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A tale of two Ténérés | 700 Ténéré Test Ride
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Mossy takes a look at two versions of Yamaha’s popular trailie twin.
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King Kenny: Ironing out the kinks
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The VJMC’s Steve Cooper remembers… 1979 had been a holding position with Kenny Roberts doing his utmost to fend off the serried ranks of Suzuki RG500s. Unable to give him the extra power he wanted, the factory embarked on a mass loss programme – aluminium would replace steel for the chassis and the motor would…
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Vietnam on a Honda Blade | Long Ride
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How to survive riding the roads of Vietnam… on a Honda Blade.
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Test Ride: Honda CRF300L vs KTM 890 Adventure R
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We took two very different bikes out to the Peak District to see if size matters – one way or another…
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Longtermers: 23 weeks on a Suzuki GSX-S 1000
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After 23 weeks, a crash and a trade in, it’s time for Andy to return the termer Suzuki. What were his concluding thoughts?
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First Impressions: Suzuki Burgman Street 125EX
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We’ve spent the day bombing around on Suzuki’s latest learner legal Burgman.
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Best of British: Herald Motor Co.
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Bob Pickett investigates… The British motorcycle industry is in the kind of rude health not seen in decades. Current estimates are that 19 different British marques are building bikes. But how many of those are actually making them in the UK – and in production runs (not just bespoke builds)…? The number falls away drastically.…
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Building A Racer!
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Our pals at Fast Bikes have teamed up with Yamaha and Michael Rutter to build a pair of trick race bikes that are going to be put to the test at the TT. Here’s the story so far. When a Yamaha R7 was offered up to Fast Bikes to join its 2023 long-term test fleet,…
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Cost-Effective Classics: Benelli 2C and Moto Guzzi 250TS
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An alternative take on 70s stroker twins – WORDS: Steve Cooper PHOTOS: Mortons Archive Italian bikes come with reputations of various kinds. Generally, they handle better than many of their Oriental counterparts, have malevolent electrics, can be unreliable and difficult to repair and, very often, are fearsomely expensive. This month we aim to set the…
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Technological Trickery from Kenny Roberts..
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VJMC’s Steve Cooper looks back… As early as June 1977 rumours began to swirl around the GP paddock that Yamaha had a technical ace up its corporate sleeve and the mechanics helped ramp up the puzzlement by covering their bikes whenever they were parked up. Given the use of fuel injection on the prototype GL750…
