Bertie Simmonds
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The best Blade? Honda CBR1000RR-6 Fireblade
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Amazing to think that this machine is not far off 20 years old –just look at it! Goes well, too. Bertie Simmonds makes the case for the RR-6 being the best Blade ever…
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1999 Suzuki SV650: still going strong
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Twenty-five years on and still going strong: what is about Suzuki’s seminal SV650 family that makes them marvellous motorcycles? Read on.
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Ducati racing – 1990s style
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Eight World Superbike Championships in a decade marked Ducati’s 888 and 916 production racers as ‘simply the best’ but it wasn’t always plain sailing for the Bologna bullets.
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Take a look at the new Triumph Bonneville Bobber TFC – only 750 to be sold!
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If you like your Triumphs and love a Bobber – this is probably the ultimate bike for you This is a new Triumph Factory Custom (TFC) and only 750 will be sold around the world. They feature gloss carbon-fibre bodywork bits; two-tone paint, some of which is hand-finished (with the painter’s signature under the tank);…
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Triumph Rocket III: Test riding a beefy British classic
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Big, bad-ass, British and brilliant – the immense Triumph Rocket III is now 20 years old and as beefy as ever…
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Triumph Rocket III at 20
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Bertie Simmonds rides a modern classic beast in its 20th anniversary year.
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From the archive: Isle of Man TT in the 1950s
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This 1958 Isle of Man TT race shot is of Ernst Degner, a notable defector to the West in 1961 and winner of Suzuki’s first world championship in 1962.
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Classic Racers: Anthony Gobert
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Anthony Gobert was an incredibly talented off-road and Tarmac racer, who should have become a world champion.
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Foggy’s first World Superbike championship, 30 years on
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It’s three decades since Carl Fogarty became World Superbike champion for the first time.
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Classic Racers: Jimmy Aird
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What can be said about hard-as-nails Jim ‘Jimmy’ Aird, legendary off-roader, Scottish champion and proprietor of SCOTT Leathers?
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