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RIDER SKILLS: Riding on Motorways
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Motorways are great for covering distance in no time, but they come with a whole set of considerations that you need to appreciate to make your progress safe. We talked to Harrison Browne from Phoenix Motorcycle Training to get an idea of the key areas to concentrate on… Although motorways are the UK’s safest roads,…
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RIDER SKILLS: Braking IN a corner
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It’s one thing to brake hard on a straight bit of road, but what happens when you have to do it while riding through a corner? This is what… We’ve all been there: ridden into a corner a bit too fast, and found ourselves wanting to slow down while the bike is banked over. The…
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Hints & Tips: Cornering
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WORDS: Mikko Nieminen (with Ryan Decarteret of RAPID TRAINING) PHOTOS: Gary Chapman How to negotiate bends smoothly, confidently and efficiently MB: How can we tell how severe a corner is? Ryan: As always, reading the road is a defining skill. The rider’s ability to gather the right information, early, and in the right detail, will…
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HOW TO: Read the road
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Want to know the key to fast, safe riding? We all want to be great riders. Of course we do. But being a great rider doesn’t just happen overnight. It takes a lot of commitment. And it takes the right approach. To give us a fighting chance to get this right, we asked Ryan Decarteret,…
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Ask The Experts! Know your… bike servicing
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We all know that we need our bikes serviced, but do we really know what it takes, what to do and what to look out for? Well, Our colleagues at Fast Bikes magazine asked Paul at Black&White Bikes in Lincolnshire for a few pointers… What is the point in servicing a road bike? Well, you’ve…
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How to ride your road bike off-road
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Off-roading on road bikes is one of the best things on two wheels, as Mossy and Mikko found out…
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Dirty Bikes! A guide to pressure washing..
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There’s a long-held myth that pressure washing your bike’s a bad idea. But if you do it properly, it’s the quickest and easiest way to keep your pride and joy in tip-top condition for years to come. We’d all sooner be out riding our motorcycle than we would washing it, but if you want to…
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VIDEO: How to Ride Silverstone GP Circuit – Track Guide
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Tim Neave returns to share more hints and tips on how to tackle UK tracks, this time he is riding Silverstone’s GP Circuit. The weapon of choice, BMW’s 50th Anniversary M 1000 RR, equipped with Dunlop’s GP Racer 212 tyres.
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Used Bike Guide: 2013-2017 HONDA CBR60 0RR
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In 2013, Honda released its last CBR600RR model… WORDS> JONURRY PICS> MORTONS ARCHIVE In the space of just 10 years from 2003 to 2013, the supersport class went from red-hot property to effectively obsolete, resulting in the state we are now at where there are no new supersport bikes at all for sale. When you…
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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…
