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A fine day for North Wales Police
By Ben Cope on 26/01/2010 14:05:29
Cops keep messing up – this time with speeding fines
Blunder-prone cops have done it again. North Wales Police incorrectly issued £18,000 of speeding tickets to road users travelling at over 30mph – in a 40mph zone. It’s the same force who used a picture of a rider’s severed head in a safety
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Prince Harry's motorcycle obsession
By Ben Cope on 26/09/2009 16:58:09
With motorcycling beset on all sides, it’s good to know we’ve now got not one but two princes on-side. See if you can’t get those speed limits binned, boys
Prince Harry is set to follow in his brother’s footsteps – by getting into motorcycling in no small way. Elder brother and second in line to the throne, William, 27, has been riding for years and now Harry’s caught the biking bug too. Industry
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GATSOs called into question. Again
By Ben Cope on 26/09/2009 15:46:11
A software engineer has successfully escaped prosecution. Cops not happy
Police are trying to get Gatso pictures of a Sussex rider removed from the internet after he used them to have the speeding case against him dismissed.Peter Barker, 51, a software engineer, received a notice of intended prosecution stating he’d been
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Bentley driver gets 56 day ban. Biker gets 12 months jail
By Ben Cope on 11/08/2009 12:41:19
We bikers are fair and balaced. It seems the justice system isn't
A BENTLEY driver who was busted for speeding at 138mph on the M6 has been given a 56-day driving ban, just a month after a biker who was caught doing 139mph has been jailed for a year.David Boothman, who comes from the Isle of Man, bought the 2
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The 206mph Honda CBR600RR
By Ben Cope on 07/09/2009 16:17:59
American tuners set new records with turbo-charged CBR600RR
What do you get if you cross a CBR600RR, with a turbo, a nutcase American and Bonneville Salt Flats? That's right, 206mph.FL Racing's 2004 CBR600RR runs a turbo but with normal petrol, and produces around 160bhp. Their 206mph top speed was a massive
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UK custom scoops world's best award
By Ben Cope on 18/08/2010 14:19:06
First it wins at the Ace Cafe then it shows the world we know how to build customs
fantastic results.The Shaw Harley-Davidson Speed and Custom Shop is designed especially for custom bike enthusiasts who are interested in modifying, refurbishing or stripping and re-building their motorcycles. The team at the dealership has been
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Essex motorcycle cops use covert video
By Ben Cope on 28/04/2011 08:38:22
A good way to alienate bikers is to join their rideout and film them
MOTORCYCLE cops are using covert video cameras as part of a new drive to reduce biker deaths across Essex.Essex Police motorcyclists, using unmarked machines fitted with cameras, have caught more than 50 speeding riders in just three weekends.The 55
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Biker-friendly central reservation
By Ben Cope on 11/08/2009 12:26:43
Spanish company design new central reservation that aims to lower threat to bikers
exposed uprights that pose a serious threat to bikers, this ingenious design features rubber mounted on rollers to lessen the speed at which a person decelerates, while the buffers on the rear, combined with the rubber rollers absorb force.This system has
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Ilmor develop 5-stroke motor. What?
By Ben Cope on 12/08/2009 14:42:31
They may not have had the best track record with bikes, but Ilmor's new 3-cylinder motor could be the future
pressure. The high pressure camshaft turns at half the crank speed while the low pressure crankshaft rotates at the same speed as the crank.The highpressure cam works with the outer two cylinders, in the same way a standard 4-stroke engine would
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Review your Honda week - win SwanHonda BSB tickets
By Ben Cope on 07/04/2010 10:13:13
Owned a Honda? We've got a bundle of prizes to give away to randomly selected reviewers
of the BSB championship - the winners will be chosen on the 12th April.WIN BRITISH SUPERBIKES TICKETS WITH SWANHONDA The British Superbike Championship got underway at Brands Hatch and with riders battling it out at speeds of up to 200mph there are few
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