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  • Honda boffins make airbag advances

    Honda boffins make airbag advances

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    Honda led the way in 2006 when it integrated an airbag into the Goldwing motorcycle. Now, the company is taking a further step, designing a new generation of cutting-edge airbags for motorcycles and filing for a patent. The Japanese manufacturer has a new design to replace the one introduced in 2006 on the Goldwing and…

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  • New free motorcycle safety workshops to be run by police

    New free motorcycle safety workshops to be run by police

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    Staffordshire Police volunteers are providing complimentary, acclaimed motorcycle safety sessions. Sergeant Rob Gilligan from the Central Motorway Policing Group (CMPG) is leading workshops this year for Biker Down – a project created in memory of PC Luke Van De Sande, who lost his life in an off-duty motorcycle crash back in 2019. He’s joined by…

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  • Transform your Tenere

    Transform your Tenere

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    Adventure experts Rally Raid has worked its magic on the recently released Yamaha Ténéré 700 World Raid – with some serious suspension upgrades to make it even more capable off-road. Rally Raid’s built up an enviable reputation among those who know about adventure bikes, and has had plenty of success with its aftermarket upgrades to…

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  • Explore the world with Royal Enfield

    Explore the world with Royal Enfield

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    Royal Enfield have announced a renewal of their partnership with travel company Vintage Rides to provide motorcycling holidays across the globe until at least 2025. Vintage Rides have operated more than 1000 guided tours on the Indian-built motorcycles since 2006, visiting almost 20 countries across four continents. These include France, Italy, Argentina and Morocco, but…

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  • Meet Nick Sanders in Peterborough

    Meet Nick Sanders in Peterborough

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    Nick Sanders MBE will be heading to Peterborough next week to premiere his new film.

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  • Test ride a Norton – from your house

    Test ride a Norton – from your house

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    Norton’s new service aims to make it a doddle to test ride the new Commandos. Here’s how: The resurgent British firm has just announced a cool new service which offers the chance to get a brand-new £16,499 Commando 961 Sport or £16,999 Commando Café Racer straight to your door for a test ride. Since being…

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  • Hydrogen Future?

    Hydrogen Future?

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    Honda team up with General Motors Honda and General Motors are the latest firms to reveal plans to get stuck into some hydrogen fuel cell research – and we’re here for it. With the increasingly urgent need for emissions-free vehicles, we’ve started to see more and more battery-powered machines making it to market. But there’s…

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  • Ago’s British track career documented in new book

    Ago’s British track career documented in new book

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    Celebrating the great Giacomo Agostini, winner of 122 motorcycling Grands Prix on his way to 15 world titles, Agostini: On the British Circuits by The Classic MotorCycle editor James Robinson, is a stunning collection of period photographs which captures him in action on racetracks in Britain.

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  • Peugeot’s SUV Scooter

    Peugeot’s SUV Scooter

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    The French firm is ready to challenge some stiff maxi-scooter competition Peugeot’s XP400 Allure and GT are the latest scoots to get in on the adventure act – with rugged styling (and even off-road tyres for the GT) similar to Honda’s ADV350 and Kymco’s DTX360 320. The biggest scooters in Peugeot’s range, they’re powered by…

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  • Stylish New Suzuki Scooter Commuters

    Stylish New Suzuki Scooter Commuters

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    Suzuki’s stylish new Avenis and Address scooters aren’t just nippy little things that fly through towns, they can keep up with traffic when the road opens up too. But as well as their traffic busting prowess, their 9bhp motors positively sip fuel. Suzuki claim they can do 148mpg! I can’t vouch for that, but after…

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