Motor Cycle Monthly September 2015 FULL ISSUE

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suzuki’s gsX-s1000f. Awesome fun

September 2015

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Yamaha’s R1M – MotoGP on the road P18

The knowledge – top glove guide P28

The hardcore return of the first Adventure bike G IMPRove YouR RIDIn

How to ride in a group Page 41

Guy Martin’s horror crash. What happens now? P7

THE nEw AfricA Twin – HondA gETs sErious 94bhp. 72.3Ib-ft. Dual clutch

NEWS 3

Honda’s 2016 Africa Twin:

In deTAIl TECH SPEC

Honda Africa Twin

engine: 998cc, liquid-cooled four-stroke eightvalve parallel twin with 270° crank and uni-cam Claimed Power: 93.87bhp Claimed Torque: 72.3lb-ft Bore x Stroke: 92 x 75.1mm Clutch: Wet, multiplate with coil springs, aluminium cam assist and Slipper clutch Final drive: O ring sealed chain electronic Assists: HSTC 3-levels which are switchable (ABS 2-Channel with rear ABS off switch and DCT models only, not on STD model) Chassis: Steel semi-double cradle type with hightensile strength steel rear subframe Kerb Weight: 228kg (STD), 232kg (ABS), 242kg (DCT) Fuel capacity: 18.8 litres Wheelbase: 1575mm Seat Height: 850 to 870mm Ground clearance: 250mm Front brakes: 310mm dual wave floating hydraulic disc with aluminium hub and radial fit four-piston calipers (*ABS) and sintered metal pads Rear Brakes: 256mm wave hydraulic disc with two-piston caliper (*ABS) and sintered metal pads.

Also Lever-Lock Type Parking Brake System on DCT model.

Front wheel: 90/90 R21 tubed tyre on wire spoke with die-cast aluminium rim Rear wheel: 150/70 R18 tubed tyre on wire spoke with die-cast aluminium rim Price: Around £8510 – that’s the official European price of €12,100 although there will be additional country-specific taxes added onto that.

Colours: CRF Rally – which is mostly red,Tricolour – classic off-roader Honda look and the scheme most close to the original XRV650 or Black.

www.honda.co.uk/motorcycles

The bike uses a new 998cc parallel-twin motor which is housed inside a twinspar, steel semi-double cradle frame.

The spoked wheels are 21in up front and 18in at the back. Options on the bike are plentiful with Honda’s Dual Clutch Transmission (DCT), switchable ABS and traction control – with an off-road setting – available.

Mass centralisation, where items like the battery are packaged at the rear of the cylinder head, contributes to a low centre of gravity and the longtravel Showa inverted forks are fully adjustable, featuring dual radialmount Nissin four-piston brake calipers and 310mm ‘wave’ style floating discs.

The Showa rear shock has hydraulic spring preload adjustment. Like the CRF450R Rally, the CRF1000L Africa Twin uses 21/18in front/rear spoked wheels, wearing 90/90-21 and 150/7018 tyres.

The bike’s parallel twin motor sits forward in the chassis and means that the new bike gets a split airbox with twin radiators mounted high up to avoid stones and other detritus thrown up when off-road, overall the Africa Twin is very narrow for the class.

The Africa Twin uses the same Unicam four-valve head system as on its range of off-road bikes, it also gets a lightweight camshaft, twin balancer shafts, twin-spark heads and a 270° firing order to give the bike a grunty power delivery. The bike also gets a

This is Honda’s all-new Africa Twin.The bike that the factory hopes will give it the leg-up against the likes of BMW’s R1200GS and Triumph’s Explorer.

slipper clutch and the shift-cam for the gearbox is the same as used on the firm’s motocrossers.

Dual headlights keep the original’s look and the seat height adjusts 20mm to either 870mm or 850mm. A large 18.8 litre fuel tank – coupled with the engine’s fuel efficiency – provides a range of up to 400km.

There’s some really clever stuff in the DCT gearbox too and despite it adding a full 10kg to the overall weight of the bike, the benefits the new system brings will be especially useful for taking the Africa Twin off-road. For this bike Honda says that it has spent a lot of time and effort in beefing up the system and making it more suitable for being a big, serious offroader.

To that end, the DCT has the usual two modes; D which gives

optimum fuel economy and cruising performance and a new revised S mode. In S mode the bike is more sporty and you can choose from three gearshift patterns to suit your style of riding; S1, S2 and S3.

This gearbox also gets a G switch, sited on the right of the instrument panel. This is an addition to the set-up specifically for off-road riding. Press the G switch and the system improves traction and reduces the amount of clutch slip between changes.

The new DCT system also knows when the bike is on a steep decline and automatically changes the gear selection so that it can hold onto gears longer for more engine braking on descents.

The new Africa Twin comes in red or this sharp white option.

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Guy Martin’s painful month

Horror crash, broken back and record attempt on hold Words by: Tony Carter This is the moment that Guy Martin broke his back in an horrific crash while leading the Dundrod 150 road race.

Just a few days into August saw the TV star and pro-racer fall from his Tyco BMW superbike at around 110mph. Rider and bike then skittled off the road and across a muddy runoff area before smashing into a brace of crash barriers sited in front of a tree.

The reality of the fall was that Martin got away lightly. Just a foot or two to the left and his injuries could have been even worse.

Martin was left with fractures to vertebrae, a broken sternum, broken hand and broken ribs. He had over five hours of surgery to repair the damage and part of that was fixing metal rods in his back and hand to hold the broken bones in place while they heel.

Martin discharged himself from Belfast hospital four days after the crash and headed home. He said: “I’m on the mend, a few upgrades to me hand and back but feel right enough.

All part of the job boy.

“Need a bit of rest. Thanks very much for all the support as always.”

There’s no denying that Martin was

fortunate not to be hurt worse from the fall, but the fallout from the crash has had a further reach than was first thought – it means that he will now not be taking part in the on-again, offagain Land Speed Record attempt with Triumph.

That was going to see Martin piloting the company’s 1000bhp Streamliner, a vehicle that looks like a missile set on two wheels and is powered by two of the Hinckleyfactory’s 2.4 litre Rocket III motors.

A week after the fall in Ireland, Triumph decided that the Lincolnshire-based 33-year-old was too banged-up to take on the challenge, scheduled for the end of August. The factory said: “We’re obviously concerned with the news that Guy has sustained injuries as a result of his crash in last week’s Dundrod 150 race.

“While in true form, Guy has signed himself out of hospital this week, we all feel that given his injuries it won’t be possible to complete the required testing prior to attempting to take the record this year.

“Guy is a unique talent and having such a pilot for our Rocket motorcycle is absolutely central to our attempt.

We wish him a full and speedy recovery and will confirm a new date for our 2016 bid as soon as we can.”

From the horror crash at the Dundrod 150 which left him with a broken back to the nowpostponed Land Speed Record attempt on the Salt Flats in Utah, the past four weeks have been very rough for Guy.

NEWS 7

Get yourself to Europe’s largest off-road show (and it’s here in the UK!) INTERNATIONAL DIRT BIKE SHOW: Thursday, October 29, to Sunday, November 1, 2015, Stoneleigh Park,Warwickshire

The International Dirt Bike Show at Stoneleigh Park, near Coventry in Warwickshire, has become something of an annual, must-do event for dirt biking aficionados. BUT… you don’t have to be completely fanatical about off-road to enjoy the show, as it has plenty to offer fans of motorcycling, as well as families and friends, whatever your preferred riding discipline.

Over four action-packed days, the show will play host to a number of product launches, with the latest offroad machinery and accessories

being revealed for the first time. There are also going to be displays from the likes of Honda, Husqvarna, Kawasaki, KTM, Yamaha, Beta, Sherco, Rieju and Mecatecno covering the sectors of motocross, supercross, enduro, trail, trial, supermoto, minimoto and electric trials. There’ll also be the opportunity to have a go on a variety of machines.

For more International Dirt Bike Show news and updates, be sure to visit and bookmark www.dirtbikeshow.co.uk

Buy in advance Tickets for the Dirt Bike Show are now on sale and buying in advance offers a substantial saving over buying on the door, particularly on Discount Thursday.

Advance adult ticket holders, aged 16 and over, will only pay £8 for entry on the show’s opening day, that’s a 50% discount. A family advance ticket for two adults and

two children aged 11 to 15 years for the Thursday will cost just £24, with children aged 10 and under getting in for free. Or get a bunch of mates together and, for every 10 adult tickets bought, the 11th Discount Thursday ticket is free! There is no booking fee and parking at the venue is absolutely free.

Get the app Available for iOS and Android users, it can be downloaded completely free of charge at www.dirtbikeshow.co.uk and provides quick and easy access to all the latest show information and features. You can also buy advance tickets through the app directly.

8 COMPETITION

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Fancy kitting your bike out with some smart finishing touches from top UK aftermarket company Cream Carbon? We’ve got five sets of cool kit to give away.

UK Carbon Fibre company Cream Carbon has recently launched a new range of universal protection products designed for fitment to all upside down motorcycle forks, brake fluid reservoirs and clutch fluid reservoirs.

This unique range of patented products are produced from high grade neoprene and finished in a robust carbon fibre vinyl. Elasticated edging and body panels then allow for the flexibility required to offer a genuinely universal fit to all relevant areas of the motorcycle.

The brake and clutch protectors also incorporate a highly absorbent material within the inner lining, making sure that small leaks are held deep within the protector, so safeguarding the reservoir along with

surrounding areas of the motorcycle from potential corrosion.

This is the first time such products have been purposely designed to do the job of protecting these sensitive areas of the motorcycle and Cream Carbon says that there are more unique universal products to come over the next few months.

Check out the whole range at: www.creamcarbon.co.uk

Cool Gemini Triumphs

Made by T3 Racing and Kevin Taggart, Spirit of the Seventies designer, this is one of the range of 160bhp Gemini Speed Triples. Only 100 bikes will be made, 50 of them naked, 50 faired.

The front suspension gets revamped for more adjustment, the rear shock is upgraded as have the brakes. There’s a new dash and keyless start, too.

Erik Buell Racing bought up What remains of Erik Buell Racing has been bought up by two companies. Indian company Hero paid $2.8m for ‘consulting and future projects’ and Atlantic Metals paid $2.25m for the current trademarks, patents and machining tools to make EBR motorcycles.

The prize We are providing five sets of Cream Carbon Motorcycle Protection products.

■ Each set comprises 1 x pair of Universal Upside Down (USD) Fork Protectors (RRP £19.99 inc.VAT) ■ 1 x Universal Brake Fluid Reservoir Protector (RRP £15.99 inc. VAT) ■ 1 x Universal Clutch Fluid Reservoir Protector (RRP £15.99 inc. VAT).

All products are produced from neoprene with a carbon fibre finish and each full set has a total retail recommended value of £51.97 including VAT.

How to enter:

Entering our FREE competition couldn’t be easier, just visit: www.morebikes.co.uk and you’ll find our Cream Carbon competition on there along with the terms and conditions of entry. Simple as that. Good luck.

Land Speed course a ‘go’

Last month, the famous Bonneville Speed Week was cancelled because of the condition of the salt.

Now, the AMA says that its Speed Trials event has found a suitable course now for its event from August 29 through to September 3. It’s a ‘go’ for now, apparently.

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10 NEWS

Riding on the Big Surf

Robbie Maddison completed a three-year project last month – riding in huge surf on a motocross bike that was only slightly modified. It was an amazing stunt that wowed millions, but the reality is that it came close to killing the big jump legend.

It’s been a sensation across the world – modern stunt legend Robbie Maddison surfing massive waves on an adapted KTM motocross bike – but the reality of the DC Shoes video Pipe Dream is that the outrageous bit of offroading nearly cost Maddison his life.

The early attempts at surfing on a motorcycle involved a Honda CR500R, outfitted with two skis: one beneath the front wheel and a larger one that extended from beneath the frame back to the rear wheel. The back wheel had a paddle tyre fitted (which is normally used for riding huge, soft sand dunes). And that was

it. Momentum would be key to keeping man and machine above the water’s surface.

Speaking to Transworld motocross in the States, Maddison’s mechanic Buddy Morgan said: “Contrary to what you might assume, the overall power output of the bike didn’t have that much effect on its ability to ride across the water. Instead, it was the shape and angle of the skis and the number of paddles on the rear tyre that made the most difference.

“I’d say that through the entire project, we sank the bike 30 to 40 times.” Eventually, the team whittled

things down to the short ski set-up and a KTM250SX two-stroke race bike which was easier to tear down and rebuild after each trip into the brine.

Maddison and the team decided that in order to get the bike in and out of the water, they would need launch and catch barges – it simply wasn’t possible to ride off the beach and get across the breakers to the bigger waves. At the end of two years of practice and development Maddison had racked up a long list of injuries trying to get the stunt under way: “This project has a lot of the same danger as all of my other stunts, plus I’m really afraid of coming out here and drowning.

“Over the past two years of working on this, I’ve dislocated my shoulder, broken my ankle, and had a few concussions. You wouldn’t think that you could get hurt riding on the water, but I’ve been thrown off the thing and onto the shore more than once while testing.”

Eventually it was time to ride and as it happened, it was the second attempt that bore the most fruit.

Maddison launched off the rented barge and nailed the throttle, snicking up to fourth gear (fifth was of no use because it dropped out of the torque range) he rode the waves perfectly.

“After I made it, I started to celebrate before I landed on the barge, and a swell hit me when I was 10ft from the

door and I crashed face and chest first into the corner of the boat.”

The third and final attempt was perfect though and Robbie nailed riding on top of big surf with relative ease, managing to get through the surf at Teahupo’o without any issue. But things weren’t done yet – Maddison remained with a small crew, determined to hit a bigger wave and a few days later, with 20ft waves, they got their chance. Come the day though and Teahupo’o was too crowded so they moved the shoot north and the waves were even bigger.

Morgan adds that: “We were all a little nervous about the last wave. The swells were giant, and I worried that the bike might not have gone fast enough to outrun those monsters.”

Robbie dropped into the surf and took off, then the wave caught up with

him: “When I went down, the bike hit me in the back and knocked the wind out of me.. Then I was sucked under and tumbled around beneath the waves. Wave after wave pounded me, and each time, just as I was about to take in a big breath of saltwater, I’d pop up for just a second to grab a breath of air.” Eventually the rescue jet ski managed to get to him and drag him to safety.

