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Triumph: 120th anniversary celebrated with Silverstone GP parade lap
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On Sunday 7th August, just before the Moto2 race at the British GP, Triumph celebrated its 120-year anniversary with a parade lap, showcasing its most significant and historic Triumph models, ridden around the circuit in front of an enthusiastic Silverstone crowd. The parade lap line-up included priceless motorcycles such as the original Steve McQueen ‘Great…
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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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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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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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Own a Suzuki? Win a free Suzuki insurance policy worth up to £250
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Suzuki – through its Suzuki Insurance services – is giving away a free insurance policy to one lucky winner, up to the value of £250. The prize draw’s open to anyone that owns a Suzuki motorcycle of any age, and to enter they simply need to enter their details into the random prize draw; The…
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New colours, and names, for Triumph’s modern classics range
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For model year 2023 Triumph have announced new colour options for the entire Bonneville range, building on the great success of last year’s Gold Line Editions, which responded to customer requests for brighter, more distinctive, and more elegant colour options across the legendary Modern Classics line-up. These new colours come hand-in-hand with a change of…
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Yamaha UK’s new Certified Pre-Owned platform
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Yamaha has announced the launch of its new Certified Pre-Owned platform, enabling riders to buy used Yamaha motorcycles with the extra peace of mind that it has been checked and approved by an authorised Yamaha dealer. In essence, YOU (Yamaha Offers You) Certified Pre-Owned is a guarantee that a pre-owned Yamaha has been thoroughly checked…
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SPEED LIMITERS coming to motorcycling?
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Speed limiting software is set to become mandatory for all new cars in the UK from this July. Are motorcycles coming next? The British Motorcyclists Federation has spoken out about the possibility of all new bikes being fitted with speed-limiting software. It comes ahead of the implementation of new rules which see new cars being…
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MAG campaigns for BUS LANE ACCESS FOR BIKES
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Bikers should be allowed access to all bus lanes in the UK, campaigners say. At present, the use of bus lanes by motorcyclists isn’t consistent. Some transport authorities allow it, others ban bikers from the routes. Now a Motorcycle Action Group report has identified that only 56 of the 159 transport authorities in the UK…
