1984 Hesketh V1000

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Hesketh was never big. If anything it was pitifully small — only a few hundred V1000s sold worldwide, but the same can't ...
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Pre-Ride Check List

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Before you take a 100mph ride on your freshly rebuilt Classic it's sensible to make some final checks of your handiwork. ...
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Pre-Ride Check List

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Before you take a 100mph ride on your freshly rebuilt Classic it's sensible to make some final checks of your handiwork. ...
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Carbtune Pro

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There are a variety of options in synchro­nizing devices, from homemade to high- tech. We evaluated the Morgan Carbtune Pro. Technically this device is ...
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Munch URS

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This Munch URS 500/four was one of two bikes assembled by the German Munch factory for the 1970 Grand Prix season. It ...
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Still The Best – Triumph Engi...

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To keep the rain and dirt off the trousers it had a broadly valance front fender and heavily skirted rear wheel enclosure, which was ...
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Posts Tagged ‘Fast Gear’

YAMAHA XS1100S (1981-1984)

What it is: Sports version of Yamaha's shaft-driven XS1100 tourer, with svelte all-black looks, revised frame geometry, better suspension, and dinky cockpit fairing. Very comfy, very fast, very heavy indeed. Others in its family tree: XS750/850 triples. The XS1100 was the guinea pig for Yamaha's ...
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BMW HP2

BMW says it has created the fastest, lightest and sportiest boxer yet, the HP2 Sport. It's the first BMW opposed twin with double overhead cams, Quickshifter cluthless fast gear changes and a self-supporting carbon-fiber seat unit. Based on the P1200S, the new HP2 Sport ...
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