It was an amazing stunt, committed riding without any CGI or artificial enhancement, just a bike with small skis fitted either side of the wheels and a sand scoop tyre. But no matter how tricky shooting Pipe Dream got, it hasn’t dulled Maddison’s desire for something even more wild.

“I’m not saying what it is just yet, but I’ve got something real big in the pipeline,” he added.

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12 LAUNCH REPORT/FIRST RIDE

Fairing on the funside: Suzuki’s GSX-S1000FA It’s NOT a sports tourer, according to Suzuki.

But it MIGHT just be the best sport roadster yet.

Words: John Milbank Photography: James Wright and Ula Serra Hands up time, I thought this was going to be another sports tourer. I was wrong. Not only about it being ‘another sports tourer’ but about it being a sports tourer full stop.

It might look like a sort of moremuscular sports tourer but in the real world there’s a bit more bite to the GSX-F than you might at first think.

The new GSX-S1000FA has been carefully targeted by Suzuki – its typical buyer is expected to be an experienced 40-plus rider with an above average income. They previously owned a sports bike and they’re expected to use this for weekend rides without a pillion.

That’s pretty precise about who is going to buy this bike and, as a result, the bike that was made is a pretty precise thing to ride.

This is the same underlying chassis and motor as with the GSX-S1000 launched a couple of months ago, the engine is a GSX-R K5-derived 999cc making a claimed 143.5bhp (the engine spanned 2005-2008, but the K5 has the kudos because it was so useable on the road – that and the chassis manners, the riding position et al gave the K5 almost legend status among big bike road riders).

But it’s come in for some tweaks.

The motor now gets 3% lighter pistons and new cam profiles designed for improved low- to midrange power. There are also iridium plugs, as well as a friction-reducing cylinder plating. Tech stuff inside the engine doesn’t detract from the gutsy feel of the donor lump, in fact this motor does feel VERY close to the K5 original.

From the top you can see just how narrow the central part of the bike is. On the move it’s not easy to work out where the bulk goes, but it doesn’t feel big.

Fuelling has been something of a sticking point among other testers on both the unfaired and faired versions of the bike. Some have gone so far as to say the bike is snatchy and distracting when coming off a closed throttle hard – for me I didn’t find it a problem at all. On such a sportsorientated machine, it’s more acceptable, if anything adding to the immediacy of the ride.

While ABS is standard on all the UK bikes (it’s an option on the naked machine, at least until the regulations change in 2016), and there’s threestage switchable traction control, Suzuki has done what I consider a superb job of avoiding dulling the motorcycle with technology.

If you were a fan of the GSX-R range seven to 10 years ago, there’s little that will put you off here; your days of squeezing in to a race bike might have passed, but the GSX-SF offers a real alternative, positioning itself somewhere between the sports touring Kawasaki Z1000SX and the all-sport Suzuki GSX-R1000.

If you’ve ever hankered after the raw performance of a litre sports bike, but with a set of wide, high bars, this is the machine to buy.

While it’s 9kg heavier than the current GSX-R1000, it’s still relatively light at 214kg (just 5kg heavier than the naked machine). This is thanks to a new frame, which is lighter and stiffer than the one currently fitted to the GSX-R; expect to see this on a soon-to-be-announced new Suzuki sports machine.

The Isle of Man was an ideal choice of launch venue – besides the fact it hosted Suzuki’s first road-racing outside of Japan in 1960, it’s one of the few places beyond a closed circuit to really make use of the brilliant K5 motor.

During the rare times I dared look away from the unrestricted roads of the island, I saw up to 139mph.

Streaking under the trees after Ginger Hall at 125mph, I was way off the pace McGuinness would have been hitting just a couple of weeks before, but the howl from the Suzuki’s exhaust and the painted kerbs flashing by were intoxicating.

You do have to ask the question of where best to enjoy a bike like this without entrusting it to the Steam Packet Company, hacking across to Germany, or booking some track time.

Rounding the Creg on the Isle of Man, the GSX-SF did well on the TT course.

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14 LAUNCH REPORT/FIRST RIDE But this isn’t a peaky ky, y all top-end bike.

While the real action starts around 6000rpm, there’s plenty below, even when pottering through town in sixth.

This really is a ‘real world’ sportsbike.

There’s enough steering lock for easy U-turns, and the riding position would be comfortable all day if it weren’t for the slightly more sports-design seat. It’s not horrific, but by the afternoon my cheeks were starting to protest a little.

The pegs are positioned well for an easy-going position, and do little to limit the sports potential – I scraped the righthand peg at the Gooseneck, but that was on the third pass for photos. I’d liken it to my old CBR600’s pegs, which gave warning plenty earlier enough when pushing the pace.

There is some buzz from the bike, but it’s not overly intrusive, though it exacerbated the tingling, dead hand I suffer with on every bike. It wasn’t something other journalists complained of, and given the essential character of a motor with this kind of heritage, it’d be a shame to see it neutered for a perfectly smooth ride.

There really is no hard luggage option for this bike – aftermarket manufacturers might bring some options in, but Suzuki wouldn’t be pushed on the strength of the

rear subframe. Certainly, while the pillion perch isn’t as tiny as some, it’s not designed for the long-distance comfort of a tourer.

Having said that, for a ride to Germany I’d much prefer being on this to a GSXR1000, and I’m pretty sure I’d have just as much fun – if not more – around the Nürburgring. Economy during the launch was 36mpg, but it was also one of the fastest rides I’ve had (and we were led by TT-winner Milky kyy Quail); expect that number to rise significantly when riding normally!

The GSX-S1000FA has an incredible turn of speed and feels sharp, agile and truly connected to ride. The engine responds instantly, with no obvious interference from the traction control, and while I expected the bike to feel very light and twitchy at the front, even when pushing hard, and with the traction control set to minimum, the Suzuki wasn’t trying to wheelie. With the traction control off, it becomes more eager to lift.

The GSX-SF is a stable yet agile bike, it’s an aggressive sports machine, but it’s also comfortable. It’s incredibly good fun, and everything you could want to relive your youth in a little more comfort.

The only thing it’s most certainly not is a sports tourer.

LAUNCH REPORT/FIRST RIDE 15 Riding position

It’s an upright-but-pitched-forward riding position with the bars 165.4mm higher and 72mm further back than on its sports sibling. The pegs are 23.8mm lower and 32mm further forward than the GSX-R1000 and the F gets the same Renthal Fatbar setup as the naked GSX-S1000.

Traction control

TECH SPEC

While it might not be quite as delicate or elegant as the systems running on something like the top-flight Aprilias at the moment, the Suzuki system is very good. It’s easy to live with and features three modes, plus off: ‘1’ is for sport riding with minimal intervention; ‘3’ is for maximum traction control in poor conditions; ‘2’ strikes a balance ideal for most road conditions. The system compares front and rear wheel speed, throttle position, crank position and gear 250 times every second.

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Suzuki GSX-S1000FA Engine: 999cc, in-line four, liquid-cooled Peak power: 143.5bhp (107kW) @ 10,000rpm Peak torque: 78.2lb-ft (106Nm) @ 9500rpm Transmission: 6-speed Final drive: Chain-driven Wheels: (F)120/70/17; (R) 190/50/17 Fuel capacity: 17 litres Seat height: 810mm Wheelbase: 1460mm Weight: 214kg Price: £9999

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Chassis

Cast aluminium frame is a joy to ride with and it’s lighter and more rigid than the current GSXR1000’s. The swiingarm is the same as the one used on the GSX-R1000 and the bike is, in total, 9kg more than the GSX-R, which isn’t much when you’re using this as a roadster.

Suspension

There’s a change to the shim stacks and oil level in the faired bike’s forks to stabilise the bike bettter att speed d, otther than thatt these are the same 43mm fully adjustable Kayaba forks and preload/rebound adjustable monoshock as the naked bike.

Brakes

Some serious bite here with the Brembo monobloc calipers (which are the same as fitted d to the currentt GSX-R R1000). The bike gets four 32mm pistons biting 310mm floating discs, with Bosch ABS monitoring the wheel speed 50 times per wheel rotation.

Contact: www.suzuki-gb.co.uk

16 HAVE YOUR SAY

HAVE YOUR SAY

We want to hear from you! We’d love to read your tips, stories and opinions, so why not get in touch and tell us what’s on your mind

Email us at: editorial@motorcyclemonthly.co.uk Send your post to: Your letters, MotorCycle Monthly, Mortons Media Group, Horncastle, Lincs LN9 6JR Please ensure you include a telephone number if you’re contacting us by post – it helps if we need to get back in touch with you.

★★★ MCM STAR LETTER OF THE MONTH ★★★

Flashing and filtering – the trend I’ve been riding bikes for a little over 40 years (never owned a car) and unfortunately a lot of my riding has involved filtering though traffic, mainly into London and along the M25 past the black spots of the M4 and M40.

This summer I have experienced the new craze of using hazard lights when filtering through traffic, mainly by ‘adventure’ bikers, so when I read your article about filtering and the use of hazard lights I was quite surprised with what you said. Can I refer you to www.gov.uk/general-rules-alldrivers-riders-103-to-158/lightingrequirements-113-to-116, point 116 which states, “You MUST NOT use hazard warning lights while driving or being towed unless you are on a motorway or unrestricted dual carriageway and you need to warn drivers behind you of a hazard or obstruction ahead.

“Only use them for long enough to ensure that your warning has been observed.”

So in my mind using hazard lights when filtering is a just plain wrong.

If you feel filtering is a hazardous adventure I suggest you don’t filter or buy yourself a car.

The only addition I would make to an otherwise very good article, is that filtering past gaps on motorways is the most dangerous time, as many a car driver will change lane into that gap as a knee jerk reaction without looking.

Regards,

This month’s star letter wins a fantastic pair of RST Blade gloves worth £59.99. With a double-layer leather palm, carbon knuckles and pre-curved outstitched fingers it’s a great do o-it-all sports glove. www.rst-moto.com

Michael Chase

On the subject of Electric bikes (and THAT Harley) I wasn’t interested in electric bikes until I saw them at the 2014 Isle of Man. I was lucky enough to see them, both in practice and being raced on the circuit. I was very impressed and very surprised at how far the bikes have developed.

Firstly it is not true that they are silent; they make a distinctive sound and secondly it is not true that they are unable to travel any distance – they can – and they are only limited by the lack of charging stations and the length of time it takes to charge

the batteries. Think of the early days of motoring; every vehicle was limited by the availability of petrol. Long journeys needed planning, but they were not impossible.

Electric vehicles will only become widely accepted when their power supply is easily accessible. The Harley is without a doubt the cleverest electric bike yet offered.

Perhaps not in terms of technology but certainly in terms of marketing.

It is aimed at a non-motorcycling market, consider the scooter craze of

the 1950s, a clean, oil free, stylish machine. And of course, if the electric bike market doesn’t take off then Harley could easily recoup its development costs by slotting a single cylinder engine into the existing frame, perhaps even keeping the engine cover, and offering the public something more conventional.

Either way, the company expands its appeal. Something certainly needs to.

Brian Smith East Kilbride

Jealously watching true biking freedom I love classic British bikes. Too young to ride them back in the day and too mechanically inept and financially challenged to have one today. My love consists of looking at them whenever I get the chance.

Which is why I was at the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham the other day, drooling over these beautiful machines. I was alone briefly in one hall when in ran a young lad of about seven or eight closely followed by his father. The boy ran straight under the rope barrier which separates precious metal from admirers, clambered aboard a Triumph Tigress Scooter and pretended he was riding the classic down the road.

I looked on in some shock. Half expecting sirens, flashing lights and a team of security to come running in. None of which happened and after a photo taken by dad the boy was off and running in to the next hall.

I felt quite put out by this disregard for the sanctity of the

G’day and thanks for the eye-opener

Museum and these beautiful old bikes. Then I realised why I felt so strongly.

I was insanely jealous of this lad who had run in to a hall filled with motorbikes and done the most natural thing that came to him. For I too had the same natural instincts at 50 years of age.

I would have chosen a BSA Gold Star over the Triumph Scooter and hopefully I could control myself enough not to make the “Vroom vroom beep beep” noises the little chap made. (I couldn’t make any promises though) but sadly I will probably never know what it’s like to sit on a classic Brit let alone ride one.

I came away from the museum wishing there were more opportunities to touch, feel, sit on and even ride classic bikes instead of just looking at them. That and wishing I was seven again. Regards,

Chris Nightingale

Well what an eye-opener… I was given a copy of your paper from a neighbour who thought I might like a read. I don’t go into bike shops that often because I’ve got my current bike, a 1999 VFR 800, bought new in Perth Australia. It has over 110k miles on it and is working fine so why go in and look at other bikes?

Having said that I was very interested in your write up regarding the BMW R1200RS because if I was going to get an additional bike it’s a toss-up between this and the new VFR800 and great reviews like yours add to my knowledge as to which to choose. But what a well-rounded and interesting paper. Thank you and keep it up. Now I must remember to drop by Belle View Motors my local Honda agent for a copy.

Best regards, Terry Chisnall

What bike to go for? A considered choice James Fenton’s recent letter in MCM asking “What first bike?” got me thinking.

Something sporty, but with an upright riding position? To be fair, neither the ZZR600 nor the Thundercat are ‘upright’; remember, in their time they were sportsbikes (though I always thought the ’cat would make a good sports-tourer).

Of course, budget is an issue – and we don’t know how far James can stretch – but how about taking a different stance: An FZS600 Fazer? It is the same age as the others, but has the upright riding position. It supplies plenty of sporting ability (the engine comes from the Thundercat James mentions, 135mph top speed, 0-60mph in 3.8 seconds, brakes from an R1). But it will commute better than either of the other bikes and can tour (the pillion perch is big enough to take a tent, bedroll and sportsbag...

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and has bungee points to secure them!).

Okay, they are getting a little long in the tooth (the model was discontinued in 2004), but they hold up well (flaky engine paint excepting).

You should be able to source a tidy example from a dealer from around £1200 to £2100 depending on age, miles on the clock and general condition.

