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Whitham's three and a half grand second-hand challenge
By Visordown on 18/10/2006 13:02:13
In 2006 with the unlikely premise of £3500 fast burning holes in their pockets, four Visordown teamsters are buying second-hand steel. It's head v. hearts all the way
't come in with a stack of cash and say, 'I want that one'. Typically they're bringing in their old bike, usually worth £1500, and they've begged, borrowed or financed the rest."Of the Visordown team, sadly only Whitham would be able to lay out the cash
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TT Centenary: 100 years on the gas
By Jonathan Bentman on 13/05/2007 11:46:17
The TT is more than just a hairy, scary motorcycle race. It's a celebration of biking, an island-bound two-wheeled world where nothing else matters but motorcycling
That a motorcycle can circulate a racetrack at an average speed of 130mph would be quite shocking even in the fast moving world of MotoGP. That the circuit in question is instead a collection of public roads bounded by walls, schools, cottages
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Niall's Spin: Honda CB900F
By Niall Mackenzie on 28/09/2010 13:50:19
The Naked Bike that everyone forgot about but Niall Mackenzie tells us why Honda CB900F shouldn't be ignored.
from some TLC no doubt. That said it's a fine scratcher's tool -bear in mind the Ron Haslam Race School used these for instructors' bikes at Donington Park.There are few downsides. We can't really challenge it's aesthetics as they're identical
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Schoolboy Heroes
By Ross Sharp on 04/03/2011 15:19:57
Who was responsible for getting you addicted to bikes?
A wet and grey day in Calais in 1992 wouldn’t be the obvious situation for a life changing experience, but for a 11 year old lad on a boring booze cruise from Dover this is exactly what happened.Pockets bulging with funny money I headed to the Tabac
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Rocket Men - The Racing Haslam Family
By Bertie Simmonds on 26/06/2002 15:50:55
The story behind the racing Haslam family
Here's a favourite Haslam anecdote. First race of the season in March 1999 at Brands Hatch and in the 125 race are two Haslams, Ron and his son Leon. Towards the end of the race, Leon is lying in third place with Ron just in the points in the top 15
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An expensive obsession, I bought a bike
By vegnomeat on 18/04/2007 09:21:12
My return to riding from the era of strokers
and dearest on many occasions with my obsession. Has it been worth it ? Of course it has, my 12 year old son is the coolest guy at his school now that he travels to school on the pillion and dad drops him off at the gate with his mini leathers on, my 18 year
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First Ride: Ducati SC1000
By Niall Mackenzie on 17/08/2008 20:50:48
Thirty-three years in the planning and Ducati's Sportclassics are finally here. But you'd better be quick if you want one.
ON THE 23RD of April 1972 I was 10 years old, Amazing Grace was at number one and I had just got back from Sunday School praying my folks would buy me that orange Raleigh Chopper in Halfords' window.On that same day in Italy something far more
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UK Motorcycle Trackday Calendar - July 2008
By Ben Cope on 24/10/2008 10:20:57
Trackday dates across the UK and Europe 2008
Events 11/07/2008 Friday Anglesey Trackday Training School £195 Hottrax 11/07/2008 Friday Croft £135 No Limits 12/07/2008 Saturday Anglesey Coastal £125 No Limits 13/07/2008 Sunday
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BMW R1200GS vs S21 Grozdilka Russian tank
By on 09/09/2009 15:38:08
Can 210kg of BMW R1200GS Adventure beat 36 tons of SOVIET S21 Grozdilka tank around a sodden track in Northampton? Who’s got the bollocks to win this brutal clash of heavy metal, as at last we find a worthy opponent to BMW’s Schnell Panzer...
of some of the ruts we knew he was right, but that meant removing the front wheel and that would have been cheating.Clive was looking nervous. The Grozdilka tank has a 12-litre turbo-charged diesel making 750bhp. And a 122mm smoothbore canon, one
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The Professionals: James Toseland
By Visordown on 21/03/2008 14:50:27
James Toseland is going to win a MotoGP race sometime soon, and you’d better believe it. Then he’ll go play the piano for a while...
?Did you used to get grief at school because of your pianist habits?No, because I didn’t tell anyone! No-one really knew because I was really conscious about it. When mates would say, ‘you coming out to play footie’ you don’t want to go ‘actually I’ve got a
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