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THE LEGENDARY TRIUMPH DAYTONA AT THE BRITISH MOTOR MUSEUM
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From the original race bike that inspired and created the Triumph Daytona name, through to Triumph’s recent and most significant Daytona 765 Moto2™ Limited Edition, the British Motor Museum announces the largest Triumph Daytona exhibition yet, displayed at the temple of British Motor engineering. One of the most iconic and legendary motorcycle models of all…
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The O’Show: Jason O’Halloran
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Jason took the British Superbike championship by storm last year, racking up 22 podiums and 11 wins, only to narrowly miss out on the title at the end of the season. With his eyes set on taking the 2022 championship, we caught up with him…
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1998: The ‘Roman Emperor’ enters the arena…
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Steve Cooper remembers… The year 1998 has probably gone down as one of Honda’s most dominant years and for good reason – the firm pretty much mopped up the vast majority of points available by taking the top five places in the championship race. Honda’s star was definitely in the ascendant and, quite rightly, most…
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Legal Q&A: ‘Bicycle’ loophole?
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Q: I have recently been stopped by the Met Police and offered a fixed penalty offer of three points and a fine for stopping in an ‘Advanced Stop Line’ box on my ‘motor bicycle’ in London. This is the box cyclists can use to wait at the head of stationary traffic stopped at red lights…
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Legal Q&A: IAM Instructor Vs Lorry – who was at fault?
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Our specialist motoring solicitor Andrew Prendergast from White Dalton Motorcycle Solicitors guides our followers through their legal trials and troubles Q: I am an IAM instructor and have also done my ROSPA gold so I know how to ride and have great observational skills, even if I do say so myself. Two months ago I…
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Report: The Bike Shed 2022 Show
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After a long three-year wait, Bike Shed’s annual custom show returned with a bang. Bob Pickett gets amongst it in London.. Back again at London’s Tobacco Dock event space (in many ways the ideal location for a show celebrating bikes transformed into something different, what with it originating as an office, retail and entertainment space…
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Nice gift for Guintoli!
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Suzuki has presented a Yoshimura SERT Motul replica Hayabusa to endurance world champion and MotoGP test rider Sylvain Guintoli, to celebrate the Frenchman’s titles and contribution to Suzuki’s racing successes in recent years. Despite doing his racing on a GSX-R1000, Guintoli has always expressed a fondness for the Hayabusa and the smoothness of its 1340cc,…
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A spin on: Royal Enfield’s Scram 411
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Royal Enfield’s mini adventure bike, the Himalayan, has been an incredible success story even by Enfield standards, becoming the UK’s second best-selling adventure bike (behind BMW’s all-conquering GS) – and the Scram 411 builds on that success, adding sharper styling and better road manners. Bob Pickett gets up close… Give me some spec A 411cc…
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At a glance.. Benelli’s 2022 Leoncino 800!
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Following the success of its A2 licence-friendly retro-ish roadster, the Leoncino 500, Chinese-owned Italian factory Benelli has just released a new, more powerful version of the same bike. Here’s what you need to know… We’ve spent a fair bit of time on the various incarnations of the Leoncino 500 over the last few years. It…
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REVEALED! CCM’s New Classic Tracker
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CCM has just released a new bike as part of its popular Spitfire range: the Classic Tracker. The flattrack-inspired single-cylinder machine uses the same base as the Street Tracker model, but adds a few additional trick bits to help make it stand out. It features a new slimline twin exit exhaust system; a pair of…
