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  • Small wonders – Lexmoto XTR S 125, White Knuckle WK125 Sport, Rieju RS3 125LC

    Small wonders – Lexmoto XTR S 125, White Knuckle WK125 Sport, Rieju RS3 125LC

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    With the entry level 125 market booming, it’s never been easier (or cheaper) to buy a brand new learner legal bike If you’re reading this as a middle-aged former teenage bike fan then you’ll no doubt remember your very first day on the road. You morphed overnight from a BMX bandit into a biker; you’d…

  • 2011 Honda CBF1000 review

    2011 Honda CBF1000 review

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    It’s not often you come across a litre bike that someone new to two wheels can genuinely ride as comfortably and confidently as a seasoned two-up touring biker can.  What’s not to like about a superbike derived powerplant, Agile handling and complete versatility, all delivered in a supremely comfy package? Exactly. Here at MCM we…

  • Yamaha YZF600R Thundercat used bike review

    Yamaha YZF600R Thundercat used bike review

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    Forget the odd name: the Thundercat is arguably one of the most versatile, real world sports bikes ever made When society is so keen on pigeon holing as much of life as possible (bikes included) it’s refreshing to find there’s amachine that has the ability to cut across divides, doesn’t cost an arm and a…

  • 2011 Suzuki GSX-R750 L1 review

    2011 Suzuki GSX-R750 L1 review

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    Just four bends into my third session aboard this latest version of Suzuki’s legendary three quarter- litre rocketship, and already my spirits are soaring and my doubts have been blown away. The GSX-R750 L1’s tyres aren’t even back up to full temperature, yet the bike has just sliced through the Spanish Monteblanco circuit’s second-gear chicane…

  • 2011 Ducati Diavel review

    2011 Ducati Diavel review

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    Ducati’s new Diavel is a sports bike in muscle cruiser clothing It’s a sunny saturday afternoon in southern spain, and the famously twisty A-397 from Ronda to the coast is teeming with sports bikes. This is motorcyclists’ heaven but it’s not the place where a giant V-twin muscle bike with kicked-out forks, a laidback riding…

  • 2011 Triumph Daytona 675R Review

    2011 Triumph Daytona 675R Review

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      It’s one of the oldest and most popular tuning tricks in the book: adding uprated suspension, brakes and carbon fibre parts to create a higher specification version of an existing model. Aprilia and Ducati regularly use Öhlins and Brembo to add performance and glamour to their carbon-clad supersports flagships. Triumph themselves already have an…

  • Suzuki RGV250 Used Bike Buying Guide

    Suzuki RGV250 Used Bike Buying Guide

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      Bursting with technology and GP heritage, the RGV250 is still a bargain stink wheel American critic and commentator Alexander Woolcott once stated: “All the things I really like to do are either immoral, illegal, or fattening”. Had he lived until the introduction of Suzuki’s sublime RGV250 he’d have found the bike ticked at least…

  • 2011 Honda CBR600F Review

    2011 Honda CBR600F Review

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      The CBR600F is back. But is the new bike still as versatile and good value as the original affordable all-rounder? Talk about good timing. A few days before I arrived in Seville for the launch of the new CBR600F, the Spanish government reduced their national speed limit in order to save fuel and expense.…

  • 2011 Honda CBR250R Review

    2011 Honda CBR250R Review

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      There’s a lot more to the all-new CBR250R than meets the eye. This latest model to wear Honda’s sporty CBR-R designation is built not in Japan or even Europe but in Thailand, and will also be produced in India. As well as being an entry level offering in most markets, the 250R has been…

  • 2011 Honda CBR125R Review

    2011 Honda CBR125R Review

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      It must be to the CBR125R’s credit that on an overcast day in southern Spain I frequently had to look closely to tell the 125cc model from its CBR250R sibling, and occasionally even from the much bigger, multicylinder CBR600F. Honda has done well in revitalising its smallest capacity sports bike with a fresh set…


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