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Bike Icon: Suzuki RGV250
By Warren Pole on 16/09/2010 16:05:22
1989 was a vintage year for hoodlum teenagers worldwide because this was the year Suzuki unleashed the RGV250, the purest and most race-bred two-stroke track tool ever to make it into a showroom
look bang on.For just over three grand you got the fattest aluminium beam frame yet seen on a production bike and a host of other pukka race-bred features like the underslung rear caliper and beefy race swingarm.You also got sleek, crisp lines
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Hot Hot Heat: CBR600F to Sierra Nevada
By Leon Pang on 20/10/2010 11:29:10
Crashes, scraps, too many beers and the trip of a lifetime getting lost in Spain. Leon Pang’s solo ride to the Sierra Nevada on his CBR600 was earmarked for high adventure from the word go...
cover disappeared straight into my rear wheel, forcing me to stop and tear the thing out of my chain and rear brake. Passing Birmingham I heard a clunk as my tool bag fell off, leaving me with just the under-seat tool kit and a roll of tape. Finally
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Why a £1500 sportsbike might be a bad idea
By Tim Skilton on 19/07/2010 11:40:00
Read this before buying a 15-year-old 'bargain'
sportsbike for £1500, or even less, which seems bloody tempting for a 170mph corner-carving missile.Take an early model Fireblade - desirable, iconic and still a competent tool in the right hands - but is a 15-year-old one a good buy or are you just asking
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Looking through the window - a tour of the MV Agusta factory
By Ross Sharp on 16/07/2010 09:25:15
A guide through the wonders of how the stunning MV Agustas are born
that the very tightest of tolerances have been achieved. Once he is happy and the computer says yes, another team take over, inserting the valves, springs and camshafts all by hand, using proper hand tools.Read on for more of the magic from the factory of MV
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Sticks and Stones - Red Bull Romaniacs
By Geoff Walker on 12/07/2011 11:09:58
Set in Dracula’s own backyard, Romaniacs is five days of sheer hell for bikes and riders as enduro racers from all over the world tackle the toughest race in the world
of KTM UK, in the shape of an ’09 300 EXC two stroke, complete with the electric start. I raced the ’07 race on a 300 EXC and it proved to be a great tool for this event, taking my sometimes slightly angry self (people call me Angry Geoff, I don’t know
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Weird Weekend's - Rock Idol
By Luke Ponsford on 01/10/2006 10:32:58
James Toseland: Racing hero, rock star. Luke Ponsford: Not bad with a guitar. For one night only, Visordown joins Toseland and his band Crash on stage. Let's rock!
right tool...I don't have a lot in common with James Toseland. I have never been a World Superbike Champion, I don't have chiselled features or a torso seemingly hewn from aluminium. I can't recall ever having to beat libidinous females away with a stick
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Isle of Delight - Riding the Isle of Man
By Stuart Barker on 22/11/2010 15:05:11
If the TT is too OTT for you, Stuart Barker discovers there are 48 weeks every year where things needn't be 'Mad Manx'
with pictures of bikes and bike racing, where almost every corner shop sells biking videos, where the local supermarkets use posters of Neil Hodgson as a marketing tool, and where the local ale is called 'Blade Brew.'Now conjure a country where
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The 12 motorcycles that matter
By Visordown on 22/11/2011 12:35:55
We wouldn't be where we are today without these twelve bikes that changed history and in doing so, reached the coveted status of icon
, the purest and most race-bred two-stroke track tool ever to make it into a showroom. Read about the Suzuki RGV250 here.Suzuki GT750Think 750cc, think Suzuki. The GT750 is thee bike that kicked it all off way back in 1972. Somebody put the kettle on... Read
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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...
is that if you approach your ride to work properly, it can be an exhilarating and stimulating start to the day, bringing you in to work on a mental high. To achieve this, though, you need the right tool for the job and, as the next few pages show, there is a tool
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The Honda VFR Story
By Bertie Simmonds on 30/04/2006 14:05:42
Honda's VFR has stood for two decades as a machine which owners and press alike have claimed to be the world's most perfect motorcycle. Surprising, then, that the VFR story was almost over before it had begun
because you need to tool up for two lots of cylinder heads, barrels, camshafts, etc, but overall the V4 layout should be perfect for a motorcycle.And yet if we wind back to the '80s (cue wobbly image and harp glissando) through the fug of petruli oil
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