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  • Inside a motorcycle exhaust – choosing an end can for your bike

    Inside a motorcycle exhaust – choosing an end can for your bike

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    Photos by John Milbank It’s one of the most popular aftermarket accessories for a bike, and there are some brilliant companies producing quality exhausts in the pages of Motor Cycle Monthly, but have you ever really considered what goes into a motorcycle exhaust end can? We visited one of the UK-based manufacturers to get some…

  • Motorcycle mechanic apprenticeship | Opportunities at the Honda Institute

    Motorcycle mechanic apprenticeship | Opportunities at the Honda Institute

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    Now Ed Miliband sees apprenticeship opportunities as being one of his ‘national goals’, the schemes could be on the rise… Carli Ann Smith joined the students at the ground-breaking Honda Institute  With a minimum age of 16 and no upper limit, the already well-established Honda Apprenticeship is open to mechanics working in an authorised Honda dealership anywhere in…

  • 2015 British Superbike BSB dates announced

    2015 British Superbike BSB dates announced

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    The 2015 MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship calendar has been announced today (Friday 26 September) following approval by its governing body, the MCRCB. The 2015 calendar will continue to comprise of 12 events across eight UK circuits, as well as a round in continental Europe (the highly popular Assen circuit). The season will commence on…

  • Supermoto Pit Bike racing and the NMRRC: Why YOU should get involved!

    Supermoto Pit Bike racing and the NMRRC: Why YOU should get involved!

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    John Milbank discovers the most enjoyable, and cheapest motorcycle racing in the UK. It’s fast, fun and open to anyone… Photos by John Milbank   There’s a gasp from the crowd as four racers fight their way into turn two. It’s the final lap, and there’s no way they’re all coming out of that bend.…

  • Motorcycle legal advice: Do I have to use my insurer-appointed solicitor?

    Motorcycle legal advice: Do I have to use my insurer-appointed solicitor?

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    Q  Do I have to stick with my insurer panel appointed solicitor? He is a muppet. Some spoon banged into the rear of my bike at a junction.  I fell off and got hurt.  Simple you would think.  However, the said “spoon” has alleged I reversed into him at speed after selecting the wrong gear and…

  • Motorcycle legal advice: Traffic management systems made me crash!

    Motorcycle legal advice: Traffic management systems made me crash!

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    Q  Have I had the most random accident ever? I was riding on my old CB750k2, and there were some of those rubber tubes across the road that measure the traffic – they were attached to a metal box chained to a lamppost. An articulated lorry coming from the opposite direction drove over them and I…

  • Honda CB500 | Used motorcycle buying guide

    Honda CB500 | Used motorcycle buying guide

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    Steve Cooper from the Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Club picks out another great example of classic oriental metal There was a time when a 500cc parallel twin was the zenith of motorcycle desirability, but then the motors grew to 650, and the Japanese came along and rewrote the rule books. Japan’s relationship with big twins has…

  • 3 bikes. 40 Countries. One BIG motorcycle touring adventure.

    3 bikes. 40 Countries. One BIG motorcycle touring adventure.

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    How a Motor Cycle Monthly reader’s trip to the local bike meet turned into an epic motorcycle touring adventure…   I live just five minutes from the Ace Café in London, but it took 16,000 miles to get there in the summer of 2013. I’m James Matthews, a mechanical engineer from New Zealand. I moved to the UK…

  • Best used buy: Honda Varadero XL125

    Best used buy: Honda Varadero XL125

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    MyMotorCycleCheck.com – the UK’s No.1 motorbike and scooter provenance website – has saved many a biker from making an expensive two-wheeled mistake. In these monthly bulletins its Valuation Team’s expert reveals significant trends in the UK market and suggests three wise buys. Highly desirable: Honda XL125 Varadero Safe bet: Kawasaki Z1000 SX Used star: Suzuki TL1000 R…

  • Ride the UK’s best roads and see a great show!

    Ride the UK’s best roads and see a great show!

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    The Carole Nash Great Scottish Bike show in Edinburgh on the 9th & 10th August promises to be the North’s best event… Chris Moss has three great rides to do while you’re there. Going to the biking celebration north of the border will give you a chance to see and enjoy plenty, with an huge…


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