AGV GP-Tech, £479.99Miles covered/time: 2000/one year What’s good? The helmet that Rossi built is one of the most luxurious and lightest lids on the market and wearing it makes me feel like I’m reclining in a velvet lounge being tended to by hot waitresses. Save cash on motorcycle helmets After years of wearing Arais I’d say this AGV is every ...
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- Helmets
- 28 April 2010
Ever since former MCN editor Adam Duckworth used to let me terrify myself on his KTM 450 SX-F, I’ve always lusted after a 450 to have in the garage. There’s something about the way KTM grabs you that means I’m now spending lunchtimes at Gear 4 in Market Deeping and filling up my garage with orange KTM carrier bags full of ...
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- First rides & tests
- 01 April 2010
Yamaha's James Toseland put the Yamaha's handling woes behind him to post the first fastest time in Friday's first WSB free practice at Portimao, Portugal. His team mate Crutchlow posted the ninth fastest time, with championship leader Leon Haslam on the Suzuki GSX-R1000 second, Ten Kate Honda's Jonathan Rea seventh and Leon Camier tenth fastest on the Aprilia V4. 1 ...
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- World Superbikes
- 26 March 2010
Jorge Lorenzo has confirmed to MCN that he is unlikely to make the next pre-season testing following a broken right hand in a motocross training accident on February 12. Lorenzo, 22, was speaking exclusively to MCN at a Dainese exhibition in Paris last week. He said: “This is the worst injury that could happen to me, it is like a ...
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- MotoGP
- 09 March 2010
This gorgeous Triumph Thruxton special makes its debut on the MCN stand at the Carole Nash MCN Motorcycle Show, which opens today. The bike has been bored out to 904cc, has revised throttle bodies and hand-machined yokes, upside down forks and T3 hand-machined brake callipers. It also features clip-on handlebars, hand-made exhausts and a race-spec digital dash of the kind usually ...
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- 04 February 2010
BMW will celebrate 30 years of its GS with a celebration at the BMW Off-Road Skills Course in Wales, in July. The firm will invited people to take part in a ‘Camel Trophy’ style challenge with the first hears taking place in Wales. Each country involved will choose two riders to go through to the final in South Africa at ...
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- 22 January 2010
The new BMW R1200RT gets a new 110bhp twin-cam engine which puts it right back on top of the big-distance mile munchers. How it will stand up to the new Honda VFR1200 is yet to be seen, but with subtle tweaks including the new engine, a restyled front-end, new console and the updated ESA2 electronically adjustable suspension the bike is ...
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- First rides & tests
- 21 January 2010
MCN editor Marc Potter has just stopped for a brief rest on the launch of the new BMW R1200GS Adventure in the Malaga area of Spain. Here are his initial impressions. "I've just covered 30 miles on the 2010 adventure, and it benefits from the same power upgrade as the R1200RT and the R1200GS which puts it on 110 horse ...
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- First rides & tests
- 19 January 2010
MCN editor Marc Potter has just stopped for a brief rest on the launch of the new BMW R1200RT in the Malaga area of Spain. Here are his initial impressions after 70 miles of riding. He said: “After the first bit of the ride today we've done 70 miles and my initial impression is that the RT doesn’t feel that ...
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- First rides & tests
- 19 January 2010
The new BMW R1200RT is gunning for the title of best tourer, and we're in Spain at the bike's launch to see if the bike's updated engine lives upto BMW's hype. For 2010, the UK's best-selling tourer gets a new 110bhp twin-cam motor putting out 110bhp, and new electronic suspension (ESA2) which allows the rider to adjust damping and spring ...
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- First rides & tests
- 19 January 2010
