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A Mini Mondo adventure with Austin Vince

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1st February 2017

In the March issue of MSL, Feature Editor Mikko Nieminen took the Honda Africa Twin to the Pyrenees with Austin Vince. Here’s the video… Motorcycle Sport & Leisure magazine is the original and best bike mag. Established in 1962, you can pick up a copy in all good newsagents & supermarkets, or online… [su_button url=”http://www.classicmagazines.co.uk/issue/MSL” target=”blank”…
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History: Know your Harley-Davidson engine types

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13th September 2016

2017 sees the launch of Harley-Davidson’s new Milwaukee-Eight engine, so called due to its single-cam-actuated eight valves. Making 88.5bhp @ 5450rpm and 111lb-ft @ 32540rpm, the air/oil-cooled 107 (1745cc) motor currently powers the entire 2017 Touring Range of Harley-Davidsons. A 107 Twin-Cooled (air and water) motor is fitted to all the bikes with fairing lowers,…
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The History of the Honda Africa Twin

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11th February 2016

WORDS: Phil West PHOTOGRAPHY: Honda Born at the height of the popularity of the Paris-Dakar Rally in 1988, the first production Africa Twin was effectively an ‘off-road RC30’. Like the RC, the XRV650 was built by HRC and conceived as a no-compromise, road-going replica of a race-winner – in this case the factory NXR750 V-twin…
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