Bob Pickett

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18 MotoGP ON THE ROAD

Yamaha’s R1M: MotoGP on the road £18,499 | 197bhp @ 13,500rpm | 82.9lb-ft @ 11,500rpm | liquid-cooled, four-stroke, dohc, 16-valve, forward-inclined parallel, four-cylinder 998cc Words by: Tony Carter Photography: Alessio Barbanti, Henny Benno Stern, Josh Evans

Okay so this was always going to be a weird week. I swapped my usual, big naked roadster for this. And this is a ‘you-can’t-buy-these-we’vesold-out’ Yamaha R1M. What we have here is an almost200bhp, top of the top pile of motorcycles in the sporting context.

In short, this thing is a beast. A handful. Without wishing to over-do a pudding with too many oeurfs, this is the mightiest of the mighty.

And I’m going to ride it through the middle of London. And then the M25.

And then have it to commute on.

Which either sounds like a laugh or a nightmare, depending on your point of view.

For me, I’m unsure. As I collect the bike from Yamaha’s HQ it’s all I can do to not have former MotoGP world champion Jorge Lorenzo’s words about this bike running through my head: “For those who want to feel what it’s like to ride a MotoGP bike, this is the bike.”

Well, he would say that wouldn’t he?

He’s a Yamaha man, after all. But I’m curious about what this bike really feels like on the road. I’ve already ridden it in semi-anger at the world launch held at Eastern Creek GP circuit in Australia and on track, this thing is weaponised fun. It’s useable,

powerful enough to blur reality and delicate at the same time.

It’s exquisite and terrifying in equal measure. It’s like a Swiss-made street thug that’s constantly asking you if you just said something about its mum.

Initial impressions as we rumble through Surrey are reassuringly comforting. The riding position is harsh but not as bad as I’d remembered and it’s certainly not to be feared for the road. There’s a huge amount of electronics to ensure I don’t get caught out and the neat little GPS unit in the single seat unit will no doubt be beaming what I do straight to the smart phone app within which I can assess how rubbish I am at riding on the road on this sort of bike.

For a MotoGP bike on the road (effectively, what this is – it uses the same electronics package as the 2011 factory machine) things are very easygoing. Yamaha engineers set out to build a bike that was roomy and useable on track and in doing so have made a bike that is arguably the easiest of the big and brash superbikes of 2015 to use on the road.

The engine power is instant and effortless, but no matter how hard some might try – this is still a firebreathing beast. The M spins round the revs and fires you forward with such ferocity that it’s genuinely hard

MotoGP ON THE ROAD 19 TheYamaha R1 – a timeline history

to comprehend. I have never ridden anything that goes from 70 to 140mph so quickly. It’s jaw-droppingly good and balanced, predictable and thrilling all at the same time.

That’s not just down to the motor of course, but the tech that surrounds it and in terms of electronic cleverness that doesn’t interrupt but enhance the ride (without you knowing anything is actually going on in the digital brain) then this motorcycle is as big a jump for biking as the laptop was against the typewriter.

Wheelie control, slide control, traction, six-axis live telemetry and electronic suspension packages might sound like marketing double-speak and you may well wonder how on earth you could use any of this on the road – but you can. And after five minutes on the M, you do.

What you get, in terms of the biggest bang for the most buck, is the Ohlins Electronic Racing Suspension. The system takes its cues from the onboard IMU brain and makes adjustments to set-up while riding. There are several innerlevels of settings for the geek in you and you can either have the whole system set-up in manual or automatic mode. The sublime forks have the compression damping in the left leg and the rebound adjustment is set from the right with

lots of fine grades of adjustability available in both. On motorways the bike feels like it’s flying at three feet high, crack the throttle and the front wheel lifts the prescribed six inches (wheelie control in full effect) – the world goes backwards and you smile. Lots.

On back roads the bike’s tech smoothes everything out, the bumpier the countryside going, the more you’re aware of how clever a bike this is. It takes care of the world, leaving you to concentrate on riding. Like a MotoGP bike has to. Rossi doesn’t want to be thinking about suspension not working while he’s running down Marc Marquez.

The R1-M is also dressed in the most wonderous-looking carbon bodywork (saves a whole 300g – so don’t undo all that work by eating a couple of bags of crisps in the week).

All of that tech adds up to a goalpost shifting riding experience, every bit as

special on the road as off it. But only for a short period of time. Riding at less than ‘enthusiastic’ speeds has crippling weight on your wrists and cramp crawling up your legs, the engine is exceptional but while you sit under 7000rpm you’re dangerously aware that over that magical threshold is another dimension that you have the perfect vehicle to exploit.

But other than that bit of this wonderous bike, everything else works like any other roadgoing motorcycle.

It’s stable, it talks to you, it works to make you a better rider – even at road speeds – and is as big a leap for motorcycling as the Honda FireBlade was when it was launched in 1992.

As a project for making MotoGP really available to the masses, the R1M is it. Forget everything else out there, this really is like Valentino’s Sunday scoot. And you can go to the shops on it, if you want to.

■ 1995: YZF-R1: Short wheelbase, 150bhp and 177kg dry weight – landmark motorcycle for the litrenutter brigade ■ 2002: YZF-R1: Fuel-injected engine, new frame and geometry, 152bhp and 174kg dry weight ■ 2004: YZF-R1: Forced-air intake, under seat silencers, base layout influenced by MotoGP, 172bhp, 172kg dry weight for a 1:1 ratio

■ 2007: YZF-R1: 4-valve layout with YCCI/YCC-T, slipper clutch, 180bhp, 177kg dry weight ■ 2009: YZF-R1: Crossplane engine, secondary FI injector and new mapping, new chassis and bodywork ■ 2012: YZF-R1: 50th World GP anniversary edition, 6-step traction control, new ECU settings

TECH SPEC

What’s the difference between the R1 and R1M It’s not the longest list of superparts for the higher-spec R1M, but each bit is of the highest-spec – and everything you get is there for a very go-fast reason: ■ Electronic Racing Suspension

■ Ohlins forks ■ Full carbon fairing and mudguard ■ Datalogging system with integrated GPS. Uses Android app to download all your data, as well as upload settings

Yamaha R1M Price: £18,499 Engine: liquid-cooled, 4-stroke, dohc, 16-valve, forward-inclined parallel, 4-cylinder Power: 197bhp (147kW) @ 13,500rpm Torque: 82.9lb-ft (112.4Nm) @ 11,500rpm Wet Weight: 199kg Seat height: 855mm Tank size: 17 litres/3.9 litres reserve Contact: Yamaha UK: 01932 358000 www.yamaha-motor.eu

20 ROAD TEST YAMAHA R3

Yamaha’s R3

Brilliantly barmy on British roads

£4799 | 41bhp @ 10,750rpm | 22lb-ft @ 9000rpm | Liquid-cooled four-stroke parallel twin 321cc

Words: Joe Dick Photography: Tony Carter Let’s kick this off with a big statement for this little bike – ignore it or dismiss it as a UK road bike and you’re a motorcycle numpty.

This is a great motorbike. Forget, for a second, that this is just 321cc. Forget too that the riding position looks so sporty – it is actually hugely easy to get along with – and forget that it looks like a Yamaha R family racederived hooligan machine.

Because all of those things are valid, and they add up to an excellent motorbike, no matter what level of experience or age you are.

Built to bridge the gap between YZFR125 and the R6, the liquid-cooled, four-stroke, dohc, parallel twin 321cc is the modern version of the firm’s RD250 (at 41bhp @ 10,750rpm it’s as powerful as the RD). But on British roads it’s a real split-personality of a motorcycle.

Having 22lb-ft of torque @ 9000rpm might not sound like much, but what this Yamaha does is invite you to pay attention, to save every bit of forward momentum you’ve gained and to be precise in how you ride. Because there’s not a huge wave of Ducatiesque torque to lazily ride yourself out of an issue here, you’re flying at pace because you and your riding skill have earned every mph.

The R3 is a lively roadster when you want it to be but in towns and bumbling through snarl-ups on motorways, it’s a delight too. The light action throttle and equally easy-going

TECH SPEC 2015 Yamaha YZF-R3 Price: £4799 Engine: Liquid-cooled four-stroke four-valve twocylinder 321cc Power: 41bhp (30.9kW) @ 10,750rpm Torque: 22lb-ft (29.6Nm) @ 9000rpm Wet Weight: 169kg Seat height: 780mm Tank size: 14 litres www.yamaha-motor.eu/uk

clutch make the miles painless, the riding position is roomy and easy to use in a variety of ways and the seat, along with the 780mm seat height, is all-day comfortable (yes, really).

Even the throttle delivery has been tailored to suit newer riders who perhaps don’t have the subtle touch yet developed for super smooth progress. We tested this bike in cityscapes during the world launch but living with the bike for a week on British roads really drove home how perfect a roadster it is.

Pottering around with a raft of town and commuting riding gave us 72mpg from the 14 litre fuel tank and even doing several long journeys at fast motorway speeds returned 63mpg.

And when we say fast motorway speeds we mean that the bike would easily keep up with traffic – and still have a lot of power in reserved should you need it.

Yamaha set about building this bike with the same thesis as the R1M – an even weight distribution of 50/50 and real stability and usability, so that the rider can get the most from the bike and feel completely comfortable at any pace they choose. The long swingarm (about the same length as the R1’s really helps with this).

The KYB forks have a full 130mm of travel and there’s pre-load adjustment on the rear – because this bike tips the scales at just 169kg wet and comes with ABS as standard there’s a real sense of being in total control of the bike when you ride. It oozes confidence and always reassures the rider no matter what the road surface quality.

Fans of the old school will love the dash. Complete with large analogue rev counter it also tells you what gear you’re in, speedo and even comes with a shift light (nowhere near as gimmicky as you might think). It also has clock, fuel gauge, current fuel consumption, average fuel consumption, coolant temperature gauge, two trip meters, fuel trip meter, oil trip meter and oil change indicator.

Dash

Seat

Large analogue rev counter looks oldschool but the plethora of information on the digital part of the dash features everything you would probably want including oil change indicator, gear shift light and a clock.

The 780mm seat height makes the R3 accessible to most riders, there’s 34º of steering lock (both sides) which means that this bike is very easy to paddle around if needed. The seat itself is very comfortable and roomy.

■ ■

■ ■ ■

Engine Front forks

KYB units on the front have 130mm of travel.

The revvy motor can pull from as low as 3000rpm but is much happier when spinning from 7000rpm and above. The lightweight feel of the throttle and the way the R3’s motor snaps into life is a joy to use. Clean fuelling eliminates any kind of stutter at slow speeds.

Rear shock

Seven-way adjustable for pre-load, the rear unit can feel slighty soggy under hard use over undulating roads. Most younger riders will probably stiffen up the rear once they’re used to the bike.

So, how this all pans out in the real world...

What, then, does this mean for ‘just’ a 321cc, easygoing-yet-revvy learner-friendly little sportster? Should you get one? Yes. A thousand times yes.

This has all the fun and frenetic feel of one of the landmark learner screamers of a generation or two ago but the great boon is how easy this R3 is to get along

with in daily, British-roads life. It’ll bumble along at 2mph in town traffic or slice its way through outrageously tricky switchback bends.

It’s the real deal. And it’ll be a bike that a rider could end up staying on for a very long time indeed. Not just use until they can progress on to something larger.

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24 WHAt’s ON

Great Rides #3 – Yorkshire Dales National Park Here’s our third great ride in the series, a cracking route through the Yorkshire Dales National Park that’s just over 75 miles long and take 2 hours 45 minutes.

Directions ● Starting from Grassington

National Park Centre, Hebden Road, Grassington, North Yorkshire BD23 5LB ● Head north-west on Hebden Road/B6265 for 0.2 miles, taking a left to stay on the B6265/Station Road for 0.9 miles. ● Turn right onto B6160 and follow for 9.5 miles. ● Turn left onto Dubb’s Lane for 1.2 miles, then continue straight on to Stubbing Lane for 4.6 miles. ● Take a slight right onto Oughtershaw Road for 2.4 miles, then a slight right onto Cam High Road. Go 0.4 miles, then take a slight left onto Beggarmans Road for 2.4 miles. ● Continue on to Bence for 0.1 miles, then continue on to Beckstones for 397ft. ● Turn left onto Hargill and go 161ft, then take a slight right onto Gayle Lane and follow for 0.4 miles. ● Turn right onto Market Place/A684 and head east for 0.1 miles towards The Holme. ● Take the first left onto The Holme/A684 and continue to follow A684 for 0.1 miles. ● Turn left onto Brunt Acres Road and go 0.8 miles, taking a slight left onto Bellow Hill for 0.1 miles. ● Take the first right onto Quarry for 0.4 miles, then continue onto Hotel for 0.1 miles and then go onto Moorside for 0.2 miles. ● Take a slight ride onto Cliff Gate Road and travel for 4.8 miles. ● Turn right onto B6270 and continue on B6270 for 14.0 miles.

Total miles travelled so far: 43.2 miles ● Continue onto Whipperdale Bank for 1.8 miles. ● Turn left towards Moor Road and travel for 1.0 miles. ● Turn right onto Moor Road and travel for 0.7 miles. ● Turn right onto A6108 and head south towards S Moor Lane, going through one roundabout, for 1.6 miles. ● At the roundabout, take the second exit onto Wensley Road/A684 and continue to follow A684 for 7.3 miles towards Dikehollin Lane. ● Take a slight left onto Dikehollin Lane and go 0.2 miles. ● Turn left onto Tomgill Bank and travel for 1.0 miles. ● Turn right towards Holme Lane and travel for 0.1 miles before taking a slight right onto Holme Lane and continuing for 0.2 miles. ● Turn right onto B6160 and travel for 17.2 miles. ● Turn left onto Station Road/B6265 and continue to follow B6265 for 0.9 miles. ● Turn right onto Hebden Road/B6265 and continue for 0.2 miles. ● The destination, Grassington National Park Centre, Hebden Road, Grassington, North Yorkshire, BD23 5LB, will be on the right. Miles travelled 32.3 ● Total miles travelled – 75.5

Words by: Jayne Clements This route through the wonderful Yorkshire Dales is like riding on an undulating patchwork quilt. Neat dry stone wall edged fields are decorated with fluffy white sheep with rivers and streams adding to the picture postcard scenery.

Grassington is a great base with plenty of fine hostelries serving fine locally brewed Yorkshire bitter.

Hawes is a busy but pleasant little town and has the benefit of a well known bikers café, Penny Garth with an excellent fish & chip shop opposite.

Buttertubs pass is a great road (watch out for the sheep) and is a stage in the King of the Mountains 2014 Tour de France. Glad I have an engine on my bike! Buttertubs can be found on the road from Hawes to Reeth.

