Features
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Racing – 1999: The New World Order
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VJMC’s Steve Cooper takes a look back: 1999 saw a change in what had been the established order of things – Mick Doohan retired. A crash during a wet practice session at the Jerez circuit ahead of the Spanish GP saw the five-times world champion with more serious leg injuries ending his career. No one…
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Biker tatts wanted!
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We’ve noticed of late that you lot haven’t really sent pics of your tatts, especially your biker tatts, into Readers Lives, and we’d like to get a few in, y’know?
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BBL Batteries celebrates half a century as UK battery specialist
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As BBL Batteries approaches its 50th year, it remains as a leading UK battery specialist, embracing the latest technology and offering the very best advice as well as service excellence. BBL Batteries is a leading multi-branch UK-based battery business that focuses on the development, introduction and distribution of new and improved battery technologies to today’s…
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It’s a Fair Cop!
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Bikesafe is a unique training initiative by UK police forces, aimed at making British bikers safer. Our man Alan Dowds went along to check it out. WORDS: Alan Dowds PHOTOGRAPHY: Holeshot PR and BikeSafe Generally, when a motorcycle industry marketing bod invites you to a press event, it’s a good ’un. Maybe it’s a bike…
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TT Icons: Beryl Swain!
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Beryl Swain was born on January 22, 1936 in Marlowe Road, Walthamstow. She was working as a Personal Assistant to a retired Admiral at the P&O Line shipping company when in 1952 she met Eddie Swain, the owner of a motorcycle dealership and garage. Eddie and Beryl married in 1958, moving into the ground floor…
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K3-Lady in Pink
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“A chassis with a hardtail frame, long forks, cool chopper tank, and some loose parts” – a beautiful ‘fun package’ from a long gone era was offered to me for a decent price back in 2012. It was a long drive to collect it, but I saw possibilities, and couldn’t resist buying it. Onno ‘Berserk’…
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Speed VS Style
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There’s no denying that leg-dangling and elbow-down looks cool, but the real question is – does it really make you any faster?
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At The Moment…
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As’s been mentioned a few times over the last few months, some bikes’ve taken a while to get photographed for the magazine because of delays imposed by Covid and lockdowns. Some, though, take a while to get photographed ‘cos the owner(s)’re forever pulling the feckin’ things apart and redoing them… Nik This one ’ere, Tony…
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Aaron’s Yamaha R6
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From back-alley roads to BSB contender on track, let’s take a closer look at how Aaron gets the most out of this born-and-bred racing machine.
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Return to the Roads: Lee Johnston
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The last two years have hit the world hard, especially the world of the road racing. It’s not just one that could cost you your life, but it also consumes your life, so when everything hit pause and road racing stopped, what on earth is a TT-winning racer to do?
