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Honda NC30 Out Of Hibernation

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4th May 2011

It’s been ages since I last wrote an update on the NC30 and while I’ve got loads of excuses, my favourite is that the snow ruined everything at the end of last year and so I left the bike in the garage and didn’t do anything with it for a few months.
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Aprilia Tuono V4 Launch

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11th April 2011

I’ve just enjoyed a fantastic first ride on road and track aboard Aprilia’s new Tuono V4. Read all about it in the next issue, and in the meantime, here’s a few wallpapers to enjoy…
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Swapping Two Wheels For Four

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29th March 2011

To launch the new Pilot Road3 tyre, Michelin invited us to join them at the Palmer Sport driving experience facility, located on Bedford Autodrome. This was basically just a fun way to get the UK’s motorcycle press together for the International virtual press conference. During this time my CBR1000R longtermer was shod with the new…
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Michelin Pilot Road 3

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28th March 2011

These are Michelin’s new sport touring tyres – the Pilot Road 3’s. Even though they won’t dislodge the Road 2 tyre from the range, Michelin say they surpass the two year-old predecessor in performance.
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Off-Road Training – Wheeldon Craving

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22nd March 2011

I have been an out and out misery since I acquired a DNS in the first round of the Midwest Enduro. The most disappointing thing was not getting the satisfaction of a good blat off-road. However all the planets aligned last Thursday with the Mrs at work on Saturday, an amazing weather forecast, and a…
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Born Slippy – Manhole Mayhem

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17th March 2011

The guys from ‘Get A Grip’ have just shown me a new anti-slip manhole cover (regardless of whether it’s wet or dry). They want all authorities to replace worn iron manhole covers with the new anti-slip ones – we should all be supporting this.
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Midwest Racing Enduro – Round One

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14th March 2011

There is no point trying to hold any of you in any anticipation whatsoever, to build up to the grand result of my first ever endure race. As I have stated before what I really desperately wanted to achieve was avoiding the DNF (Did Not Finish), this I did handsomely by one letter – my…
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Charlie’s Enduro Debut

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10th March 2011

With race day approaching I had a few things to do to get the RMX250S truly ready. Cosmetically I removed all of the indicators, the numberplate hanger, and decided to treat myself to a set of Renthal Bars. Once in place I then fitted, glued and lock wired in a set of Renthal grips and…
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Ready To Race

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28th February 2011

My RMX250 project was not coming on particularly well, I had given the carb a bloody good clean, polished up the wheels and ordered in new hoops for the old girl when all of a sudden – it was February. March 6th – the date of my first enduro – was beginning to loom heavily on…
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Charlie’s Dirty Secret

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22nd February 2011

Having discovered that my brother-in-law was serious about racing enduro this season, I got moving looking for an affordable machine to get me going. There was no way I could afford to go for anything new, and wouldn’t if I could to be honest. I have no idea whether the awesome time I have had…
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Dirty Weekend

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7th February 2011

In case you hadn’t noticed, two-wheeled shenanigans don’t end on the Tarmac here at Fast Bikes. Myself and Beaky Saunders are fortunate enough to live on a mate’s farm which has a motocross track carved into the land, but has recently been out of action due to noise, and neighbours with issues with modern day…
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Charlie’s ZXR400 Body Beautiful(ish)

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6th February 2011

I have managed to put a few more pieces together recently, a front mudguard arrived via a speculative £5 bid I had on eBay and ended up being the highest bid – ‘I thank yaow’. Despite it being OE Kawasaki Green I decided to put it on so that I could put the brake lines…
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Trike Drift Challenge

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4th February 2011

This is just too funny…
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The Spirit Of Motorcycles

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4th February 2011

Ok, so it’s not exactly the latest Ninja, but this chap’s passion for building insane looking cafe racers and custom bikes is genuinely inspirational. If ever engineering had a spirit, it’s definitely alive in Shinya Kimura…
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Charlie’s ZXR400 Brake Overhaul

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3rd February 2011

I love best intensions, I love them so much that I now have quit a collection of them. Over the Christmas period the Mrs was working for the majority of the break leaving just me and the 400’s to while away the Christmas period. I was going to get her finished.
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