From Reeth, again nice cafés are located here (cup of tea and Yorkshire Curd Tart recommended for all bikers not just hairy ones) then onto another popular spot for bikers, Manor Café at Bellerby (are you picking up a theme here).

Then through Leyburn, another fabulous place and a quick look at Aysgarth Falls and onto Grassington.

A very pleasant ride, not fast by any means as some of these roads are single track and used by livestock and wildlife as well as bikers. But 76 miles of heaven with the right outlook on life.

By the end of it you can relax with a pint of Yorkshire bitter and the world is in a good place.

Who sent us their route?

This route was sent to us by Ivan Taggart from the Triumph Owners’ Motorcycle Club (TOMCC), which is organised on a national scale and on a local level through the branches which are throughout the country.

There are many organised branch events which work alongside the national organised events. The club was founded in 1949 by a group of enthusiasts around south

The next four weeks of motorcycle fun:

23 Thornfalcon Classics Annual Car Meeting,

August 2015

23 ’Normous Newark,

20 British Superbike School,

Blyton Park, Old Blyton Airfield, Kirton Road, Blyton, Gainsborough DN21 3PE. Tel 01777 818013. www.britishsuperbikeschool.co.uk

20 The Greetham Gathering,

Greetham Community Centre, Greetham, Rutland LE15 7NG www.greethamgathering.co.uk

21 Classic Bike & Car Meet, The Victoria, Coalville, Leics LE67 3FA. Tel 01530 814718. www.vicbikerspub.co.uk

21-22 Redskin Rally,

The Reservation, Hempstead Road, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 3QL. Tel 07912 638157. www.renegademc.com

21-22 Rigby’s Guardians MCC Charity Bike and Family Weekender,

Mayfield Rugby Club, Chadwick Lane, Castleton, Rochdale, Lancashire.

Tel 07947 103570

21-23 British Superbikes – Cadwell Park, www.britishsuperbike.com

21-23 5th Worcestershire Music & Custom Weekender,

Coney Green Farm, Ribbesford Road, Stourport on Severn, Worcestershire DY13 0TE. Tel 07412 873359/01386 556468 (Mon-Sat 9am-4pm)

22 Northants Bike Show,

Star & Garter County Pub, The Green, Chelveston NN9 6AJ. northantsbikeshow.com

22 The Indian & Victory Summer Demo Day,

Deco House, Lamdin Road, Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk. www.krazyhorse.co.uk/about/events

23 B M P S North Wales Annual Show at West Shore,

Llandudno

The Parklands, Henlade, near Taunton TA3 5NB. Tel 01823 444500. www.thornfalconclassics.com

Newark Showground, Notts NG24 2NY. www.newarkautojumble.co.uk

23 VMCC (Northampton) Don’t Follow Me Run,

Queen Eleanor Hotel, Northampton, 10.30am. David Hibbert 01604 766480.

23 BMPS (North Wales) Annual Motorcycle Show, West Shore,

Llandudno LL30 2BD. Chris 01492 517725

23 Rat, Brat, Bobbers & Choppers Day,

Ace Cafe London NW10 7UD. www.ace-cafe-london.com

23 Maxxis ACU British Motocross Championship,

Round 7, FatCat, Doncaster DN3 3EH. www.mxgb.co.uk

23 Autojumble,

Manchester Road, Rixton, near Warrington WA3 6EA. T Taylor 07860 648103.

23 The Cheltenham Festival of Bikes, Cheltenham Town Hall, Cheltenham.

Lorne Cheetham, 07758 368072 or lorne@rwrw.co.uk. Visit www.TheCustomShow.com or www.FestivalOfBikes.com

London and this was soon a major National One-Make Club which caters for all owners of Triumph Motorcycles; all are welcome. There is a monthly club magazine, which is called Nacelle and this contains useful hints and tips for the members.

To find out more about membership and more about the club, visit www.tomcc.org.

www.donington-park.co.uk

27 LE Velo (Lancs & S Lakes) Downham,

meet Bott village by bridge, 11 for 12.

Tel 01772 782516.

27 Day of Champions,

Silverstone Circuit, Towcester, Buckinghamshire NN12 8GZ, www.silverstone.co.uk, 0844 3750 740. www.riders.org/getinvolved/motorcycling-events/dayof-champions

28 Classic Bike & Car Meet,

www.sammymiller.co.uk

30 44th Cheshire Classic Car & Motorcycle Show,

Capesthorne Hall, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK11 9JY. Tel 01484 667776. www.classicshows.org

30 VMCC (Northampton) Phil Annison Run,

Midsummer Meadow, Northampton, 10.30am. Bob Miller 01604 761633.

30 Westland Classic MCC Sunflower Run,

Tony Haywood Su2193@eclips.co.uk

The Victoria, Coalville, Leics LE67 3FA. Tel 01530 814718. www.vicbikerspub.co.uk

30 Harley Day with Warr’s,

The Gaiety Theatre, Douglas, Isle of Man IM1 2HJ. www.madtour.co.uk

www.motogp.com

28 Steve Parrish MAD Tour,

28-30 Brothers Over the Hill MCC (both MCC) Dwent N Did It Rally & Custom Show,

Amber Valley Rugby Club, Lower Somercotes, Somercotes, Derbyshire DE55 4NQ. Tel 07557 539465

Ace Cafe London NW10 7UD. www.ace-cafe-london.com

30 MotoGP – Great Britain,

30 Roughleys Bike Show,

Heaton Lane car park, Stockport, Cheshire SK4 1HJ

30-31 10th Blenheim Festival of Transport,

28-30 Orkney TTT Bike Rally,

Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxon OX20 1PP. Tel 01484 667776. www.classicshows.org

28-31 Moto Guzzi Club GB V-Twin rally,

Open Day. Brockfield Villa, Stockton on the Forest, York YO32 9UE. Tel 01904 400493.

Sandwick Community Hall, Sandwick, The Isle of Orkney, Scotland KW16 3JE. Tel 01856 841502 www.motoguzziclub.co.uk

28-31 National Rocket Run,

31 Craven Collection Motorcycle Museum,

31 43rd Notts Classic Car & Bike Show,

Triumph Rocket 3 Owners Club UK, The Queens Head, Old Meriden Road CV 7 7JP. Tel 07973 257537/07966 405745

Thoresby Park, Ollerton, Notts NG22 9EP. Tel 01484 667776. www.classicshows.org

1.5 miles north of Downham Market, Norfolk. www.fenmanclassic.co.uk

26 Sports Bike Night,

Fordingbridge Town Centre, Hampshire. www.motoguzziclub.co.uk, tickets@motoguzziclub.co.uk, socialsec@motoguzzibclub.co.uk, 01918 511919

26 Cruiser Bike Night,

Horsmonden. Peter Donaldson 01322 332087.

26 Run in the Park,

Horsmonden. Peter Donaldson 01322 332087.

23 Aprilia & Moto Guzzi Moto Live Roadshow,

Ryka’s Café, Box Hill, Surrey RH5 6BY. www.motolive.co.uk

25 Lincs BTSC Open Meeting,

Speaker, Pete Kelly OBM editor.

Bob or Maureen 01526 Beach Bar, Sutton on Sea. www.lincolnshirebikenights.com Ferry House, Burton on Stather. www.lincolnshirebikenights.com Donington Park, Castle Donington, Derby DE74 2RP.

28-31 Moto Guzzi Club V-twin Rally,

31 27th Fenham Classic Bike Show at Wimbotsham,

sEPtEMBER 2015

29 Sunbeam MCC Gingerbeards Trial,

2 Sports Bike Night, Salutation, Nettleton,

30 Sunbeam MCC Greybeards Trial,

2 Cruiser Bike Night,

30 The Sammy Miller Run,

3 Krazy Horse Late Nights,

01425 616644.

www.lincolnshirebikenights.com

Red Lion, Redbourne. www.lincolnshirebikenights.com Two Stroke Blue Smoke, Empire

WHAT’S ON 25 House, Lark Valley Business Park, Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk IP32 6NU. Tel 01284 749645, www.krazyhorse.co.uk

4 Classic Bike & Car Meet,

The Victoria, Coalville, Leics LE67 3FA. Tel 01530 814718. www.vicbikerspub.co.uk

4-5 The 22nd Carole Nash Eurojumble,

near Southampton SO40 7GY. www.classicbikeshows.com

4-6 British Superbikes,

Oulton Park International (triple header). www.britishsuperbike.com

4-6 SMAAASHFEST V,

a field, Rue du Val, Saviours, Guernsey, Channel Islands.

Tel 07911 722649

5 Classic Motorcycle Show, Buntingford High Street.

Tel 07963 609143.

5 Rufforth Autojumble,

Rufforth Park, York YO23 3QH. www.rufforthautojumble.com

5 Llandudno Goldwing Light Parade,

Lifeboat Ramp, Llandudno Promenade, Llandudno, Snowdonia, North Wales. Tel 07774 161372. www.Llandudnolightparade.co.uk

5 Skillshare Morning,

The Aviator Restaurant, Gloucestershire Airport, Staverton, Gloucestershire GL51 6SR. skillshare@glos-roadar.co.org.uk www.rospa-roadar.org/glos

5-6 Beaulieu International Autojumble,

Beaulieu National Motor Museum, Brockenhurst, Hampshire SO42 7ZN. 01590 612345. www.beaulieu.co.uk

5-13 The Jack Lilley 2T Challenge, Jack Lilley Ltd, Ashford, Middlesex.

Tel 08433 833133.

6 Craven Collection Motorcycle Museum,

Open Day. Brockfield Villa, Stockton

on the Forest, York YO32 9UE. Tel 01904 400493.

BH20 6JG. Tel 01929 405096 www.wheelersevents.co.uk

Baldock or Willian. Tel 07963 609143.

White Lion, High Street, Baldock, SG7 6BJ events@baldocktown.co.uk, for stalls contact fraser.valentine@baldocktown.co.uk www.baldocktown.co.uk

6 Classic Motorcycle Show,

6 LE Velo (Lancs & S Lakes) Williamson Memorial Park,

Lancaster, 11 for 12. Tel 01772 782516.

6 Lincs BTSC Meet,

Lincolnshire Wold Railway, Ludborough. Bob or Maureen 01526 345720.

6 Arbuthnot Trial,

Salisbury Motorcycle & Light Car Club www.salisburymotorcycleandlightcar club.co.uk

6 North Devon British Motorcycle Owners Club, The Dartmoor Run

6 VMCC (Essex) Colne Valley Road Safety Run,

Marks Hall Estate, Coggeshall, 10 for 10.30am. Gill Scatcherd 07733 063928. www.vmcc-essex.co.uk

6 16th Dudley Classic Car & Transport Show,

Himley Hall, Dudley, West Midlands DY3 4DF. www.transtarpromotions.co.uk

6 27th Festival of 1000 Classic Cars & North West Classic Motorcycle Show,

Cholmondeley Castle, near Malpas, Cheshire SY14 8AH. Tel 01484 667776. www.classic shows.org

6 VMCC (Northampton) Canal Run, Hunsbury Country Park, 10.30am.

Mick Sawyer 01604 592666.

6 Vintage Japanese Bike Day with VMJC,

Ace Cafe London NW10 7UD. www.ace-cafe-london.com

6 Maxxis ACU British Motocross Championship

Round 8, Preston Docks PR2 2HW. www.mxgb.co.uk

6 Wheels of Steel,

The Tank Museum, Bovington, Dorset

6 Baldock Bike Bash 2015,

6 The Norfolk 300,

starting from: Norwich, Great Yarmouth and Hunstanton. Finishing at The Forum, Norwich city centre. norfolk300.org.uk

6 Honnington Italian Car & Bike Day, Honnington Farm, Vauxhall Lane, Southborough, Kent TN4 0XD. www.honningtonevents.com

9 Sports Bike Night,

12-13 Steve Henshaw International Gold Cup, Oliver’s Mount, Scarborough.

Tel 01723 373000. www.oliversmountracing.com

12-13 Borders Classic Bike Show,

Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire. Jim Reynolds 01299 270642. Email: editor@cleoburyclarion.co.uk

13 VMCC (Northampton) Navigation Run. Earls Barton Cricket Club, 9am. Trevor Pinfold 01604 859215.

13 34th Lancs Classic Car and Motorcycle Show,

Hoghton Tower, near Preston, Lancs PR5 0SH. Tel 01484 667776. www.classicshows.org

13 End of Season Motorcycle Festival,

The Shires, Gainsthorpe. www.lincolnshirebikenights.com

Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb, Worcs.

Hawaiian Cafe, Cleethorpes Pier. www.lincolnshirebikenights.com

Hamilton House Farm, Garstang, Preston PR3 0TB. Ian Sherrard 07836 331324 (day) or 01772 323654 (6-8pm). www.garstangautojumbles.co.uk

9 Cruiser Bike Night,

11 Classic Bike & Car Meet,

The Victoria, Coalville, Leics LE67 3FA. Tel 01530 814718. www.vicbikerspub.co.uk

11 Ace Cafe Reunion Weekend,

Continental Run Ride-In, Ace Cafe London NW10 7UD. www.ace-cafe-london.com

11-13 Bigtrailie National Rally,

The Bruce Arms, Easton Road, Easton Royal, Wiltshire SN9 5LR www.bigtrailie.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f =6&t=1078

12 South Midland Autojumble,

Ross-on-Wye, Livestock Centre HR9 7QQ. John Harding 01989 750731.

12 Ace Cafe Reunion Weekend London Ride-Out, Ace Cafe London NW10 7UD. www.ace-cafe-london.com

12 Wetherby Autojumble,

Wetherby Racecourse LS22 5EJ. www.wetherbyautojumble.co.uk

13 Garstang Autojumble,

13 VMCC (Essex) End of Summer Run, Brock Hill Nursery, Brock Hill, Wickford, 10 for 10.30.

Alan Williams 01268 570145.

Cross, Chesterfield, Derbyshire S45 9DP. Tel 01246 860046. www.cmcbikes.com

13 Mods and Rockers Meet at McDonald’s, Wisbech, Cambs PE14 0RD

13 Shelsley Bike Festival,

Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb, Shelsley Walsh, Worcestershire WR6 6RP www.shelsleybikefestival.co.uk

13 Suzuki Biker Café Day,

Green Welly Stop, Tyndrum. www.suzukigb.co.uk/motorcycles/ events

16 VMCC (Essex) Wrinkly Run,

Rayne Station, 10 for 10.30am. Dave Overy 012621 893450.

