This is MV Agusta’s new base-model Brutale – a 921cc version that will become the least expensive way to own a new MV Agusta. Find a used MV Agusta for sale The Brutale will cost 11,999 Euros in mainland Europe, which is just over £10,000, so expect a UK list around that mark. MV label the new machine simply ‘Brutale’, ...
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- 21 December 2010
R&G are first off the mark with a full crash protector kit for the 2011 Triumph Speed Triple 1050. Save cash on motorcycle protection The full kit of crash protectors was shown for the first time at the UK dealer launch for the new Speed Triple. The parts shown are pre-production parts put together in time for the dealer event ...
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- 22 November 2010
Moto Master Flame disc, £200 (approx) Miles covered/time: Five months/eight race meetings What’s good? Stopping power, put simply. This saw blade-like rotor is the recommended brand to suit the SBS carbon racing pads in my TZR250 (a similar set-up is used by some World Supersport teams), and between the two parts I can stick my race bike on its nose ...
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- 06 October 2010
German parts firm LSL has created the first customised Kawasaki W800 in the world – a bike so new they’ll have to transfer the parts from the pre-production bike to a customer-spec machine after the show! Kawasaki provided LSL with the 13th pre-production W800 to create the Clubman W800TR, who stripped the bodywork back to just an aluminium rear mudguard ...
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- 06 October 2010
Held Titan gloves £199.99Miles covered/time: Three months/2000 milesWhat’s good? It’s like sticking your hand in to a fortress, such is the reassuringly tough feeling, but they bed in quickly and give good feel. They don’t get too sweaty, the joined pinky/ring finger is unnoticeable and the securing straps give a snug fit. The gauntlet cuff is good – I have ...
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- Gloves
- 10 September 2010
Bridgestone BT-003RS, approx £220Miles covered/time: Three race weekends What’s good? Tyres for 250s and 400s are increasingly rare – especially sticky new designs. My TZR250 is even harder to cater for, as sticky road legal tyres to suit the peculiar rim sizes means fitting oversized rubber – which doesn’t always work. Save cash on motorcyclye tyres These Bridgestone BT-003RS in ...
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- 23 July 2010
The Festival of 1000 bikes is a rare chance to see Freddie Spencer, the only to man to win 250GP and 500GP championships in the same year, riding an NSR500 on track this weekend. ‘Fast Freddie’ will be riding a Honda NSR500 around the Mallory circuit (the classic circuit, without any of the chicanes) in the Past Masters parade. MCN ...
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- 07 July 2010
The first British MotoGP round to be held at the new-look Silverstone circuit kicked off with the Rider's for Health Day of Champions, which begun with a mass rideout from MCN's offices to the circuit. Over 200 riders took part in the ride in, before getting their chance to complete three laps of the circuit. The traditional pre-GP fundraiser ...
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- 17 June 2010
Berik G-8087 gloves, £109.99 Miles covered/time: 3000 miles/eight months What’s good? Feel is good – the finger seams on the outside make them flexible. The wrist strap Velcros onto the same patch as the cuff strap, so once the cuff is on they’re very secure. What’s not? They didn’t protect me in a crash. Another rider broke down in front ...
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- 09 June 2010
Arai RX-7 GP Hiroshi Aoyama replica, £589.99 Miles covered/time: 5000 miles/seven race weekends/one year What’s good? The fit. No matter what anyone says, some helmets will only suit some head shapes. I’ve never fitted in an Arai properly – but the RX7 is a subtly different shape to preceding models, and gives me a touch more room around my mouth ...
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- Helmets
- 09 June 2010
