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Rush Hour
By Simon Bowen on 12/10/2007 16:10:24
Woke up. Fell out of bed, dragged a comb across my head. Found my way downstairs and drank a cup and looking up, I noticed I was late...
's express, if you will.Continue reading Rush Hour 2/4SPECS - HONDA PANEUROPEANTYPE - Touring PRODUCTION DATE - 2005PRICE NEW - £10,349ENGINE CAPACITY - 1261ccPOWER - 115.4bhp@7600rpmTORQUE - 85.3lb.ft@6000rpm WEIGHT - 289kgSEAT HEIGHT - 810mm
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BMW G650 X series launch test
By mossy on 22/02/2007 08:21:09
Chris Moss tests out BMW's latest funky entry-level bikes
to live with and should suit their target customers well - even if they're a bit short of that all-important excitement factor.Cheapest and lowest spec in the line up is the distinctly-styled Xcountry model. Aping the look of the 60s 'cramblers', the bike
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Triumph Street Triple 675 - official launch images
By Visordown News on 04/07/2007 16:15:23
Bizarrely, Triumph unveil new Street Triple in Austria
the performance theme, a number of high spec carbon fibre parts areavailable for the Street Triple, including tank pad, upper & lower chain guard andfront mudguard.On the practical side two styles of magnetic tank bags are available. These bags can be securely
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Chinese Bikes Are Coming
By martinlake1@hot on 02/10/2007 21:00:56
Chinese Bikes
the Japanese and European manufacturers and benefiting from the free technology these partnerships bring.Along with my Aprilia Mille, I own a delightful little Chinese super moto which has an engine built under licence to Suzuki, and has a standard spec
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First Ride: 2005 Ducati Sport Classics
By mossy on 09/06/2004 00:32:56
Visordown heads off to Florence to ride Ducati's new line-up of Sport Classics
and style are the hallmarks of this excellent, nostalgia-evoking machine.Smart ... in every sense of the wordThe slightly lesser spec Sport 1000 also prompts plenty of enjoyment. And does so a much cheaper price. Essentially it's the same bike without
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First Ride: 2005 Aprilia Tuono R
By mossy on 31/07/2004 23:37:46
Some would say there was nothing wrong with the old Tuono R, so is the new one better?
always seem to know where you are with it. I like bikes like that. Slashing speed is just as impressive as gaining it thanks to the half decent brakes. And though the bike's suspension isn't quite as high spec as some, it still deals with all the speed
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Mike Scott Column - Mar 2002
By Mike Scott on 01/03/2002 11:38:53
Grow old gracefully or die young trying - Mike Scott reflects on one pf motorcycle racing's greatest names
Without a Cause, the prototype teenager, who died when he was 24 in a collision with a Hicksville farmer while blasting round the hinterland of California in a race-spec lightweight Porsche Spyder.The point is that we will never know, just as we will never
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Mike Scott Column - Apr 2002
By Mike Scott on 01/04/2002 11:45:33
Elder of Grand Prix journalism, Editor of Motocourse and man on the inside of GP racing, Mike Scott dissects the future of motorcycle racing
met no resistance from the Japanese federation, so the poor little 750 road-based fours and 1,000cc twins will this year find themselves up against proper lightweight 990cc full-race-spec prototypes. The proof of the pudding... etc etc
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First Ride: 2007 Ducati Hypermotard
By Jon Urry on 18/03/2008 20:57:38
Urry's let loose on Ducati's new super-duper motard and shows Ruben Xaus a thing or two about backing it in - or so he said...
can't see many owners taking one on track it can handle it well enough. And for destroying your favourite back road it is the perfect weapon. Better than a KTM 950SM? We shall see...VERDICT 5/5It's an expensive weekend toy, but a bloody brilliant oneSPECS
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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.
.Would have competed that year on: Pidcock Formula One ZX-9RFastest average TT lap: 120.0mph, WSB-spec ZX-7RMost-used phrase: "I were coming down t'M6, in't van..."Wozza, TT NobodyTWO's Deputy Editor. Never been to the Isle of Man before, so quite ready
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