16 Charterhouse Classic Car and Motorcycle Auction,

Royal Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset BA4 6QN. 01935 812277.

16 Sports Bike Night,

Stag’s Head, Knaith Park. www.lincolnshirebikenights.com

16 Cruiser Bike Night,

Jolly Miller, Wrawby. www.lincolnshirebikenights.com

17 LE Velo (Lancs & S Lakes) Malham,

13 Sunbeam MCC,

meet in village, 11 for 12.

Tel 01772 782516.

13 Brighton Burn-Up!

Greetham Community Centre, Greetham, Rutland LE15 7NG www.greethamgathering.co.uk

8th Constable Run, Suffolk. Marian Johnson 01255 554828. marj_35@btinternet.com Ace Cafe London NW10 7UD. www.ace-cafe-london.com

13 MotoGP,

San Marino & Riviera di Rimini. www.motogp.com

13 Autojumble,

Manchester Road, Rixton, near Warrington WA3 6EA. T Taylor 07860 648103.

13 Italian Sunday,

CMC Motorcycles, High Street, Clay

17 The Greetham Gathering,

18 Classic Bike & Car Meet,

The Victoria, Coalville, Leics LE67 3FA. Tel 01530 814718. www.vicbikerspub.co.uk

18-20 British Superbikes,

TT Circuit, Assen. www.britishsuperbike.com

19 Sunbeam MCC,

7th Sunbeam Sept Challenge, North Yorks. Alec Thompson 01751 431478. alec81.thompson@mypostoffice.co.uk

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SHOWS 27

Rare American bikes up for sale

Words by: Jack Harrison Pictures by: Mortons Media Archive A single-owner consignment of 60, mostly American, machines will go under the hammer at Bonhams’ Autumn Stafford Sale in October.

The announcement, made exclusively via morebikes.co.uk, also revealed that an additional sale day will be introduced to the annual event to accommodate the prized collection.

“This is an incredibly rare find; 60 fantastic collectors’ motorcycles, all carefully stored in the Brescia-based museum of entrepreneur and CEO of the Santoni Group, Tiberio Lonati,” said Ben Walker, international director for Bonhams’ motorcycle department.

Highlights of the sale include a 1910 Pierce 688cc four which is expected to fetch £60,000-£80,000, and a 1930 Indian 1265 Model 402 four-cylinder combination set to make £40,000-£50,000.

A range of Harley-Davidson examples are also featured, with Ben adding: “Mr Lonati loved what motorcycles represent – complete freedom on the open road.

“This is synonymous with the most famous American motorcycle marque, which is perhaps why he had so many.”

Bonhams’ Autumn Stafford Sale takes place on October 17-18 at the Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show at Staffordshire County Showground.

The Lonati Collection will be sold on the extra sale day of Saturday, October 17.

It’s a rumble in the jumble down on the South Coast The UK’s biggest classic bike autojumble is nearly upon us, with bargain hunters poised to navigate their way through hundreds of traders and dealers offering everything from tyres to tinware, and engines to oil.

Taking place on Friday and Saturday, September 4-5, the Carole Nash Eurojumble at Netley Marsh is a must-visit destination for bike owners, riders and restorers who can pick up basic gear through to rare parts and spares for projects. This year also sees the introduction of a classic auction on the event’s first day, hosted by Charterhouse.

Punters get double the action too, with the renowned Beaulieu International Autojumble being held just down the road on the Saturday and Sunday of the same weekend.

Richard Graham, head of the

Eurojumble, said: “The Netley and Beaulieu events have run alongside each other for a number of years now, and provide double the reason to head for England’s south coast in search of the bargains.

“The exciting addition of an auction makes the weekend an even more attractive proposition, and with its Friday afternoon running we expect it to be a first port of call for many of those arriving for the weekend.”

For further information on the event, including trade and ticket details, visit classicbikeshows.com

NEXT ISSUE – Motor Cycle Monthly will include the FREE 16-page show guide for October’s Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show

28 GLOVES GUIDE

The knowledge: Sporty gloves for sporty people

Dainese Carbon Gore-Tex X-Trafit £174.99 www.dainese.com While these gloves have a ‘race’ spec, they also have a breathable and waterproof GoreTex membrane meaning you can look the part, be protected and stay dry in the lovely British weather. Made predominantly from cowhide leather, they have a goatskin palm which is reinforced with digital and amica suede.

You’ve got your jacket and jeans, you’ve got the bike and lid – what next? Get yourself a pair of sporty gloves to go with that big naked sporty roadster.That’s what. Here’s a guide to what’s out there right now.

Alpinestars GP Pro

Knox Handroid

m £199.95 www.alpinestars.co

m £169.99 www.planet-knox.co

After years of development testing on MotoGP and WSBK circuits, the GP Pro is a glove which has been honed to perfection. Made from full grain leather with a kangaroo palm and synthetic suede palm reinforcements, the GP Pro features Dynamic Friction Shield protectors and ventilation throughout.

There’s a finger bridge, finger sliders and a wrist cuff design for maximum protection.

There are quite a few gloves to choose from in the Knox range, but these are our favourites and they’ve won no end of awards. Made from aniline leather with a kangaroo leather palm, they have a cuff slider, wrist slider and a scaphoid protection system on the palm. Did you know that the second most commonly broken bone in a man is the scaphoid? We love the exoskeleton, terminatoresque, finger and knuckle spines on the tops of the fingers and thumb.

They fasten up using the Knox Boa lacing system.

Weise Shark

Spada Curve

tion.co.uk £109.99 www.thekeycollec

.co.uk £74.95 www.spadaclothing Spada’s full-race spec glove retails for under £75.

They have full grain cow aniline leather on the palm and the back of the hand is goat leather. There’s a cantilever knuckle system, TPU resistant moulds on the fingers for protection, stretch panels for improved fit and rubber padding on the outer palm with stingray leather for added impact and abrasion resistance.

Weise says these gloves are “equally at home on track or on tour” – made from full grain leather, they have a waterproof, windproof and breathable lining which is attached without stitching – clever. Knox SPS scaphoid protection is fitted on the palms and integrated TPU reinforcement shields the knuckles and fingers. A leather ‘bridge’ connects the ring and little fingers to prevent them bending apart in an accident.

n.co.uk £39.99 www.thekeycollectio This sport-style glove is manufactured using full grain leather, with twin-leather overlay on the palm and TPU reinforcement to knuckle and fingers. There are stretch panels on thumb, fingers and back of hand to aid flexibility.

Racer High Racer £149.99 www.tranam.co.uk These gloves from Racer have kangaroo leather along the entire inside of the hand and carbon protectors on the main, back-of-the-hand-knuckles, fingers and cuff for protection. Special Knox hand armour is included as an integral part of the design, protecting the scaphoid bone in the inner wrist – and unlike their many competitors these are not only made by Racer, they even say ‘racer’ on them…

RST Tractech Evo R £89.99 www.rst-moto.com

Furygan AFS18

Spidi Carbo Track

£99.99 www.nevis.uk.com

£219.99 www.feridax.com

Made from 100% goat leather for softness and comfort, the AFS-18 gloves feature Furygan’s Skin Protect lining, external protection shells for the scaphoid, metacarpals, palm, fingers and side of the hand and double leather and additional foam on areas exposed in a crash.

There are air channels positioned on the top of the gloves and perforated leather in strategic places.

Buffalo Proton

RST has taken the Tractech Evo glove and spec’d it up. It’s added a kangaroo palm and a memory elastane impact knuckle protector – the same material used in the aktiv back protector.

Pick from black, blue, white, flo green and flo red to match the rest of your ensemble.

Richa X-PRO

According to Spidi, these gloves are the culmination of 35 years of development. Made from 0.8mm full grain leather, the Carbo track glove has perforated sections, cowhide palm with Clarino reinforcements, keramide lining and stitching for abrasion and heat resistance and double stitching on areas exposed in a crash. There are carbon fibre shields on the knuckles, fingers and back of hand. Available in black/white and black/red.

£129.99 www.nevis.uk.com A suitably stylish combination of kangaroo, cow and goat leather has been used to construct the X-Pro glove from Richa. They feature cool-looking titanium CE knuckle protectors, TPU Knox palm and TPU cuff protector and a double Velcro wrist closure which ensures you get a snug fit. They’re available in black with white detailing on the back of the hand and around the wrist and white with black details.

Held Titan Evo

Akito Sports Rider

Oxford RP-1

£249.99 www.held-uk.co.uk

£49.99 www.grouplloyd.com

£69.99 www.oxprod.com

Made from Kangaroo leather, the Titan Evo gloves sound like they come from Greek mythology but they’re packed with the latest tech for protection. They have titanium knuckle protectors, Kevlar protection on the back of the hand, highlyabrasive stingray leather at the ball of the thumbs and knuckles and the base of the thumb and hand-edge are protected by a carbon/aramid shell. Available in black, black/white, red/white, black/fluro yellow and white/red/blue.

The Sports Rider gloves have a pre-curved cut for comfort and moulded polyurethane knuckle panels and finger sliders for safely. There’s double leather in impact zones, stretch panels on the fingers and a double wrist strap with carbon leather panels for a snug fit. With reflective printing and a thermal fleece lining, they look the part but will also keep your hands warm.

This year, Oxford Products launched a range of one-piece leather suits and race gloves to go with them. For less than £70 you could bag yourself a pair of full-spec leather race gloves – proving you don’t always have to pay top dollar to get top spec. They are made from aniline leather – a natural looking leather, coloured only with dye – with Aramid anti-abrasion reinforcements on the palm, little finger and upper and have coolmax moisture-wicking lining. For £74.99 you can get a waterproof version – aptly named the RP-1 Aqua – which has a Hipora waterproof liner.

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RST’s awesome Pro Series Adventure suit

Price: £249.99 (jacket), £199.99 (jeans)//Colours: Grey/black, Black//Sizes: 40/s to 52/4XL// www.rst-moto.com I’ve been using the RST Pro Series Adventure II jacket and trousers for a couple of thousand miles now and I can honestly say that this kit is incredible value for money.

The jacket performs way, way better than you would think is possible for a £249.99 bit of kit. It’s tough, waterproof and well thought-out and designed.

There’s the usual, removable thermal and waterproof liners inside, the jacket comes with a substantial Contour plus Level 1 back protector included too – and all of those elements work well, doing what they’re meant to with ease. But it’s the other details that have so won me over to this set of textile kit.

The jacket has a series of vents, including fullarm length zips that can be worked from either end, two huge peel-back chest squares that tuck away into their own pocket for maximum air-flow through the jacket, shoulder vents and two double-zip-ended back vents that act like exhausts for hot air.

It means that you have a lot of versatility with the airflow through the jacket, so you can finetune it to your needs exactly. The waist belt and arm adjusters add to this perfect-fit feature further and the collar and cuffs are very comfortable over long distances. An additional collar wraparound really seals you into the jacket in the worst of the weather and means that very little water can find a way in, even at high speeds.

The jacket also comes with a water bottle pocket sited between the shoulder blades and the map pocket/kidney pocket is removable – it also comes with its own shoulder strap.

The trousers (£199.99) also feature huge foldback vents sited on the thighs that pack away into their own pocket segments. There are large, sealable thigh-side pockets, conventional hip pockets that zip closed and a connecting zip for the jacket.

The bottoms of the trousers open up very wide and it’s easy to get them over boots fitted with large, body armour top ‘knuckles’. The trousers

come with some excellent knee armour built in and there’s a large storm flap across the crotch and usefully Velcro adjustable belt bands.

Both the jacket and the trousers are made from Cordura 500d and Ballistic 1660 and the removable waterproof liner in the trousers is made from a material trademarked as Sinaqua (the same as the liner in the jacket). The suit features triple-stitched seams in vulnerable places and those stitches are done with bonded nylon for increased strength and burst resistance.

If you’re looking for a complete suit then £450-ish might sound like a lot of money, but for what you get with the RST Pre Series Adventure II top and bottoms it really isn’t. This is a terrific suit for that cash. The only area I can’t report on with authority is how it performs in a crash. Until I fall off in this suit, I won’t know for sure but so far the quality of construction, the way everything is very well thought out and put together leads me to firmly believe that even falling off a bike in this stuff will continue to impress in the performance stakes.

Highly recommended.

MCM Star rating 10/10

Tester: Tony Carter

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TomTom Rider 400 Premium Pack Sat Nav

Price: £399.99// www.tomtom.com Tester: John Milbank The TomTom Rider has not only taken the stress out of work trips on the bike, it’s also transformed my pleasure rides and made touring more fun.

There are three buying options, all with free lifetime updates to the mapping, and lifetime live traffic (when connected to a data-enabled phone): the 40, which comes with Western Europe (23 countries) for £279.99; the £319.99 400, which comes with all 45 European countries mapped and lifetime speed camera updates; and the 400 Premium Pack, which at £399.99 also includes a car mount, locking bike bracket kit and a carry case.

I think the extra £40 to have all of Europe is worth the expense of the 400; the speed camera updates are also handy, and are proving accurate.

It’s also worth noting that the 40 has 8GB of internal memory, while the 400 has 16GB. You can add a MicroSD card, but the other stumbling block if you’re considering upgrading the Western Europe map to full Europe is that you won’t get the free lifetime updates – a single purchase costs £29.97, while a year (four updates) costs £35.97.

For a further £80, the premium kit is good value when you consider that the car mounting kit (it’s a powerful sucker for the windscreen) includes an excellent two-port 12v USB charger and costs £49.99, while the anti-theft kit that secures the unit on your bike costs £64.99. The case is £24.99, so you’re getting a total of £139.97 of accessories in the bundle.

The navigation over several thousand miles in four countries has been superb. Audio on my bike is linked through my Interphone, giving clear directions with spoken street names,

and the screen is clear in all but direct sunlight. The graphics are very simple to follow, with major junctions showing an illustration of the road layout, along with the lane to take.

A major selling point of the Rider is ‘Plan a thrill’ – choose a destination by searching, or touch the location on the easy-to-navigate map, then pick one of three levels of twistiness, and three altitudes; the TomTom will look for what it considers to be the most exciting route.

When tapping the screen to select a destination, the Rider will plan a circular route that includes this location. If you choose to pull up the ‘set destination’ menu, you can search for any location, and are given a oneway route.

