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Small steps to a bright future
On 16/11/2010 in Snippets
A small but very significant addition to the BSB paddock in 2010 has been the Racing Steps Foundation GP125 team. RSF is an organisation founded by wealthy businessman Graham Sharp, to help talented youngsters with no funding make their way up the motorsport ladder. As a boy, Sh...
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My S1000RR has landed.
On 13/04/2011 in Long Termers
All ran in and good to go.
Last week God liked me. First thing Monday morning just after BBC Breakfast’s Scottish weather woman predicted three days of sunshine an E mail popped up saying my new S1000RR had landed at Pidcocks. Mint! Some may say I’m boring as this is my second Beemer but why not as I never...
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Ducati 1198S (2008 - present)
On 13/11/2012 in products
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Chalk & Cheese, Niall & Whit, Triumph Street Triple R & BMW F800R
On 21/07/2010 in Road Tests
Triumph’s riotous Street Triple R is the benchmark middleweight street bike, a bike so alive with character it’s arrival left big street bikes looking a little redundant. How does BMW’s new F800R compare?
of Niall and James on the Triumph Street Triple R and BMW F800RTriumph Street Triple R SpecificationsPrice: £6999Top speed: 141mphEngine: 675cc, 12-valve, liquid-cooled, in-line tripleBore x stroke: 74mm x 52.3mm Compression ratio: 12.65:1Power: 107bhp @ 11
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Niall's Spin: 1985-1986 Suzuki GSX-R750
On 08/10/2010 in Road Tests: Used
The legendary superbike that marked it's place in history a quarter of a century ago, Niall reminisces about the '85 & '86 Suzuki GSX-R750
Find an excellent example and you'll realise why this was one of the key machines that transformed sports bikes. "Life changing,"' as Whit would say. So let's set the context: early '80s sports machines were heavy and wallowy.The first GSX-R750 (it was sold as a 400 in 1984 in Ja...
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Niall's Spin: Honda Pan European ST1100 (2001-02)
On 11/10/2010 in Road Tests: Used
Hundreds of coppers and thousands of Pan Clan members can't be wrong about the long-standing Honda tourer, Niall adds his praise
Click to read: Honda Pan European ST1100 owners reviews, Honda Pan European ST1100 specs and to see the Honda Pan European ST1100 image gallery.This is quite simply a genius piece of motorcycling. The Pan is a modern classic and ages incredibly well thanks to good old fashioned b...
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Road Test: CB1300 v ZRX1200R v GSX1400 v XJR1300
On 24/04/2008 in Road Tests
Niall, James, Daryll and Jon venture north to celebrate Burns' night, eat Haggis and drink whisky. "They fought like Scotsmen. And won their freedom"
The faint, but distinctive waft of rebellion is in the air. It's 8am, Niall, Daryll and myself are at James Whitham's house and outside looks cold. Very cold. The thought of the 250-mile ride from Huddersfield to Edinburgh on naked bikes is becoming
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First Ride: 2002 Crescent Rizla GSX-R1000 review
On 15/09/2010 in Road Tests: First Rides
If the fastest, bestest big-bore sportsbike in the world is just too passé for you, then look no further. Nothing shouts 'look at me' more than a beefed up, tarted-up über sportsbike
at Donington Park with some old trout called Mackenzie, a team shirt and two VIP passes to a 2003 British Superbike event.And if that isn't enough, all purchasers are entered into a draw where you will be in for a chance to ride JR's superbike at a closed track
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First Ride: 2005 Suzuki RM-Z450
On 30/03/2008 in Road Tests: First Rides
Niall travels to Holland to injure himself on purpose aboard Suzuki's new, and very grunty, four-stroke motocrosser.
The Valkenswaard International Motocross Circuit near Eindhoven in Holland hosted the European launch of the brand new Suzuki RM-Z450 recently. And while I knew attending would surely involve humiliation and pain, the masochist in me still happily accepted the invite.The 1.1-mile...
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First Ride: 2005 Honda CBR600RR
On 31/03/2008 in Road Tests: First Rides
Two years on and the all-conquering CBR600RR gets its first major revamp. Has the best just got better? Crash test dummy Niall flies to Estoril to find out.
It took just three laps of the Estoril GP circuit in Portugal to tarnish my four-year record of never crashing on a new bike launch. And the clues were staring me right in the face because I had seen World Champ Karl Muggeridge have a front end moment on the wet track for no appa...
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