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Predictions for five future sportbike classics
By Tim Skilton on 12/07/2010 13:55:46
Tips for the next batch of bikes destined to be future classics in the auction house
then what would be on your list? We've selected the machines we think are going to increase in value over the next few years. Bikes that have made a lasting impact on the UK's sportsbike scene and look set to make great future investments. Some are no
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The Secret Tracks of Europe
By Bertie Simmonds on 27/04/2010 10:55:14
If you’re getting bored of Brands and tired of tipping into Redgate, you need to get your circuit fix abroad. We trawled Europe to find you a selection of the best racetracks you’ve never heard of
with your mates and rent a foreign track for a whole day at a fraction of the cost of UK circuits. Better still, since many of these tracks are situated in stunning locations, imagine taking a week off work and riding there as part of a complete biking
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Grant Leonard stars in Silver Dream Racer
By Grant Leonard on 01/12/2009 15:15:37
Grant Leonard finds himself in a film with David Essex
on racing in the UK after the film was made (despite it apparently exploding at the end of the film - oops sorry, ruined it for you). I know because I saw it at Oliver's Mount.It's the corniest film you'll ever see but the bike action is brilliant. And you
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Kings of Cornering: Part Four
By mark forsyth on 10/08/2011 14:29:57
Rarer than a blue steak
that most were raced (and smashed to pieces) are still nose bleedingly expensive now (if you can still find one, that is). Approximately 40 bikes were officially shipped to the UK.The chassis data for this high revving in-line four was plucked straight from
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Hogan's Heroes: Trials Riding
By John Hogan on 05/11/2007 14:09:12
Britain's most popular form of bikesport has just got one more fan. We put Hogan on trial. Verdict? Guilty (of being rubbish)
about 15mph but trust me, you will learn more about throttle control and balance in one day's trials riding than you would in a year's worth of track days.HERO NO.5 - DARREN ARISA TOP 10 UK trials rider, Darren started the school as a way of introducing
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Hogan's Heroes: Trials Riding
By John Hogan on 01/07/2006 13:43:33
Britain's most popular form of bikesport has just got one more fan. We put Hogan on trial. Verdict? Guilty (of being rubbish)
mph but trust me, you will learn more about throttle control and balance in one day's trials riding than you would in a year's worth of track days.PRICE: £140 for the day. Bring a packed lunch.CONTACT: 07791 180539www.trialsschool.co.ukHERO NO.5
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Adventure bikes, why they are the new cool
By Visordown on 25/10/2010 10:08:22
Forget trying to look cool on your new sportsbike, there is a new craze in town. Adventure bikes are the latest up and coming fashion accessory. You’d be a right Charley to miss out...
. Rather than saying ‘I’m just off to set a lap record at Brands’ these rider’s kit says ‘I’m off for a quick blast to the Serengeti.’So what has caused this shift in fashion? Let’s be truthful here, in the UK we are still enormously sportsbike biased. Just
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Crown Jewels - AGV Helmets
By Bertie Simmonds on 05/10/2003 09:05:35
So just how do Italian helmet manufacturers AGV protect the most precious head in motorcycle racing? Bertie headed to Italy to find out making a helmet for Valentino Rossi must be akin to trying to make a crown fit for a king
has been flogging AGV lids for the last 18 years. He is one of the main men from UK AGV importer Moto Direct who have been selling us the Italian skid lids for the last quarter of a century in this country. He takes up the story."The UK is the biggest
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To The Crusher: Gilera Nordwest
By on 03/04/2008 12:39:52
If ever there was a motorcycle built for the journalist, this was it.
plastic fuel-tank which was only made UK road-legal a couple of years later in 1993. It had a 558cc five-speed single motor, hanging in a spine frame. It weighed 140 kilos and produced 53bhp. It was just that every one of those bee aitch pees were
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To The Crusher - Yamaha SZR660
By on 03/04/2008 15:42:01
On paper it was a great idea. Build a sporty-looking single cylinder motorcycle.
faced.Rightly so in the UK, buyers flocked away, so it is only left for us to consign this unsightly blemish on the face of motorcycling into the crusher!
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