The unit can be rotated through 90° for a landscape or portrait view (I find this a bit of a gimmick, never taking it out of the wide layout), while a vertical bar on the left of the display

MCM Star rating 8/10 shows the distance to key points, destination and petrol stations.

This is a superb idea for bikes, giving you confidence that you’ll make it to the next fuel stop. It only shows filling stations on the route, so some

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motorway services that are just off a roundabout might not display.

Of course, the TomTom will still allow you to search for all filling stations nearby, including those off your route, if you do get desperate.

The MCM legal column olumn is compiled ompiled by managing partner Andrew ‘Chef’ Prendergast and his is bike-riding barristers and solicitors olicitors at White Dalton Motorcycle Solicitors.

The firm deals with personal injury njury claims and itss sister company, ompany, Motor Defence Solicitors, deals with all the motoring offences. White Dalton lawyers have a vast knowledge of bike law – and they have full bike licences too. They don’t act for insurance companies or the prosecution. White Dalton is Britain’s premier specialist motorcycle law practice, and if its professionals don’t know the answer to your question there probably isn’t one. Don’t rely on the advice from your insurance-appointed solicitor, get proper independent advice.

For road traffic offences call the Motor Defence solicitors on 0800 280 0912.

For non-offence cases call White Dalton motorcycle solicitors on 0800 783 6191

Need advice?

If you need advice on a biking-related legal question or query, email mail@whitedalton.co.uk The best Q&A will be published in MCM, in confidence, of course.

Q&A

WHITE DALTON 35 Specialist motoring solicitor Andrew Prendergast guides our readers through their legal trials and troubles...

Q

I bought a second-hand motorbike from a dealer.

About a month later I was riding along a motorway and went to exit up a slip road when the bike seized up in 5th gear. My sphincter went tighter than a balloon knot as the next few seconds went into slow motion. I ended up getting spat off and bust my arm among other things. Since then the long story short is the dealer basically told me to poke off and that if I wanted any comeback I shouldn’t have bought a second hand bike. Am I stuffed or do I have a claim?

This sounds like my worst nightmare and I think Aruining my sphincter may have failed me in this situation some good leathers. As for your case you

may well have a claim because you were a ‘consumer’ and the dealer was a ‘business.’ As such, the Sale of Goods Act 1979 applies and motorcycle should have been of satisfactory quality and reasonably fit for the purpose it was intended i.e. riding on the road. As for proving your case, evidence is going to be the key. Therefore, whatever you do, do not let the bike get scrapped as you will need an expert engineer to look at the gearbox. To win your case you will have to “prove on the balance of probabilities” that the bike was defective when the dealer sold it to you.

serious trouble and my mate is being interviewed next week. Can I get done?

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Please do not go on mastermind as it would be fair to say you are not brain of Britain. Pulling wheelies and doing burnouts is text book “dangerous driving”. Therefore if the CPS can prove beyond a reasonable doubt that your riding fell far below what was expected of a competent and careful rider; and it was obvious that to ride in that way would be dangerous then a court will convict you. If convicted it’s a minimum disqualification of 12 months and you could be locked up for a maximum of 24 months.

However, before pleading guilty you need to see what the evidence is against you. As for lying about who was riding you need to be prepared for a court appearance for perverting the course of justice. This also carries a custodial sentence if convicted. All in all you have been a bit of a muppet and you shouldn’t believe everything you read on the internet. If you get summonsed to court you need to get some legal advice immediately and make sure you have your washbag ready.

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I got a Notice of Intended Prosecution for dangerous driving after me and a couple of mates were seen pulling wheelies and doing burnouts. I read on the internet that if you don’t ID yourself and give someone else’s name then the CPS can’t do you so me and my mates all gave each other names.

However, the police then interviewed me and had a video of me pulling wheelies that night. The police got it from the internet after my mate put it online.

Someone had told me to go “no comment” in the interview so I did. However, I am worried I am in

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Drysdale V8 is stolen

Stupid bike thieves in Australia have stolen one of the world’s most easy to spot bikes. The exclusive Drysdale V8 1000cc bike was lifted from the owner’s house with he was on holiday.

Fantic in Flames A fire has ripped through Fantic’s storage sheds in Treviso, Italy, causing a million euros worth of damage. The factory says that the fire won’t affect delivery of any bikes for the 2015 riding year.

Jurassic Scrambler goes for £28,000 The Triumph Scrambler that Chris Pratt rode in the film Jurassic World has been sold at auction for £28,000. The bike raised the cash for a prostate cancer charity via Triumph’s partner The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride.

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VJMC 37

“The Home of the Japanese Classic”

Honda’s Deauville

You’d be surprised how many Deauvilles you see out and about – there’s a reason for that.

Words: Steve Cooper If Forrest Gump can argue “stupid is as stupid does” then arguably Honda could argue that sensible is as sensible does.

Although the Big Aitch has had the odd moment of controlled extrovert enthusiasm, most of the company’s offerings are practical motorcycles designed and built to be as viceless as humanly possible.

If people want to read bland instead of viceless then they’re probably missing the point.

After all does anyone really believe any of the various Fireblades are truly and genuinely bland? No, exactly.

However, where the company might come over as mediocre, unremarkable or dull is with a bike that goes by the sobriquet of Deauville. The press immediately called it the Dull-Ville simply because it wasn’t a sports bike. Given Honda’s

rep for making carefully considered motorcycles it’d be either a brave man or an idiot who suggested the bike didn’t make money for its creators.

The NT650 or NT700 to give it its correct model designation is based around a liquid cooled, 52º, V-twin motor running either three of four valves per cylinder.

Offering 55-65bhp the bikes aren’t built to be rocket ships or race reps but look a little deeper into specifications and you begin to discover the cunning logic behind the design.

The motors are tuned for torque and a fair wedge of it given the size of the engine. Between 41 and 48lb-ft is delivered some 1500rpm below maximum bhp levels thus providing a flexible and unstressed ride.

Buy into the fact that not everyone wants a rev happy, four-cylinder,

missile and the Deauville begins to make sense. If your aim is to travel without drama, you’re not obsessed with taking bend apexes perfectly, and you’ve no desire to get your knee down then the bike genuinely takes some beating if you don’t want to scale up to litre plus machinery.

The Deauville is, perhaps, unfairly labelled as an old man’s motorcycle but then again look at the current motorcycle riding demographic.

It certainly isn’t getting any younger and if the Deauville keeps riders on two wheels then who can argue there’s anything wrong with that?

Even previously dismissive publications have begun to wake up to the charms of this overlooked machine. Adjectives such as unflappable, agile, well balanced, frugal and torquey are all used to describe the V-twin.

It’s a genuine quality Honda product so reliability comes as standard.

Owners report the motor to be good for six figure mileages so you’d have to be supremely unlucky to pick up a duff one. With shaft drive there’s

minimal costs in terms of transmission consumables and bugger all maintenance needed on long journeys. It’s no real surprise to discover that many Deauvilles are used for continental tours where its weather protection comes into its own.

Prices for used examples of the later NT700 seem to top out at just shy of seven grand for a low mileage two year old and go as low as two grand for an eight-year-old with 113,000 miles on the clock.

The older NT650s generally sell for less and £1750 could get you a private sale 33k example; in Deauville world it will just have been run in nicely.

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There’s an old adage that says you should never judge a sausage by its skin and a similar logic applies to motorcycles. Going back to our introductory analogy the bike’s supporters might very well argue it’s a case of “run, Deauville, run” … they do seem to be remarkably long legged machines capable of a lot more than you might expect. Rather like Forrest Gump.

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38 USED BIKE RIDE

Kawasaki’s ER-6f A prime, fine working motorcycle that’s great fun to get out on, too.

Words and photography: Bob Pickett The Kawasaki ER-6f is one of a trio of bikes based around the same 649cc engine (and essentially chassis). The ‘f’ is the faired version, accompanied by the naked ‘n’ and trail-bike-styled Versys. It first appeared in 2005, undergoing engine mapping changes and adding rubber mounted engine, handlebar and peg mounts, to address complaints about vibrations in 2009. There was a more radical update to the styling in 2012.

The bike we tested is a 2010 model with 23,070 miles on the clock.

Give me some spec

A 649cc parallel-twin engine is mounted in a high tensile steel diamond frame. Maximum power is 71bhp @ 8500rpm (max torque 49lb-ft @ 7000rpm) with a suggested top speed of 125mph. Stopping power is provided by twin 300mm floating petal discs with two-piston calipers up front, supported by a 200mm petal disc, single piston caliper to the rear.

Meet the dealer

Bacons Motorcycles 739-741 Eastern Avenue Newbury Park, Essex IG2 7RT Tel: 0208 252 6020 www.baconsmotorcycles.co.uk

So what’s it like to ride?

Sit on the ER-6f for the first time and you notice two things: 1. It is narrow – despite the 805mm height many smaller riders will be comfortable getting feet down. 2. The bars are downright weird, facing both upwards and inwards.

The ER-6f will pull away and trundle gently, but lower in the range it is still vibey; get above 5000 revs to smooth it out, 6000 is a good working range but take the parallel twin into the higher end of the range (8000 and up to the 11,000 redline) for the real fun to begin. What you really want to do on an ER-6f is take corners, lots of them.

Slide your outside leg into the sculpted tank, move your instep onto the outside peg, ball of foot onto the inside and give a nudge to those strange bars. Suddenly they make sense, as the slightest pressure has you leaning over. The ER-6f likes to surge positively into the bends; keep the power dialled in and the Kawasaki will reward.

The suspension copes with pretty much everything (though there are reports of it getting squirrely at three figures on the clock… not something I was testing on public roads!)

What nick is it in?

The bike has suffered an ‘I didn’t check the sidestand was down’

topple. It has a series of scrapes on the one side of the fairing, which the previous owner has repaired himself (to be honest, he did an okay job smoothing down the damage and painting [with car paint])

What’s it worth?

The dealer wants £2799 for a 2010

model with 23,070 miles on the clock and a lightly scraped fairing (price factored to allow for this). A dealer search revealed this to be accurate: sticking to 2009-2011 bikes (to match the model), prices ranged from £2500 for a 2010 model with 28,100 miles to £3799 for another 2010 bike with 11,050 miles on the clock.

Sorry, J Lilley!

Just a quick note to say sorry to the Jack Lilley dealership in Romford – we miss-credited you for the loan of our Triumph Thunderbird in the last issue.

Thanks for lending us the bike.

Improve your riding Part 4:

Riding in groups Ever go riding with your mates? Yeah? Then you need to read this.

Words: Tony Carter Photography: Joe Dick

Part four

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LEGO IMPROVE 41 Step two: Working the junction

Keep the discipline at junctions. Stay in line and ensure that everyone indicates, not just the riders at the front of the line.

Remember, you may be riding in a group but in reality you’re dealing with each road hazard and obstacle as an individual rider. Just because myopic Mary in her Maestro has seen

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Welcome to the latest episode in our Improve Your Riding series of articles. This month we’re looking at riding in groups.

Now, this is something that almost all of us have done from time to time and when it’s done right, riding in groups is a brilliant way to get about. But get the basics of group riding wrong and things can be a right royal pain in the backside.

So here’s a brief overview of the few main points of group riding.

Because you’re a switched on lot, we’ll assume that you’ve already read our previous instalment about road position. The same applies when riding in a group like this.

Okay, ready? Read this and then we’ll be on our way as one big happy group of bikers. Bliss.

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Step three: Ride your own ride

This can be one of the most important aspects of riding in a group, and it’s the one thing that will catch out more riders than anything else.

All too often the problem is that one rider thinks it’s safe to overtake a vehicle ahead just because the chap up ahead has made the call and gone for a gap in the traffic.

This is a massive mistake to make.

You have no idea what the other rider is thinking, and because he’s further along you’ve got no idea exactly what he can see (he will, by

Big Terry up front indicating, doesn’t mean she realises that you’re riding in the same group a few bikes back.

Key points:

■ Keep discipline, keep the line intact ■ Make sure everyone indicates ■ As you leave the junction allow the

rider ahead to accelerate away from you until the correct gap is maintained

the very nature of riding in a group, be further along the corner’s progress than you will so he’ll be able to see more).

So don’t make any decision to push on and go for an overtake (or even pull away from a junction or a stop) based on what the person ahead is doing. Assess what you can see; make your decision based on that and be professional and swift in the execution of each move.

Key points:

■ Keep your head ■ Assess your own road ■ Don’t make a decision based on

the rider in front

Step one: Don’t bunch up

Distance is the key here, not just the distance that you’re covering as a group but the amount of space between you and the rider in front and behind. As a general rule, about 10 bike lengths when at pace will feel about right. Don’t treat group riding like a track day, leave yourself plenty of room to be able to avoid any trouble up ahead should the chap in front get it wrong.

Key points:

■ Keep 10 bike lengths between you and the rider

in front

■ Stay alert to the gap, it’s all too easy to bunch up ■ When leaving junctions allow the line of bikes to open

up again so that the gaps are maintained

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Step four: The onebehind rule

Now this is a bit of a catchall about riding in a group, but it really works. The idea is that each rider is responsible for just one person in the whole group, and that’s the rider immediately BEHIND. So, if the rider behind has a problem and stops then no matter where in the group’s order he might be, any rider behind him will see him pull over and join him in the stop but

the rider who had been ahead will eventually see that the rider behind isn’t there, pull over and go back.

Then the rider ahead of that rider will do the same and so on until the entire group has stopped and returned to the issue.

Key points:

■ Each rider is responsible for the rider

behind them

■ Any problem, pull over and wait ■ Riders further down the group will

see problems and pull over easily

Classified AJS DD 350E-6EOS, bought new, 18th Feb 2015, mileage, only 240, cost £3900, selling for £2500.Tel. 01423 503261. Yorks.

BAJA 100cc, 2 stroke 95/L 7550 miles, Sorn, new tyre, battery, plug, good chain & sprockets, replica Kawasaki 100cc, classic insurance, £395. Tel. 07470 0553020. Co Durham.

BAOTIAN BT49 QT-9 4 stroke scooter, excellent runner, 12 months MoT, electric start, automatic, 1900 miles, brand new top box with carrier, £250 ovno.

01946 861404. Cumbria.

