Thursday July 31, 2008 News: Harley-Davidson Buys MV Agusta
Harley-Davidson have announced they’re buying Italian motorcycle firm MV Agusta. The agreement to purchase the business means that Harley will acquire 100% of MV shares for approximately 70 million Euros. Currently, Claudio Castiglioni and his family own 95%...
Blog: Andy S Gets Enlightened
I was knocking about at JHS the other day and was sitting on this old Moto Guzzi, as you do.
I was taking in all the old refinery and simplicity of its build when I saw something incredible. Incredibly simple, but incredible never the less.
Down...
Wednesday July 30, 2008 Staff Bikes: Moby's Honda CBR1000RR, Issue 212
We used to whack on any old cheapo exhausts and dodgy performance enhancing gadgets, knowing that you’d easily chuck 10-15bhp on the top end. That idyllic bubble seems to have burst.
I don’t know why that’s so disappointing; after all, a few years back,...
Cracking One-Off: Ian Gray's Sleeper Seven-Fiddy
Tuesday July 29, 2008 Staff Bikes: Andy S' Suzuki GSX-R600 K3 Track Bike, Issue 211
With JHS removing the alarm last month, I was free to fit the Moto46 subframes. I’ve retained the original underseat housing and it now cable ties directly onto the rear frame. They fitted easily, look well tidy and should do the job nicely.
Next was to...
Blog: Look At Andy S' Helmet
You guys will have already seen this in the mag, but here it is close up.
It’s my new Arai RX7 lid with custom paint job by Rich Art Concepts. Obviously, I’m extremely happy to be pulling another Arai over my melon as the quality is right up there...
Monday July 28, 2008 News: V2 Mal Comp
Order a ‘show sign’ from MAL for the chance to enter a competition to win exact duplicates of the MAL show signs made for Loris Capirossi and Chris Vermeulen’s Rizla Suzuki team scooters, signed by both the riders. Details at V2mal.com/malplates
Saturday July 26, 2008 Staff Bikes: Tak's Victory Hammer S, Issue 211
Riding a quiet cruiser is like watching Die Hard with the volume down; it looks action-packed, but you know that something is missing. As the Hammer cruised past its first service, the Victory boys tickled its delicates, then slapped on the black (it’s the new...
News Dynomite Lap Dance
We’ve been following the progress of this rather trick Dynomite built YZF-R1, just in case the spec list went tonto, and we had the chance to put it into Cracking One-Off. It didn’t quite make it, but we wanted to show you it anyway because it’s damn fine,...
Cracking One-Off: Schwantz's Bike - And Boobies!
Friday July 25, 2008 Staff Bikes: Moby's Ducati 900SS, Issue 211
We so nearly made it. The 900SS should be ready to collect the day after deadline for this issue. The addition of the Brands Hatch round in the middle of the month meant that the chaps at Moto Rapido were absolutely flat out making sure that Leon Morris had a...
Blog: Moby’s Nuts Have Seized
If there’s one thing that fooks me off more than anything else when working on bikes, it’s seized, or rusted nuts. I can’t count how many hours I’ve lost over the years trying to get something off a bike, only to find that the nuts holding it have corroded so...
Thursday July 24, 2008 News: Leftfield: Suzuki RM-Z250
With the sunshine beaming of late, we’ve been getting dusty throats and sore sphincters in the capable hands of our longterm RM-Z250: the first Suzuki crosser we’ve tested since their collaboration with Kawasaki ceased. We tested Kawasaki’s KX 250 F recently...
News: Festa Ducati
The beginning of the month saw Ducatisti from all over Europe descend on the Nurburgring in celebration of the factory in Borgo Panigale. As well as being host to a massive collection of Ducatis past and present, the weekend-long event saw track sessions on...
