The latest issue of Practical Sportsbikes magazine is now on sale (March 16) – the first monthly edition of the UK’s best mag for 70s, 80s and 90s sportsbikes. In this issue we’re riding some of the greatest learner bikes from the 1970s and 1980s, pitting the Kawasaki KH250, Suzuki GT250 X7 and RD250LC head-to-head as well as a talking ...
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- 16 March 2011
Dealers are offering a range of deals to try and pull buyers back in to showrooms after the Christmas break. January sales, anti-VAT rise offers and finance deals are all beginning as dealers try to kickstart this year’s motorcycling season, giving you the chance to get a better deal on the bike or kit you want. Kawasaki is running two ...
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- 12 January 2011
Before reading this, take another look at these extraordinary Japanese-made specials - they're worth gazing at again. Made by Sanctuary in Japan, they’re just some of the examples of the workshop’s ability to turn Japan’s best superbikes from the 70s and 80s into technically-modernised machines retaining all the charm and style of the original. Z-series Kawasakis (and American market KZs) are ...
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- 12 January 2011
Kenny Roberts is to ride on track in front of a UK crowd for the first time since 1983 at the VMCC Festival of 1000 Bikes. The treble world champion will be riding a 1981 Yamaha YZR500 OW60 as the star guest around the classic Mallory circuit on July 10. His appearance will only be the second time he’s ridden ...
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- 12 January 2011
It’s tough times for the bike market, and the forthcoming VAT rise looks to be yet another unwelcome price rise. But how will it really affect prices in the showroom? Find a new or used motorcycle for sale The rise from the current rate of 17.5% to 20% comes in to effect from January 1 2010, adding 2.5% of the ...
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- 17 November 2010
Never mind the CBR600F and Crossrunner – these exquisite minimotos were the bikes grabbing MCN’s attention on the Milan show Honda stand. The six bikes are mini-me versions of Honda road and race bikes from years gone by. They’re not just painted Chinese minibikes either – each has it’s own chassis crafted to look like the original, with the correct ...
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- 05 November 2010
These first pictures have emerged for the new-for-2011 Yamaha XTZ250 Tenere, a new mini-adventure bike going on sale in Brazil, and the Fazer 250 The baby on/off road machine makes only a fifth of the power of the Euro-market XT1200Z Super Tenere it takes it’s styling from, with a modest 21bhp from the air-cooled 250cc single. The rest of the ...
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- 26 October 2010
Motul RBF660 brake fluid, around £18Miles covered/time: Six race meetings What’s good? I hammer the brakes on my race bike, as you might expect. The caliper, pads, disc and master cylinder are all kept in top condition, so the fluid that links it all up has to be up to it. I tried this race-spec fluid to see if there’s ...
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- 01 October 2010
Arai RX-7 GP Spencer replica, £579.99Miles covered/time: Three months/2000 milesWhat’s good? This was a treasured helmet. Freddie designed the original himself, and Arai’s latest homage adds only silver pinstriping and nicer paint finish – it’s a classic race rep. Sadly it’s already been written off – in a moderately violent lowside, it was smacked on initial impact and then bounced ...
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- 17 September 2010
Kriega US-20 tailpack, £59Miles covered/time: 18 months/2000 miles What’s good? This is one of those products that gives me joy to use when the need arises – the two straps wrap around the bottom of a pillion seat, clip the seat back in place and tighten the straps. It’s fantasically easy to fit – even on modern sports bikes with ...
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- 24 August 2010
