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Throwback Thursday | Laverda 915 SFC Racer Test
1 year ago

Throwback Thursday | Laverda 915 SFC Racer Test

Laverda used racing as a means of developing new models, and showing the finished product to be both fast and reliable. Hence the family-owned company’s proud record of success in …
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Throwback Thursday | Tuning Tips: Pommie’s Yamaha RD350LC
1 year ago

Throwback Thursday | Tuning Tips: Pommie’s Yamaha RD350LC

I was never really happy with the fuelling of my Yamaha RD350LC, which was featured earlier in the year, and the reason I never bothered too much with jetting, was …
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Throwback Thursday | Exactweld Yamaha TZ250 GP Racer
1 year ago

Throwback Thursday | Exactweld Yamaha TZ250 GP Racer

The current globalisation of road racing means that, in almost every country of the world, in every class, the same identikit array of Supersomethings line up on the grid to …
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BMW R20 Concept | BMW hits the spot with 2.0L Custom
1 year ago

BMW R20 Concept | BMW hits the spot with 2.0L Custom

If you’ve ever customised a bike, I suspect you’ve come up against this: you start with a vision and you build the bike you’ve seen in your mind, but no …
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Two-Stroke Tuesday | Three Dream 500s… V-Due, Suter, Costin
1 year ago

Two-Stroke Tuesday | Three Dream 500s… V-Due, Suter, Costin

We have a triple treat for you this Two-Stroke Tuesday! Over the years we’ve featured hundreds of strokers here on BikeReview, and back in our Rapid Bikes days. Aside from …
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Two-Stroke Tuesday | The Maxton Dugdale TZ385 Story
1 year ago

Two-Stroke Tuesday | The Maxton Dugdale TZ385 Story

Fifty years ago this year, 1974, saw a momentous transition in 500GP racing, marking the last time a four-stroke – meaning MV Agusta, courtesy of the late Phil Read – …
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1974 Maxton Dugdale Yamaha TZ385 racer test | Throwback Thursday
1 year ago

1974 Maxton Dugdale Yamaha TZ385 racer test | Throwback Thursday

Back in the days before anyone dreamed Yamaha two-strokes would be venerated as prized collectables, the Dugdale Maxton Yamaha TZ385, that 50 years ago this year took Charlie Williams to …
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1974 Kawasaki H1 500 | Throwback Thursday, Classic
1 year ago

1974 Kawasaki H1 500 | Throwback Thursday, Classic

I’m used to riding the latest and greatest bikes all the time, so my idea was to buy something for myself that I was less likely to lose my licence …
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Indian Challenger Racer Review | King of the Baggers Test
1 year ago

Indian Challenger Racer Review | King of the Baggers Test

Down the years I’ve been privileged to track-test a vast array of different road racers, from dozens of factory MotoGP and 500GP bikes, through countless World Superbike contenders, to numerous …
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Dr. John Wittner’s Moto Guzzi 8V Racer Test | Throwback Thursday
1 year ago

Dr. John Wittner’s Moto Guzzi 8V Racer Test | Throwback Thursday

Il Dottore leaving us will be felt not only in the USA, where the bikes he created were raced successfully to three AMA National titles in the 1980s by the …
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