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Masses turn to motorcycles
Learner practises The Get On motorbike and scooter campaign says students can save thousands of pounds and hundreds of hours every year by riding motorcycles rather than driving cars. Many students leaving home to go to university need some form of transport, and the Institute of Advanced Motorists’ figures show the first year on the…
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Bio diversity costs
A new study on greenhouse gas emissions from oil palm plantations has calculated a more than 50% increase in levels of CO2 emissions than previously thought – and warned that the demand for ‘green’ biofuels could be costing the earth. The study from the University of Leicester was conducted for the International Council on Clean…
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Changes planned for BBHGP championship
Luke Notton at the Bonhams British Historic Grand Prix Championship The series, for original specification Period 1 (up to 1964), Group 1 GP machines, will be run on Avon control 19in tyres and the Lansdowne organisers expect this should make this series even more competitive. BBHGP will run concurrently with the long running Lansdowne Cup…
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Ground anchor
Bumpstop’s ground anchor What is it? It’s a ground anchor. No it’s not to stop the ground rolling away but more to stop someone rolling your motorcycle away along the ground. Like most great ideas, the ground anchor is remarkably simple and is effectively a tube that bolts to the ground. There are fixings supplied…
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Steve McQueen book
Steve McQueen book The movie industry was a 20th century phenomenon, it didn’t exist before 1900 and by 2000 the concept had changed to video and DVD. In the golden period of the talkies – which has to be the late 1930s to mid-80s and I’ll argue the toss with anyone on that – there…
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Sammy Miller award
Sanmmy Miller receives another award Sammy Miller received another honour recently – one to add to his MBE and hundreds of trials and race wins – when the AJS and Matchless OC made him an honorary member. Club PRO Roger Limb and club chairman Rob Swift went to the Sammy Miller museum at Bashley Manor,…
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New Zealand Classic Festival
New Zealand Classic Festivale approaches The New Zealand Classic Register is once again very generously paying 50% of the shipping costs of the bikes, plus offering all UK competitors free entries. Riders are assured of a very warm welcome, some great racing and every assistance at the circuits. This is a great opportunity to race…
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Davida's helmet anniversary
Davida motorcycle helmet Davida is the only remaining manufacturer of certified motorcycle helmets in the UK and its Davida Jet celebrates its 10th Anniversary this year. To commemorate this occasion visit davida for details of its special anniversary competition. The Davida Jet is a hand-built helmet constructed using the highest-quality materials available. Each helmet is…
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What I rode in 2010
A ride out to Whitby for fish and chips with a bunch of mates It seemed like a good idea to me as I’ve had a reasonably varied year where bikes are concerned. Way back in the mists of time my predecessors would be generally riding the bang up to the minute machines from the…
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In the summer of ’79…
Moto Guzzi 850 T3 Here’s the story, streaked in unusual pastel colours through the rose-tinted spectacles of 30-plus years ago. It is perhaps rather poignant that it should be narrated by me, an Italian girl from Sicily – the arid triangle of land that lies beneath the ‘boot’. However, southern Italy does have a fascination…
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