V-twin stomp. A KTM 990SMR and Aprilia Dorsoduro should be enough to get the job done
little bit of business.Hacking through grid-locked traffic en-route from our East End lock-up to pay our chosen shop a visit, there’s little to split the two. When the going’s snarly, the super-slim-style Aprilia is the filter-king of the two, dodging
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Tested: Mick Extance Trials School
By mark forsyth on 14/02/2012 11:46:48
Fun at Four mph
rider. Full stop.It’s all about grip, body positioning, clutch and throttle control and route planning. As you’ll gather from that previous sentence, it’s all about riding any kind of motorbike. If you master the art of never putting your feet down
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I've tested ABS to the max...
By mark forsyth on 21/07/2011 11:00:09
...and I like it
notice it.Before you ask, no, the ABS hasn't kicked in once. Even riding on roads so wet and slippery that I've been getting vicious sixth gear wheelspin, it appears that my in-built and well practiced synaptic ABS system is still in good fettle.So why am
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