Steve Cooper

  • Retro Ride: Langen 250

    Retro Ride: Langen 250

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    If you want a brand-new, road legal two-stroke, there aren’t that many places you can go to. The Langen 250 is one of the few but it will cost you around £30-£35,000…

  • Classic Ride: Kawasaki S2 350

    Classic Ride: Kawasaki S2 350

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    Kawasaki’s 350 triples are very possibly the hidden gems of the family, but don’t expect frugality! Steve Cooper rides the S2A.

  • Classic Ride: 1980 Suzuki GSX750

    Classic Ride: 1980 Suzuki GSX750

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    Steve Cooper falls for the charms of Suzuki’s second 750 four: the GSX750.

  • Classic Ride: 1977 Yamaha DT175

    Classic Ride: 1977 Yamaha DT175

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    Carlsberg never made classic trail bikes but if they did, it would be just like this: Yamaha’s sublime DT175 twin shock.

  • Riding two Kawasaki KH250s

    Riding two Kawasaki KH250s

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    The weather’s good, the roads are clear and he’s got TWO saucy Kawasaki two-stroke triples to play on… Steve Cooper is in heaven!

  • Why you should ride the Ducati 350 SCR

    Why you should ride the Ducati 350 SCR

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    Our Scoop is in a hurry to forget the modern Ducati Scramblers. He says you should ride the real deal – the Ducati 350 SCR.

  • Classic Ride: Honda V65 Magna

    Classic Ride: Honda V65 Magna

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    Is it a poor man’s V-Max or simply Honda hubris? Scoop hurtles towards the horizon on his mate’s Honda V65 Magna – known affectionately as ‘Red Molly’!

  • Turning a Honda CB175 into a Hailwood homage

    Turning a Honda CB175 into a Hailwood homage

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    Steve Cooper on how to change a humble Honda CB175 into an amazing Honda homage to the likes of Hailwood, Redman et-al!

  • Your guide to… Kawasaki S1B

    Your guide to… Kawasaki S1B

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    When making a bike for the learner market, the Japanese quickly worked out that emotion and desire was more important than technical innovation.

  • Yamaha XS650: the best all-round Japanese classic?

    Yamaha XS650: the best all-round Japanese classic?

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    Big parallel twins are back in fashion, apparently, but Scoop rides an original example, Yamaha’s XS650C.


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