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Bike security: Tagging and tracking
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Alpha Dot Motorcycle/Scooter marking kit £24.99 www.alpha-dot.co.uk Each Alpha Dot dispenser contains over a 1000 tiny microdots, each with a unique PIN which is registered to you. The UK police have 24/7 access to the registration database and can reunite the stolen property instantly. Easily applied, the glue is virtually impossible to remove and lasts a lifetime.…
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How Formula 1 technology can benefit your bike
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Stainless-steel is too expensive for many bikes’ original exhaust systems, and as a result, they can rot out, leaving you with an expensive bill if you want to stick with OE parts. If only there was a way of treating a set of pipes so they’d be protected from the worst the UK’s roads have…
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How to buy a Yamaha TZR250 2MA (1986-1991)
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The iconic race-bred 250 two-stroke that beats the competition on real-world roads. The mid 80s was the last great era when new two stroke motorcycles appeared with gusto. Yamaha had been busy tinkering with their RD350YPVS but needed a bike to compete in the quarter litre sector. The TZR250 lined up against Kawasaki’s all…
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How do I make a claim against a foreign driver?
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Q. In my opinion, in recent years there has been a noticeable increase on British roads of foreign cars. I would be grateful if you could give some advice in case I have an accident with a foreign driver. In the event of any kind of accident involving a motorcycle and a foreign vehicle driven…
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A dog crashed my motorcycle
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Q. I was riding along my local high street when a Chihuahua dog (yes the really small type) called Twinkle jumped out of her owner’s handbag and ran straight out in front of me, causing me to swerve, crash into a massive pile of rubbish outside the local kebab shop and fall off. Not my…
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Electric bikes are our future!
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A new breed of electric-powered off-road bikes are changing the way youngsters are getting into motorcycling, says Marc Potter. For the first time ever, electric-powered off-road bikes are now a truly viable alternative to petrol power, with firms like Kuberg, OSET and Mecatechno coming into the UK and lighting the imaginations of children and…
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Everything you need to know about motorcycle forks
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A well set-up front end will give you more control, feel and confidence in your bike. We explain the tech behind forks… How do forks work? Cartridge forks have all of their valving inside a metal cylinder, or cartridge. This is bolted to the bottom of the fork so it moves up and down (compresses…
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Racing the Wild and Woolly motorcycle scramble
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Sub zero temperatures, deep snow and frozen mud holes didn’t stop riders competing in the oldest motorcycle race in the world… Boxing Day is normally the day of recovery from the Christmas excesses… and the beginning of the turkey leftovers foraweek. not so for a small village in northants. Every year, the 26th December heralds…
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How to win the BMW Motorrad GS Trophy
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Two farmers and a plasterer from the UK took on the world… and won. Here’s how they got their hands on the prestigious 2010 BMW GS Trophy… A team of three amateur riders (and one journalist) from the UK have won the recent GS trophy – a seven-day, 2000km off-road adventure across South Africa, Swaziland…
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Yamaha FZR1000 EXUP Buying Guide
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Forget GSX-R1100s:Yamaha’s FZR1000 EXUP is the classic superbike bargain… In this age of sky-high new bike prices, it’s worth remembering what’s available at the other end of the biking spectrum. not only are certain machines now excellent bargains, some are also downright good bikes, with the added bonus of becoming a potential modern classic. The…
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