Alan Dowds

2022 Triumph Tiger Sport 660

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Alan Dowds

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5th October 2021

Middleweight adventure tourer based around the Trident 660 engine and chassis Triumph’s been working hard on extending its range downwards, so it can offer something to new riders and others looking for a smaller, cheaper, easier way into the Hinckley brand. The first sign of this came last year, when the Trident 660 appeared: a…
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2022 Triumph Speed Triple 1200 RR

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Alan Dowds

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14th September 2021

Half-faired café-racer version of the Striple gets saucy Öhlins ‘leccy suspension, 178bhp motor and 199kg wet weight – but it’s not the 1200 Daytona we NEED!!! Just dropped from the good guys at Hinckley Triumph is this – the heavily-trailed Speed Triple 1200 RR. It’s basically the naked Striple 1200 RS launched at the start…
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2022 Honda CB500 range updated

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Alan Dowds

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1st September 2021

Big changes from Honda for its 500 light-middleweight twin range It’s easy to sneer at bikes like the CBR500R when you’re a grizzled veteran on your full-beans 200bhp R1, tazzing round the fast group. But we all started somewhere, and the young folk buzzing around on the CB500F and CBR500 will be doing the hooning…
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New TRK clutch kits from Wemoto

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Alan Dowds

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17th August 2021

Top quality aftermarket plates and springs at decent prices from Brighton-based aftermarket parts specialist Your clutch is one of those parts on the bike which get very little love until they go wrong. The friction and steel plates just sit there, spinning away and gradually wearing out over thousands of miles, while the springs get…
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Limited edition Honda UK CB1000R factory special

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Alan Dowds

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4th August 2021

Sweet special pays homage to firm’s endurance racing heritage Last week it was Ducati with its Panigale V2 Bayliss replica factory special – this week it’s Honda UK, with a very nice custom CB1000R, built by Guy Willison at UK firm 5Four. And again, we’ve got some sweet paint, alongside some custom bodywork, a tasty…
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2022 Aprilia Tuareg 660

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Alan Dowds

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3rd August 2021

Legendary Paris-Dakar model name returns on RS660-powered middleweight adventure weapon The original Tuareg is, of course, the doughty breed of North African Berbers, who carve out a living in the perilously harsh conditions of the Sahara desert. Historically nomadic, they still live a lifestyle that is diametrically opposed to the sedentary tech-heavy fast-food-fuelled existence of…
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Ducati Panigale V2 Troy Bayliss Anniversary edition

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Alan Dowds

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23rd July 2021

Special V2 Pani gets Ohlins suspension, posh paint, lithium battery and embroidered single seat Is it really 20 years ago? It surely is. Two decades since top race god and awesome Aussie bloke Troy Bayliss snatched his first WSBK title off champion Colin Edwards, on the factory Ducati 996 R F01. And the guys at…
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HONDA EUROPE CUSTOM CB650Rs

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Alan Dowds

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8th July 2021

The Big H has commissioned a load of custom CB650Rs from its dealers – and some of them are really rather tasty… The Wheels and Waves festival has become a bit of a fixture in the bike show catalogue over the past few years. It’s a cool backdrop (Biarritz is lovely) for a cool show:…
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Ultimate Addons phone holder

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Alan Dowds

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5th July 2021

Access your phone on the move with this top-notch mounting system I’m very aware that it’s not for everyone. But if, like me, you want to have your phone available for use on the bike, I reckon you’re best off with a tough waterproof mount. There are various Bluetooth links on a few new bikes,…
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2022 BMW updates

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Alan Dowds

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1st July 2021

New chassis tweaks, electronics and M-package goodies for the S1000RR, plus stacks of new colours, and chassis upgrades across loads of other bikes in the range July 1st? Where is the year going? Now, it might seem a little bit early for 2022 model news, but when they’re saucy upgrades for the BMW S1000RR, we’ll…
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Dunlop Mutant tyres – new fitments and review

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Alan Dowds

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24th June 2021

Over 140 models now covered by crossover sporty-touring tyre Need a fresh pair of sporty road tyres for the new season? Well Dunlop’s Mutant is well worth a look. It was an all-new design for last year, (though some of you might have missed that due to 2020 being a bit of a mess…) and…
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2022 Honda Monkey 125 released

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Alan Dowds

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21st June 2021

Legendarily fun mini-bike gets Euro5’d and has a general brush-up The Monkey is one of those bikes that you can’t help smiling at. And with a history dating back to 1961, it’s a solid part of Honda’s heritage. First built as a 50cc toy for a kid’s fun zone at a Tokyo amusement park in…
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Isle of Man reveals the future of the TT

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Alan Dowds

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11th June 2021

Full live coverage of the races in 2022, and all-new schedule for 2023, plus new race classes, in the biggest TT shakeup for decades. There’s a very long list of rubbish things which the COVID-19 pandemic has caused. And the cancellation of both the 2020 and 2021 Isle of Man TT is right up there.…
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MV Agusta RUSH

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Alan Dowds

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2nd June 2021

Super-exotic, super-luxury super-naked We’re living in weird times, so it’s nice to see at least some things stay the same. Like MV Agusta releasing insanely exotic, high-end motorbikes that come with Gucci-spec race kits, outlandish styling, and class-topping performance. This time, it’s the 2021 version of the F4 superbike-based RUSH naked bike, that looks like…
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2021 Yamaha R7 released

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Alan Dowds

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19th May 2021

Sporty version of the MT-07 roadster twin rather than a new 750 four, sadly…
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