Tony Carter
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New motorcycle cleaning pack from WD-40
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Left unchecked salt, moisture and road grime can cause lasting damage to motorcycle components, leaving the bike looking tatty and uncared for.Finding the right combination of products to protect against all three quickly, easily and effectively can be tricky, so WD-40 and motorcycle accessory specialist Gear Gremlin have put together a Bike Care Pack to…
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Kymco Downtown 300i now available with ABS as standard
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KYMCO’s award-winning Downtown 300i Sports-Tourer Scooter, credited for its genuine 300cc capacity and high technical specification, will come with BOSCH ABS as standard from August 2014. With a RRP of £4199, the new ABS version will be very competitively priced against comparable models in its class. Furthermore, customers will also benefit from being able to purchase the…
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Inside 2014 women’s world motocross
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The Woman’s World Motocross Championship has come of age. With a global reach Kawasaki is proud to have two of the winningest racers in its stable. While French rider Livia Lancelot fights back to fitness, Meghan Rutledge shows antipodean grit – Play hard, Play fair, Play to win…
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2015 Moto Guzzi California review
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Moto Guzzi California £14,734 (Custom), £15,134 (Touring) | 96bhp | 88.5lb-ft | 1380cc 90° V-twin Tested by: Tony Carter Photos: Kevin Wing This is a joy of a motorcycle. One of the best engines and chassis around make it as rewarding to ride as it is pretty to look at (and that’s a lot). The…
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Aldi motorcycle Kevlar jeans versus Hood | Do you need to pay £100 more?
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£29.99 | www.aldi.co.uk | 0800 042 0800 | Tested by Bob Pickett Hood jeans cost £119.99 (up to £149.99 if supplied with the D30 armour). You can get a pair of Kevlar-lined jeans from ALDI for just £29.99, including knee armour, in their annual motorcycle clothing sale. So what makes a pair of Hood jeans worth a hundred…
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2moroRider update: Crossing Asia from Turkey to Thailand
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Three months after leaving the Triumph factory in Hinckley, young British adventure motorcyclist Rhys Lawrey has arrived in Bangkok, having ridden across Asia, from Turkey to Thailand, on his Triumph Tiger 800 XC. With another 37,000 miles ahead, the 23-year old is still only a quarter of the way towards his goal of riding into…
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Reader Review: 1999 Honda Hornet CB600F | Reader review
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Name: Carl Stafford From: Warwickshire Riding for: 3 years Price paid for the bike: £1200 in 2011 from a work friend What type of riding do you do: 90% of my riding is the 40 mile round trip to work on a mixture of A roads and town work. When days off without the family so rarely arrive I tend to…
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Britain’s safest roads revealed by IAM
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Britain’s leading road safety charity the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) has revealed the local authority areas that have performed best and worst for reducing the number of people killed or seriously injured on their roads last year. The top three areas for reductions are Nottinghamshire, Tower Hamlets and Chester/Chester West; with some 98, 81…
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Phil Armes returning to the Classic TT to “Finish the job”
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Former racer Phil Armes looked to defy the odds last year at the Manx Grand Prix when he swapped his wheelchair for an SV650 Suzuki and donned a set a leathers for the first time since breaking his back at the Ulster Grand Prix in 1995. After patient tuition from the team at ‘The Bike…
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Travel 1350 miles in 2.5 minutes | Scotland by bike in time-lapse
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When editor John Milbank took off on his Kawasaki Z1000SX for a weekend to Scotland by bike with four mates, he set a Drift camera to shoot a frame every thirty seconds. The result – the equivalent of riding at 32,400mph – takes in the changing terrain from the midlands to the north of the British…
