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The Hard Road: The Real Road Racers
By Warren Pole on 16/08/2010 13:46:37
Road racing’s superstars may dominate the headlines, but the unsung majority are still the sport’s lifeblood. Warren Pole unpicks the fabric of ‘real’ road racing
’s logos have been swapped for old tents while the ‘hospitality areas’ are a packet of biscuits in the toolkit and a couple of well worn mugs wearing as much grease as they are tea stains.If road racing is a religion in Ireland then this paddock
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The Best roads of Wales
By Mark Williams on 04/07/2003 09:40:25
On the Zed Thousand, in search of the very best roads in Wales. Mark Williams explains what makes Wales 'God's Own Country'
Ducati 600 Monster, a GPz500S or a big Supermoto will do nicely.Because this, my friends, is Mid-Wales - home to probably the best concentration of great riding roads our sceptred isle can offer, and all within a modest trot of those major conurbations
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Worst potholed roads in Britain named
By Nathan Clark on 24/05/2011 10:13:42
The country's most potholed roads, according to you
A CAMPAIGN to expose the UK’s deteriorating road system has revealed the worst roads as voted by the public. The two roads that ‘won’ top awards were the B6343, near Morpeth, Northumberland for major road category, and Fieldhead Lane, close
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The perfect road riding lines
By Harriet Ridley on 29/11/2010 16:46:51
Middle of the road or gutter to kerb? Here's how to get your lines sorted and keep it swift, smooth and safe out on the public highway
Your line on a circuit can be distilled down to a series of braking, turn-in, apex and exit points linked together. It's the same on the road, but different. There are far more variables to be assessed and positioned for on the road, and it
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Road Rage: Car vs. Bike
By Robin Goodwin on 26/03/2012 16:45:20
Road rage episode goes from bad to worse
Think twice before letting your road rage get the better of you, as there is bound to be someone willing to escalate it further than you. The above footage is the perfect example. Shot in Brazil, it begins with a motorcyclist kicking the bumper of a
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Biker's death sparks road investigation
By Visordown News on 06/09/2011 11:58:16
Police to investigate condition of high-fatality road
was killed when his motorcycle was in a collision with a Peugeot car travelling in the other direction. The car's four occupants sustained minor injuries. The road was closed for five hours as officers carried out a full accident investigation.A local
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Teaser: Buell's new road bike
By Visordown News on 08/02/2011 09:26:11
New road bike will be in production later this year
BUELL – in the form of Erik Buell Racing – is making a return to road bikes production this year with its 1190RS, and the firm has posted this sneak preview of the bike on its Facebook page.In a complicated saga that saw Harley-Davidson, as owners
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Motorists distrust government on toll roads
By Visordown News on 26/03/2013 10:50:09
IAM survey reveals widespread suspicion about reinvestment in the road network
AN OVERWHELMING 91% of respondents in a recent survey by the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) claimed that they did not trust the government to reinvest money made from tolls in road improvement work. It has long been held that toll roads
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Road Test: Over the top
By Warren Pole on 20/09/2010 11:11:08
Welcome to the Road Racing Capital of the World. They cancelled the 2001 Isle of Man TT races, so we decided to have our very own production TT Test. GSX-R1000, Yamaha R1, FireBlade and Kawasaki ZX-9R thrashed around the 37-mile course.
were about to be put through the bloody grinder and no mistake. Let thrashing commence!Four sportsbikes, four TT racers, and one TT circuit. This is what happened...Start the TT road test 2/7THE OTT TESTERSDave Jefferies, TT Legend6-times TT winner, big
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Neck Braces - the future of road riding?
By Mark Forsyth on 16/02/2009 10:30:48
Go to any off-road event and 80% of the riders these days will be wearing neck braces. These items are possible life-savers, so why haven’t they been adopted by the road-riding fraternity?
and doctor. “It started seven years ago,” says Leatt. “I was competing in an off road event and a guy crashed and broke his neck. We worked on him for ages administering CPU but it was no good. It was when they were carrying his body off the hill I thought
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