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AIR-FUEL RATIO: KTM 1290 SUPER DUKE R V KAWASAKI Z H2

As the popularity of hard-edge sportsbikes decline, practical and high-powered nakedbikes have enjoyed a bit more time in the sun. Riders still want big performance, the latest rider aids…
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KAWASAKI Z H2 - AIR-FORCED ONE

Since Kawasaki released its H2 and H2R in 2015, the supercharged weapons have gathered a certain mystique, with YouTube liberally scattered with H2’s laying waste to any…
Pre-2000

FACTORY OUTLET: HAILWOOD'S HONDA RC181

Mike Hailwood is widely known as one of the top five grand prix racers of all time. He is also widely known as being capable of riding…
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HEAD TURNER: BMW R 1250 GS ADVENTURE

To boldly go where no man has gone before; Captain James Kirk said it years ago and now exploration, wilderness and adventure are limited only by what you can…
Cruiser

ROCKET SCIENCE: 2020 TRIUMPH ROCKET 3

In an otherwise conservative world of low-capacity efficiency, Triumph says ‘hold my beer’ and delivers an all-new stump-pulling, tyre-shredding, 2458cc musclebike redesigned from the ground up.
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QUARTER PIPE: 2020 WR250F

If you need more power in the bush than the 2020 Yamaha WR250F cranks out, I’ll eat my nylons. Importantly, how this power is metered out is…
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DUCATI GIVES YOU WINGS: DUCATI V4 S

Ducati’s ‘winged’ Panigale V4 dominated the hotly contested British Superbike series last year, taking first, second and third in the championship. In World Superbike, Ducati looked unstoppable…
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PARALLEL UNIVERSE: 2020 BMW F 900 R & F 900 XR

Grudges. We all hold them. And while I had one of my most pleasurable rides on a BMW F 800 ST 13 years ago, it seriously lacked…
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HAZARD OF DUKES: 2020 KTM 1290 SUPER DUKE R

I’ve been a convert of KTM’s two-wheeled General Lee since the original Super Duke appeared back in 2003. The all-sliding, all-drifting, front-wheel lofting devils have had me wheeling my…
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BENELLI TNT 135 vs HONDA GROM

Benelli TNT 135 vs HONDA Grom I’m not entirely convinced I’m the guy for this job. For starters, I’m a metre taller and a kilo heavier than…
Pre-2000

VEE FOR VICTORY: DUCATI 750 GT

The date is 23 April, 1972, and we are at the Imola 200, billed as the Daytona of Europe. It’s the first major Formula 750 race held in Europe…
Retro

THE NUTS BOLT: YAMAHA C-SPEC - GT95

Justin Chisholm’s loyalty to the Yamaha tuning fork logo stretches all the way back to when he was a kid, bashing around the local minibike tracks on a…