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Blog: Charlie's project ZXR400, forking about

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24th April 2010

‘You learn by your mistakes’, ‘recognise your limitations’ and other such sayings that have never been more apparent than now while buggering about with my front forks spring to mind. This is not an easy job which I was more than aware of when I dismantled them in the first bloody place.
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Has Bradley Smith got a new job?

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21st April 2010

I was watching the goggle box the other night – in fact I was mourning my way through the final episode of Mad Men – when I saw this advert for a load of processed pretend food (ie the sort of stuff Fagan lives on). Imagine my surprise when I saw Bradley Smith was the…
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Blog: Charlie's project ZXR400 – more progress

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19th April 2010

Now that my wheels have new bearings and new rubber I can put the final pieces in place before setting out on the frame. Stripping down a bike to the very nuts and bolts tells you a few tales on what has and has not been done in the bike’s lifetime.
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Blog: Charlie's project ZXR400 – the rebuild

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16th April 2010

The obvious way to start in the rebuild is from the bottom up. With my newly powder coated frame wrapped back up and awaiting my attention my focus is the wheels. I was nervous coating these, stories of cracks due to the pressures of powder coating in modern bike wheels is not uncommon, how would…
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Blog: Andy's New Arai

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5th April 2010

Here’s my new lid from Arai. It’s based on the RX7-GP shell but with a special one-off paint job.
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Blog: Beware Of Snide Alpinestars Kit On The Web

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3rd April 2010

Times are hard and we’ll all find any excuse to bargain hunt, and that’s exactly what FB reader by the name of Ian did. Scouring the tinterweb for some gloves after trashing his Astars during a trackday smash, Ian saw a snip on some identical mitts and went ahead with the online purchase – that…
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Blog: 40 Years, In Four Moves

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31st March 2010

Hello
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Blog: Vespa Spoof Cloth Trick

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31st March 2010

Check out this spoof Vespa viral, taking the Michael out of the BMW one. Quality work. Spoof Vespa Cloth Trick
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Blog: BMW S 1000 RR pulls the cloth

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30th March 2010

Check out this BMW viral – fake or not? You decide… BMW S 1000 RR Cloth Trick
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Blog: Moby Fires Another One Up

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30th March 2010

I tend to always have too many projects on the go, which means that some things rarely even get touched, let alone finished within a reasonable period.
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Blog: Moby On Forum Fakery

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27th March 2010

We quite often get sent URLs from readers with the tempting subject line of ‘have you seen this?’ Usually it’s a link to some forum or other where a numpty at a competitor magazine is witlessly trying to slag off Fast Bikes, while pretending to be a genuine forum user. At least it makes their…
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Blog: Charlie's ZXR400 rebuild starts…

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26th March 2010

Its been a busy three months for me which has seen my attention diverted to my ZX-6R and honouring my Staff Bikes commitments. The few miles that I have actually covered have been more than made up time wise with constant cleaning and chain maintenance. Thus not a huge amount has been achieved on my…
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