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Charlie’s ZXR400 Loom

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1st February 2011

I am getting into the technical end of the ZXR400 now. With all fitting nicely into place I can no longer avoid the spaghetti maze of wires which has waited patiently for attention.
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C.I. Cannonball

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18th January 2011

Hi folks, you may remember me posting a video of a chap blatting around my old home-town of Jersey a couple of months back. I also hoped that said chap may conjure up a video of the route none of us ever used, at all, ever, of our own version of the Cannonball Run.
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Charlie’s ZXR400 Project – Shake, Rattle, Roll…

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17th January 2011

I have had some work to do on additional parts of the frame. Armed with two rattle cans the grills for both the radiator and oil cooler have been sprayed, attached and fitted. I am delighted with the results, considering I was going to bin both of them, it’s great that my perseverance has restored…
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Charlie’s ZXR400 Project Gets A Boost

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5th January 2011

Just as you all think that I have given up on the ZXR400 project here I am again to tell you what I have been up to. Having been stripped, powder coated and re bolted together, wheels, suspension and engine dropped in the ZXR is slowly coming back to life. In fact I have a…
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The Doctor – On Call…

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5th January 2011

Spotted this little beauty at Tesco in Radstock. I love Rossi, I really do. In fact, he’s the only man who I’d enjoy sexual pleasures with, and I’d happily let the Doris have a dabble. But is this going a little too far?
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Reality Hurts

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6th December 2010

Many of you out there of a particular age, like me, may be looking forward to the new Tron Legacy movie which is due out on the 17th of December. I’m not sure how much I like the new light-cycles, seeing as I’m an old git and had one of the toys from the original…
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Ginge’s CBR600F Failure

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6th December 2010

I made the trip to JHS to get the CBR serviced and MOT’d with a sense of optimism, although there are a few faults with the bike I hadn’t counted on any of them being bad enough to cause any alarm, so I was slightly shocked when James at JHS gave me a list of…
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Charlie Does California – Level 2

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1st December 2010

We are great advocates of the California Superbike School here at Fast Bikes for one simple reason, it’s good, very good. It has taken me a while to write about my experience of Level 2 back in September but for good reason, if you are looking to score points with the best Christmas present ever…
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Charlie’s In A Wheel Lot Of Trouble!

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16th November 2010

Since joining Moby and the Red Arrows (congrats by the way on your Scooter LeJog guys) at Wheeldon Farm I have been banging on about it to all and sundry. One such participant in my exhuberant detail was the brother-in-law Glenn. He raised the stakes somewhat and said I should give competition a go, as…
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Dunstall Dreamer?

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3rd November 2010

I was scanning around on eBay the other night looking for a winter project when the stupidity of it all struck me during one of those ‘you can’t afford it’ moments.
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Ode To The Old Bag In The Nissan

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2nd November 2010

Okay, not so much of an ‘ode’ but rather a mini rant. Basically, on the way to work this morning, passing a line of static cars I suddenly got a blast of horn from a car about ten-deep from the junction. Stopping to look round, there was the aforementioned old-bag in a green Nissan, throwing…
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Aprilia RSV4 Factory A-PRC SE – Launch Update

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26th October 2010

I’ve now finished caning the new RSV4 A-PRC SE around Jerez – and let’s just say I’m mighty impressed. The already track-focused RSV4 Factory gets even more gadgetry with traction control, launch control, anti-wheelie and a nifty quickshifter.
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Aprilia RSV4 Factory A-PRC SE Launch

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26th October 2010

Hello everyone, I’m out at Jerez today testing the new RSV4 Factory A-PRC Special Edition. It should be mint, with its full traction control, adjustable wheelie control and ‘racing launch control’. Just about to go out on track – so I’ll let you know first impressions later, but at £16,999 it’s looking like a bargain…
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Charlie’s No Budget Cup

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22nd October 2010

Within team “Fast Bikes” I like to make myself as useful as possible. By day I run the commercial side of the magazine, by night and weekends I run my own staff and project bikes learning all I can about motorcycles, both by riding and building them.
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A Travelling Salesman

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18th October 2010

When I passed my test back in early March I was faced with the possibility of a six week wait before my staff bike GSX650F was available – an eternity when you are as keen as mustard! I couldn’t wait that long and after a few days scouring the classifieds and doing my homework on suitable…
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