BMW K1300GTSE 2009, one owner, fsh, 22k miles, TPM, ASC, ESA, Xenon headlight, one years MoT, heated seats, grips, Cruise control, PR4 tyres, always garaged, £7500. Tel. 01453 753143. Glos.

BMW K1300S 2010, 20,000 miles, comprehensive service history, silver/red, ESA2,ABS, heated grips, paddock stand, Givi topbox mounting plate and rack. Tel. 07832 736146. Cambs.

BMW R100 Mystic Combination, 1994, sidecar is an excellent Hedingham ETH, L/link forks and steering damper, nice low mileage good fun outfit, MoT and V5C, £6750 can deliver Tel. 07798 866071. Middx.

BMW R1100S S model with stiffer rear suspension and wider back wheel & tyre, beautiful metallic blue, 2005 & covered 27,500 miles, brand new MoT & battery, full s/h, Remus exhaust, tyres have done just 400 miles, cylinder head protectors, heated grips, second owner, lovely cond, £3295 ono. Tel. 07899 663773.

Dorset.

BMW G650GS 2012 in white, wire wheels, centre stand, heated grips, only 1700 miles, one owner, excellent condition, £3995. Tel. 07831 406310. Devon.

BMW R1150R 2003, 43,950 miles, owned from first service, meticulously maintained, v reliable, bike comes with, touring panniers,ABS, heated grips, sports screen, hugger & crash bars, must be seen to be appreciated, £2950.

Tel. 07796 588775. Lancs.

BMW R80RT 1982, 27,000 miles, metallic blue, stainless exhaust system, twin Konis surefoot stand, panniers, garaged, £1350. Tel. 01512 608612. Merseyside.

BSA BANTAM B175 red, 3300 miles,runs well,years MoT,have log book, been restored, engine been rebuild lot of new parts fitted frame been powder painted sport suspension on rear have old units, £1900 ono.Tel. 01376 339426. Essex.

BSA C15 250cc, red, MoT May 2016, good runner, 1960, tax exempt, good condition, only 100 miles from last MoT, good battery, tyres, ready to go, £1700 ovno.

Tel. 01905 31977. Worcs.

BSA C15 1960, red, very good condition, tax exempt, MoT May 2016, good runner offers around, £1700. Tel. 07986 860907.

Worcs.

BSA LIGHTNING 650cc, gold, 1965, new s/s rims and spokes on front, Eddy Dow twin hubs fitted, vgc, £4500. Rush Baloney cut slip-on mufflers for Harley Fat Bob + Boy, stainless, vgc, £90.. Tel. 01512 578093. Cheshire.

CAGIVA PLANET 125 26,000 km with new engine at 19k; with new spare front tyre; new back & front tyre, front pads, gearbox oil, chain, sprocket, spark plug at 21,000 km, fuel light & counter-odometer don’t work, well maintained, £1650. Tel. 07593 149399.

CHANG-JIANG COMBINATION 750cc, MoT, 1959, kick/electric start, reverse gear, spare wheel, tools, locking boot, 7000kms, £2750. Tel. 01427 616450; 07415 477484. Lincs.

DAYTONA 675 2006, full Triumph service history, just carried out major service (including valves), new chain and sprockets, good tyres, 16,500 miles, MoT May 2016, one owner from new, in excellent and unmolested original condition, never dropped, datatool alarm with 2 keys and fobs.. Tel. 01480 891319 or 07770 362806.

Cambs.

DUCATI MONSTER 696+ 2012 (62) reg, less than 2500 dry miles, Data-tagged, Ducati service history, absolutely immac, £5300.

Tel. 01275 374056. Bristol.

DUCATI MONSTER S4R 2004, black, 10,200 miles, FSH apart from period when stored, belts changed, MoT till March 30th 2016, many new parts, vgc, just a nick in the front wheel rim & tiny tank dent, great performance, Sports cans, (+ original silencers), iconic motorcycle, two keys, manual, on Sorn, kept in garage under cover, £3750. Tel. 07956 253608.

London.

great performance, Sports cans, (+ original silencers), two keys, manual, kept in garage under cover, £3750. Tel. 02035 387788.

London.

DUCATI 750SS 748cc, year 2000, in yellow, alarm fitted, new battery, oil change 11,000 miles, only small cosmetic scratches, beautiful bike, can email picture, £1750. Tel. 07976 208855.

Middx.

GUZZI LE MANS 5 Classic rapid Italian muscle, 1000cc, 18” wheels, 40mm pumper carbs, 30,000 genuine miles, £100s spent, just serviced, years MoT, Goodridge, Konis, Competizione Lanfranconi silencers, excellent condition, genuine reason for sale. £4250. Tel. 07788 442155. Bath.

HARLEY DAVIDSON FXDWG 1340cc, 1995, customised, s/s heads, Nitrous 190 wheel conversion, custom wheels, paint, too much to list, over £12,000 spent, stunning bike, all MoTs, full service history, owned last 14 years, £10,950. Tel. 01633 893534. S Wales.

HARLEY SPORTSTER Trike Klicktronic gear system, custom luggage, tow bar, twin seat sissy bar, rider backrest, 5150 miles, stage 1, MoT April 2016, £10,750. Tel. 07949 679138. Renfrewshire.

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HONDA CB400 J reg, 1991, built as a Brat/Street scrambler, needs MoT, selling due to surplus to requirement and space needed, runs and rides well. Tel. 07703 388322. Wilts.

price is met. Tel. 07798 842421.

Somerset.

HONDA CD175 175cc, 1978, years MoT, good running order, £875. Tel. 01480 461424.

Cambs.

HONDA CB400NB 1983, excellent condition, MoT till September, but I am willing to do it if desired, lots of new parts including professional respray, absolutely any trial, £999. Tel. 07811 062596. Herts.

HONDA CB900F 1979, good original condition, MoT July 2016, full fairing, good investment, some spares plus workshop manual, £2700 ono. Tel. 07980 006833.

Somerset.

HONDA CBF125 62 plate, white and black, excellent condition, full years MoT, exceptional low mileage, tyres as new, electronic start, starts first time, every time, perfect first bike, ideal for economical commuting, only used to pass CBT and local riding, £1850.

Tel. 07521 132816. N Yorks.

HONDA CBR600FM 1991, 68,000 miles, sweet engine, frame up rebuild all consumables new or nearly new, good for age, £1075 viewing welcome Tel. 01442 381004. Herts.

HONDA CD200 Benly, excellent condition, fully serviced, 12 months MoT, £1950. Tel. 01923 461289. Herts.

HONDA CG125 2008, only 4400 dry miles, on Sorn, excellent condition, silver, £1050 ono. Tel. 01507 622351. Lincs.

HONDA CMX250 Rebel, 2009, MoT in immaculate condition, many extras, one previous owner, low mileage 2621, genuine reason for sale £2950 ono. Tel. 07583 374449. Lancs.

HONDA DEAUVILLE NT650V, 1999, 37,000 miles, heated grips, MoT 2016, Exdown pipes need newing, can ok but ok to ride hence price £950 ono. Tel. 01767 691209. Beds.

HONDA FES125 S-Wing, 2011, MoT until March 2016, only 4400 miles, fsh, great commuter bike, £1900 ono. Tel. 01395 227521.

Devon.

HONDA FIREBLADE 1995, maroon & black, very good condition, 31,000 miles, owned since 96 collectable classic, £2300. Tel. 07709 138454. Norfolk.

HONDA FIREBLADE 900cc, 1995, vgc, 31,000 miles, comes with original end can, bought by myself in 1996, £2300. Tel. 07709 138454. Norwich.

HONDA GL1200 project bike, needs alternator to complete sensible offers, lots of spares available if required. Tel. 07434 513161. Lancs.

HONDA GOLDWING 1500cc, MoT July 2016, usual wear and tear, lots of other bits included too much to mention, phone for all information, £5500. Tel. 07879 705210. Suffolk.

HONDA NC700S 2012, white, in fine condition throughout, MoT May 2016, 5850 miles, 80mpg, top box, main stand, £3400. Tel. 01617 481881. Man.

HONDA SH300 auto scooter, 08 reg, MoT March 2016, silver, 24,000 miles, ABS, top box, front screen, £995 ovno. Tel. 07772 797112. Derbys.

HONDA ST70 1973, 11,830 miles, good condition, 11 months MoT, buyer collects, cash only, £1200. Tel. 01205 366539. Lincs.

HONDA TL125S 1979, one previous owner, road registered, 7300 miles, recently restored to a very good standard, very rare to find in this condition! Frame and tinware has been bead blasted & p/coated, tank & side panels painted in original colours & lacquered, new cables, steering head bearings,handlebars and levers, have the V5 in my name currently on Sorn, would consider a deal for anything air cooled 70’s/80’s, twins shock, two stroke preferably on or off road, £3000.

Tel. 07970 111468. S Yorks.

HONDA CB1100 1100cc black, 14 plate, approx 2000 miles, years warranty remaining, £6000.

Tel. 01883 348771. Surrey.

DUCATI MONSTER S4R 2004, black, 10,200 miles, fsh apart from when stored, belts changed, MoT till March 30th 2016, many new parts, vgc, just a nick in the front wheel rim & tiny tank dent,

HONDA CBR600RR 2005, vgc, 19,000 miles, full service history, new tyres chain and sprockets, new MoT, £3500. Tel. 01508 558060; 07783 726717. Norfolk.

HONDA CMX250 Rebel, 2001, 8600 miles, excellent condition, full MoT, would suit lady rider, £1200 ono. Tel. 01767 448575.

Beds.

HONDA DEAUVILLE 650cc, 2005, MoT August 2016, 24,000 miles, fsh, new exhaust, new fork seals, new stanchions, garaged, £2600.

Tel. 07759 750113. Scottish borders.

HONDA INTEGRA NC700 62 reg twin clutch, six speed, automatic/tiptronic, 8200 miles, one owner, 75+ mpg, 35ltr Givi panniers, £5250 ono, will deliver to

most parts of England if asking

HONDA VFR800 Vtec, 2005, silver ex police bike with 60,000 miles, has heated grips, bar risers, single seat cowl, MoT March 2016, has some marks but it’s good for age, can deliver for cost of fuel, £2300 ono. Tel. 07538 026515. Glamorgan.

HONDA XBR500 1986, 3700 miles, perfect condition, £1600.

Tel. 01524 60793. Lancs.

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Trailer single bike, very good condition, £250. Tel. 07572 931129.

HONDA CBF125 mint, 2014 bike, but bought in May 2015 from Honda dealer, pre-registered to dealer, hence the low mileage of just 277 miles, still under manufacturer's warranty, datatag fitted, only for sale as son has decided he's not a biker! £1950. no offers Tel. 07753 165547. Surrey.

HONDA CBF600 long MoT, Givi rack, box, ABS, Dec 2009, 6000 miles, fsh, excellent condition, £3250 ono. Tel. 07999 811488.

Rutland.

HONDA CG125 1976, 50,000 miles, one owner from new, some spares, bike not running, £135.

Tel. 01392 279602. Devon.

HONDA GOLDWING GL1000 1976, non runner project, no V5 or key, need space, ideal for trike conversion, £600. Tel. 07900 968277. Dorset.

HONDA GOLDWING GL1100 1100cc, 1983 reg, standard model, black, receipts for £1300 recently spent, good tyres, two sets of keys, new battery, MoT, £2500 ono. Tel. 01332 831674.

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HONDA PCX125 Special 64 reg, cost almost £3000, twin chrome exhaust, mirrors, Givi screen, comfy seat, service done, super machine, £2400 offers, Tel. 07789 061218 no text messages please. Yorks.

HONDA VTR1000 51 reg, 9400 miles, MoT July 2016, immaculate, red, big tank model, Goodridge, hoses, powerbronze, screen hugger, datatagged, datatool, alarm, good tyres, first to see will buy, £1995. Tel. 01246 200842; 07935 175649. Derbys.

KAWASAKI GTR1000 1994, Goodridge hoses on front Michelin tyres as new on front + rear recent new rear disc + mono shock Bushes just fitted new battery, 32,500 miles full payment before test ride.Tel. 07434 129349. Derbys.

KAWASAKI GT750 1990, red, MoT June 2016, Motad exhaust, engine bars, recent service, vgc, reliable, £800. Tel. 07762 354400. Liverpool.

KAWASAKI VN900 burgundy, 09 low mileage, immaculate many extras, £4200. Tel. 07732 387955. Stockport.

KYMCO LIKE 125cc, 2012, 12 months MoT, 4300 miles, unmarked, always garaged, used for pleasure only, fsh, could deliver in excellent order, £1250. Tel. 07779 776508. W Yorks .

LIFAN MIRAGE 125cc, 5000km, one owner, screen, topbox, well looked after, on Sorn, £650. Tel. 01205 723809. Lincs.

KAWASAKI W650 1999, red/cream, 16,700 miles, Givi top box, side pan/s/spokes, good condition, £3500 ono. Tel. 01446 790157. Glam.

MATCHLESS G5 350cc, 1962, excellent condition, some spares, MoT June 2016, £2300 ovno, may p/x for classic with electric start. Tel. 02083 371866; 07929 937892. Surrey.

KAWASAKI W650 2002, vgc, 32,000 miles, owned for seven years, MoT till 06/16, only needs seeing, well looked after, rack & topbox, £2500 firm Tel. Dave 07816 170731. Derbys.

KAWASAKI W800 Retro black, 2013, model superb example, 5000 miles, chrome rack, £4850.

Tel. 01285 861462. Wiltshire.

KAWASAKI Z1000 953cc, 2008, 14,600 miles, MoT, nice clean bike,ABS Ermax hugger, garaged, sell due to lack of use, £4195 ono.

Tel. 01772 315925. Lancs.

KAWASAKI ZZR1100 D7, black, side panniers, top box, new back, tyre some stone chips on front end over all in good condition, £1700 ovno. Tel. 07811 980330.

Notts.

MOTO GUZZI Nevada, 750cc, 2012, 61 reg, Special Edition, Aquila Nera, tested Jan 2016, 21,300 miles, enginebars, screen, rack/backrest, c/stand, both keys, service/handbook, receipts, one former keeper, 60-65 mpg, vgc, £3700 ono. Tel. 01977 510546.

Yorks.

MOTO GUZZI MILLE 1000cc, F reg, requires rebuild but runs, last on road 2010, 89,000 miles, £1550 ono. Tel. 01332 842536.

Derbys.

