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Harley-Davidson Fat Bob

When Harley-Davidson released its new Softail range in 2017, the Fat Bob stuck out like a sore thumb with its USD fork, twin 300mm disc brakes up front, and Dolphin-torch-style…
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Learner approved - Benelli Leoncino

The gap between the technology haves and have-nots for AMCN Motorcycle of the Year 2018 is the widest it’s been in the long history of the annual shootout. At one…
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MOTORCYCLING’S ELECTRIC FUTURE

On my way to this year’s motorcycle show Intermot in Cologne, I stopped in a small, pretty German town for lunch. In the car park were three spaces…
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2018 Suzuki GSX-R600, GSX-R750 & GSX-R1000

More than one million Suzuki GSX-Rs have been sold since the now legendary moniker first broke cover with the Japan-only 1984 GSX-R400. Like now, it was a powered by a…
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FIRST RIDE - VEE TWO HAILWOOD REPLICA V2H

The 40th anniversary of Mike Hailwood’s fairytale comeback win at record speed in the 1978 Isle of Man TT was suitably commemorated at the 2018 Classic TT last August. That’s…
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FIRST RIDE - Yamaha Niken

I’ve seen some pretty incredible feats of technology come and go over the years. Manufacturers constantly push the boundaries of what’s deemed normal and many things that featured as mechanically…
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Quickspin - 1978 TEAM AVON YAMAHA XS1100 RACER

After its Castrol Six-Hour race win in October 1978, the Team Avon Yamaha XS1100 perhaps surprisingly didn’t end up in the factory museum in Japan, or even the showroom floor…
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World launch 2019 Ducati Panigale V4 R

2019 represents a watershed moment for Ducati, and indeed for Superbike racing in general. That’s because for the first time ever in the past 31 years since the World Superbike…
Pre-2000

CRITICAL MASS: HONDA CB750

Kake rareta! Or, if you prefer the English translation, gobsmacked! That was the universal reaction as thousands of Japanese punters filed into the 1968 Tokyo Motorcycle Show, the centrepiece of…
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Quick spin - Kawasaki Z900RS Cafe

Retro is hot property in motorcycling at the moment and I, along with many others, thought BMW, Ducati and Triumph were nailing it just fine with the R nineT Racer,…
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First ride - 2019 KTM 1290 SUPER DUKE GT

“Our customers expect something sporty made the KTM way, not like other manufacturers do it,” president Stefan Pierer told me in an interview. “I don’t think a sport tourer in…
Road

Living with the Yamaha Mt-10

When it comes to sad farewells, my cup certainly runneth over at the moment. Saying sayonara to the magazine that has been my professional home for many years came with…