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One Fine Day
By Jon Urry on 28/03/2008 17:49:37
To discover the best 10-mile stretch of road anywhere in the UK you have to go to Loch Leven in Scotland. But it's worth the ride. We whipped the brand new Street Triple, the manic KTM690SM and the glorious GSX-R750K7 into a frenzy
with a group of mates for the sheer joy of riding this road, and now it's our turn to join him. With an unusually dry patch of weather for both the UK and in particularly Scotland we gathered the three bikes best suited to this snaking nirvana
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Christian Iddon: The Apprentice
By Jon Urry on 01/12/2010 15:14:53
You may not have heard of him but Christian Iddon is a World Supermoto racer. His raw riding talent is obvious. So, has he got what it takes to make an impact in road racing? Mackenzie passes his verdict.
it was business as usual. What he was really excited about doing was riding the RSV-R racebike.Sitting on the bike for the first time Christian looked uncomfortable, the RSV-R was bigger than anything he had ridden before. As he doesn't have a road bike licence
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Inner City GP: Southampton
By Jon Urry on 02/12/2010 13:43:05
You don't have to ride miles to practice your roadcraft
15secs.Local legends have been born at this road track, and legend has it that bikers have been coming here since the 1970s to practice their roadcraft. One local lad managed to highside his way down a 20-foot drop off, so tyre-warmers might be a
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Inner City GP: West London
By Jon Urry on 02/12/2010 14:15:17
You don't have to ride miles to practice your roadcraft
in the morning, there are places in-town where you can lean your bike as well as anywhere on the open road. And all at legal velocities. A blanket 30mph speed limit needn't limit your riding fun.This inner city GP is held in West London underneath the A40
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Dream Factories - Tours of Aprilia and Ducati
By Jon Urry on 14/03/2008 10:12:10
Back in 2005, Niall and Jon explored inside Aprilia and Ducati's factories before taking the RSV-R and 999 on a trip along the legendary Futa Pass.
't resist sampling some of the goods, so we booked a ride on two of the firms' most recognisable models, the RSV Mille and 999, and took them along the Futa Pass, one of the most famous roads in Italy and Ducati's unofficial road test track
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Bridgestone Battlewing BW 501-502 review
By Jon Urry on 15/10/2006 10:41:45
I HATE on/off-road tyres. Most trailie owners are never going to take their bikes off-road, so why fit tyres that compromise thehandling?
to avoid tyre flex, and less chunks for a quieter and less wobbly ride.And they work. Riding on twisty Spanish roads the BW eliminated the tendency of the bikes I rode (a Tiger, Varadero and V-Strom) to squirm under braking, and cornering ability was only
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BMW Offroad School review
By Jon Urry on 25/10/2010 10:13:32
It’s one of the best-known off road skills schools in the UK, catering for all levels of ability. But even the BMW off-road school hadn’t witnesseth incompetence of the scale Urry accomplished
I find off-road riding deeply frustrating. I can ride a road bike fairly competently, but stick me near a muddy lane or a rutted path and it all goes to worms. See me off-road and you will be forgiving for thinking I’ve never sat on a bike before
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Bridgestone BT-002 review
By Jon Urry on 15/10/2006 10:17:52
Bridgestone launches its new Racing Street tyres - road-legal rubber aimed predominantly at track day riders in search of serious grip
They say: "Combines race-winning performance with rider friendly characteristics" BridgestoneWe say: "The last race I won was with an egg and spoon" Jon UrryChoosing a tyre is all about being honest. There isn't any point in riding around on track
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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
."Having watched Christian slide his supermoto there is little doubt he has fantastic feeling and control for a bike, but he's still quite raw when it comes to road racing," were Niall's first impressions. "His riding style is noticeably different. He rides
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Ron Haslam Training School for Kids
By Jon Urry on 05/11/2004 14:25:42
Twelve years old and lapping Donington on a Honda CBR125 with Ron Haslam's On-Track
it on the roads, so has joined up with the Ron Haslam Race School to offer kids as young as 12 the chance to ride CBR125s under the watchful eye of Ron and in the safe confines of Donington Park.But it's more than just a chance to experience two wheels, it's also
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