NORTON NOMAD 1960, 600cc, rare machine, fully overhauled with some updated features, nice and tidy, MoT, £7600 ono. Tel. 01189 403081 for details. Reading.

PUCH 50D three speed, 1974 miles, original condition, dual seat, chrome wheels, had it running in December, cream and black tank, original Puch 99% done, no V5, engine no 9120472, £180 ono. Tel. 07835 434914.

Leics.

ROYAL ENFIELD Bullet Electra EFI 500, 2009, MoT December, new rear tyre, 11,800 miles used as second bike no longer needed, runs but needs attention, £1995 ono. Tel. 07599 896631.

Cheshire.

SUZUKI BANDIT GSF600N, 2000, MoT 15/5/16, 16,261 miles, £1000+ extras. Tel. 07730 481072. W Mids.

SUZUKI BANDIT 600N 1998, after crash, needs engine casing repair or new engine, otherwise all good, 28,000 mileage, Scottoiler, £500 ono. Tel. 07562 708728. Essex.

SUZUKI BURGMAN AN400, 2001 (61), 4327 dry miles, summer use only, top box, rack, show room condition, £3250 ono. Tel. 01285 656125. Glos.

SUZUKI GSFX600 2001, 13,000 miles, black, fair condition, needs job to complete dry stored May 2015, £1395. Tel. 07470 553020.

Co Durham.

TRIUMPH BONNEVILLE Bratstyle custom, too many mods to list, contact me for spec, £5000. Tel. 02076 375002. London.

SUZUKI GSX 1400 2006, low miles 9900, 12 months MoT, excellent condition, 4 into 1 carbon fibre exhaust, £4500 ono. Tel. 07419 325322. Carmarthenshire.

SUZUKI GSX1100G 1995 shaft drive, 57,865 miles, new paint, good condition for age, owned for 14 years, new bits & bobs last year with service, will get itMoT for buyer, Sorned for paint job, classic muscle bike, £1800. Tel. 07919 087940. West Yorkshire.

SUZUKI GSX600F W reg, current MoT, 51,000 miles, reasonable condition, some scratches, £750 for quick sale Tel. 01934 415590.

Somerset.

SUZUKI V-STROM 650 2005, 40,000 miles, superb condition, handles, starts and runs flawlessly, MoT Jun 16; recent tyres, battery etc, pristine paintwork, no known faults, panniers/topbox, centre stand, bar risers, fork brace etc. Tel. 01217 779380. W Mids.

SUZUKI GSX750F 22,289 miles, full MoT, ring for more info, £1900. Tel. 07510 438238. E Riding of Yorks.

SUZUKI INTRUDER 1800cc, 2012 reg, crash bars, screen, new tyres, sissy bar, rack and panniers, 9600 miles approx, MoT’s, immaculate, £7650 ono. Tel. 07894 078815. Notts.

SUZUKI SVF 650cc, green and black, still in showroom condition, under 5000 miles, MoT March 2016, hugger rack, chain oiler, extras all books, paperwork & keys, £2500. Tel. 02380 812440. So’ton.

SUZUKI T500M 498cc, 1975, 38,000 miles, MoT April 2016, excellent condition, full working order, good reliable classic, £2900. Tel. 07849 685043. Lincs.

SUZUKI T500M 1975, 38,000 miles, good useable classic, long MoT, full working order, exc cond, £2900. Tel. 07849 685043. Lincs.

SUZUKI VX800 805cc, 1995, Vtwin, shaft drive, spares or repair, make good trike project. Tel. 07831 188224. North Wales.

TOMAS MOPED 49cc, 2014, twist and go, 107 mpg £17, can be ridden on a car licence, £800 ono.Tel. 01271 343790. N Devon.

TRIUMPH BONNEVILLE Jubilee, reg 1979 (T), 9600 miles, Sorn, vgc, original everything, £4250 offers Tel. 07896 437238.

Perthshire.

TRIUMPH BONNEVILLE Custom, Brat-style, Patina tank & fender, many other mods, MoT 04/16, used daily, 7800 miles.Tel. 07961 703242. Herts.

TRIUMPH BONNEVILLE T100 2013/13, white/met red in beautiful condition, 3500 miles, £5555 ono. Tel. Tony 01634 243107.

Kent.

TRIUMPH BONNEVILLE T100 2005, MoT until May 2016, 865cc carburettor engine, new drive sprockets & chain (x ring) new front pads, original parts included centre stand, mirrors, front shock guards & spare indicators, £4000 ono. Tel. 07988 608909. Suffolk.

VESPA GTS250IE, v good scooter for year, black bodywork straight with only a couple of wear and tear marks, well cared for & garaged bike, serviced throughout by Kegra, with recent full

service including new rollers, belts, front and rear tyres, 12 months MoT, flyscreen, rear rack and colour matched top box included, both sets of keys, V5 paperwork, manual and service history all present. Tel. 07553 129719. Essex.

YAMAHA FJ1200 1200cc, 10,500 miles, silver/blue, 1994, vgc, years MoT, £1750. Tel. 01159 320416. Derbys.

YAMAHA 1997, new import, 13,050 dry miles, (speedo is in KPH) superb example of the classic muscle bike, brand new front tyre, black mirrors and black handlebar, recently serviced and balanced, real riders bike, with the ‘full power’ kicking in at 6000rpm, no known issues, MoT till Sept 2015, fast becoming a collector’s bike going up in value, awesome bike, test rides welcome with full agreed price in cash left as deposit. Tel. 07538 077802. Leics.

YAMAHA DT175 1975, fully restored example of this classic trailie, runs great, tax exempt, nine months MoT, own this great bike for only, £1800. Tel. 07734 200023. W Yorks.

YAMAHA TDM900 2003, one owner, tall screen, seat lowered, heated grips, topbox standard & Beowulf silencers, Scottoiler, centre stand, recent tyres & battery, summer use only, excellent condition, on Sorn will MoT at sale, £2695. Tel. 01514 866876; 07977 051932. Merseyside.

YAMAHA XJR1300 black/white stripe, one owner, serviced, warranty remaining, excellent condition, April 2014, £6325 ono. Tel. 07918 739504. W Mids.

YAMAHA XS1100 1978, recent MoT, 33k miles, nice runner, £1650. Tel. 01424 425390. East Sussex.

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YAMAHA XJ600 2010 model, with interesting registration, MoT April 2016, full service history, vgc with extras, ready to ride away, cash sale only, viewings welcome, £2395 ono. Tel. 07813 116196.

Oxfordshire.

YAMAHA VIRAGO 535cc, 14,483 miles, 1994 M, very good condition, MoT March 2016, £1700 ono. Tel. 07564 414686. Worcestershire.

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YAMAHA XV250 Virago, P reg, 10,600 miles from new, MoT August, always garaged, good condition, £950. Tel. 01245 426987.

Essex.

YAMAHA VIRAGO 535cc, vgc, well looked after, just had full service, 12 months MoT, Pirelli tyres, 18,000km, full screen, back rest, heated grips, spots, toothbrush cleaned, £2000. Tel. 01766 831173. Gwynedd.

YAMAHA YBR125 124cc, registered June 2011, red, MoT June 2016, 2300 miles, datatool alarm, good cond, £1495. Tel. 01206 842621. Essex/Suffolk.

YAMAHA YBR125 2012, red, 2370 miles, new MoT, one experience owner, vgc, garaged, £1550 ono. Tel. 01825 744197.

East Sussex.

ZONTES PANTHER 14 reg, rev counter, rear luggage rack, centre stand gear, bought to commute, hazard warning lights, £950 ono.

Tel. 01244 312816. Chester.

PARTS FOR SAlE AVON ROADRIDER TYRES 90/90-19 and 110/90-18 both about 200m, only £50. pick up only Tel. 07713 540493. Cheshire.

BENEllI SEI 900cc Duplex rear chain and sprockets, original Regina set only done 500 miles when taken off. Tel. 01515 319213. Merseyside.

BMW AIRHEAD parts for sale, RS/RT fairing panniers, clocks, racks, c/bars, seats many items accumulated over last 30 years, R45 engine R20 fuel tank all sorts. Tel. 01512 608612.

Merseyside.

BMW CHROME ENGINE protection bars for R100 series, excellent condition, £50. Pair BMW rear shocks done 25,000 miles only, £50. BMW exhaust nut spanner, unused, £15, all plus carriage, Tel. 01204 885642. North Manchester.

BMW R65 PARTS top half, £200.

Stainless exhaust, £120. Pair wheels, £80. Forks, £100. Gearbox, £60. Flywheel clutch, £50.

Seat, £50. Tank, £60. Tel. Chris 01538 754170. Staffs.

BMW SEAT for G650 GS, 40mm, higher than standard set, as new cost £160 accept £90 ono. Tel. 07564 414686. Worcs.

BSA BUSHMAN/SPORT tank, no dents, side panels inner three outer one front mudguard sport, £60. Tel. 01626 772219. Devon.

CORBIN SEAT for Triumph Thunderbird 1600, like new cost £550 yours for £250 these are the best seats you can buy. Tel. 01522 789178. Lincs.

CORBIN SEAT for Triumph Thunderbird 1600, cost new £550 yours for £250 condition like new, these are the best seats you can buy. Tel. 01522 789178. Lincs.

DUCATI Ducati wide case singles alternator removing tool, new, £10 plus p&p. Tel. 01515 319213.

Merseyside.

HONDA CB650Z engine took apart, selling as spares, will post.

Tel. Craig 07770 987038. Suffolk.

HONDA CB550 1961, basket case, also Suzuki GSX750, 1985 in bits, Kwacker GT550, 1986 also in bits some R6 bits, offers for any of it. Tel. 07716 999351.

Surrey.

HONDA CBF1000 Puig windscreen (bigger than standard), + MRA touring windshield (with spoiler) £25. each Tel. 01642 818568. Teesside.

HONDA CBR Super Blackbird, blue, righthand side, fairing no cracks, £50 ono. Tel. 07977 619562. Derbyshire.

HONDA CBR600FM petrol tank, no dints or scratches, £50 ono.

Tel. 07977 619562. Derbyshire.

HONDA CG125 PARTS seat £20; headlight brackets, £15; battery box, £8; air box and filter £8; side panel, £5; seat latches, £5; exhaust bracket, £4; clocks bracket, £4 or the lot £55. Tel. 07752 443794. Denbighshire.

HONDA NT700 Deauville, MRA touring with adjustable spoiler, £35. 20mm bar raisers, £10, contact for more info. Tel. 01302 340181. South Yorkshire.

HONDA VFR1200FA 2010, pair passengers grab handles, £35. Tel. 07900 371020. Northumberland.

HONDA VFR800I fuel tank black, mint £40 also seat surround excellent, £20. Tel. 02920 229030.

Glamorgan.

KAWASAKI ZX7R 750cc, 1996, red, full fairing, screen, drop bars, clamps, top yoke, mirrors, headlights, look, frame brace, £495. could seperate Tel. 07768 176166. Norfolk. lAVERDA 750S/FORMUlA S aluminium silencers £100, right side small side panel, £15 and front sprocket cover/clutch slave cylinder £15, will sell seperately.

Tel. 07725 563864. Lincs.

MOTOBI BENEllI SPORTS 50 large tank, clip ons import, £680.

Minnerelli 4 speed project, Puch mag, wheels, large lumps, £485, Sachs engine, £48, Solo kart engine, £48, Aprilia 6 speed, £75.

Tel. 07775 558399. Middx.

MZ TS125 rolling chassis, inc tank & seat + V5, £100. Tel. 01226 297119. S Yorks.

PIREllI ANGEl ST180/55ZR17 tyre, never fitted as bike now sold, £80 ono. Tel. 07894 078815.

Notts.

R&G AERO CRASH PROTECTORS complete with all fittings/teardrop shaped bobbins for Suzuki GSF1250 GT (faired version), £75 ono. Tel. 07894 078815. Notts.

SCORPION SlIP ON exhaust carbon for Kawasaki GTR1400, 2007 on, complete as new, no dents, cost £330, £150 ono. Tel. John 07807 176985. North London.

SUZUKI RG125 fun, 2 front disks, £30 each; two rear wheels, £30 each. Tel. Phil 01226 297119.

South Yorkshire.

SUZUKI RG125 fun, front disk 2 of £30 each. Rear wheel 2 of £30 each. Tel. 01226 297119. South Yorkshire.

TRIUMPH AMERICA silencers, vgc, £150. Tel. 07515 641716.

Essex.

TRIUMPH BONNEVIllE T100, 2014 petrol tank in fusion white and Aurum gold with knee pads and petrol cap, £200. inc post Tel. 01932 564758. Surrey.

TRIUMPH BONNEVIllE pair of mirrors very good condition, £20. #NAME? Tel. 01515 319213.

Merseyside.

TRIUMPH BONNEVIllE Soft pannier rail system, A9738022 part number, exc cond, £40 + p&p.Tel. 01515 319213. Merseyside.

TRIUMPH BONNEVIllE HINCKlEY mirrors, LH-RH p/n T2060019 rear sprocket, new 43 teeth, T2012516 clutch gasket T1260967 high flow air intake cover valve cover finned, £40 the lot. Tel. 01242 581322. Cheltenham.

TRIUMPH MERIDEN 650 UC TR6P timing case. Honda 50 reconditioned crank. Unused tacho's genuine Honda TL125, Smiths 12,000rpm unit. Tel. 07941 212632. Durham.

TRIUMPH THRUXTON 865cc, 2005, tank and seat, good condition, £350. Hagon shocks, £70, silencers, £100. Tel. 01902 833504. West Midlands.

TRIUMPH THRUXTON 2014 petrol tank in Brooklands Green with knee pads and petrol cap, £200. inc post Tel. 01932 564758. Surrey.

TRIUMPH TIGER 800 2013, genuine Triumph luggage top and side boxes, £200 ono; also leather Gortex boots,size 11,worn twice,£100 ono.Tel. 01757 288173.York.

TRIUMPH TIGER 800 2013, genuine Triumph luggage top and side boxes, £200 ono.Also leather Gortex boots, size 11, worn twice, £90 ono.Tel. 01757 288173. East Riding of Yorkshire.

WATSONIAN/SQUIRE 1960s, single-seat sidecar c/w fittings for Royal Enfield Bullet, Tel. 07947 353938. Lancs.

VOlKWAGON TRICYClE 1500cc, 3 wheeler, 982 with V5C, logbook, project, needs loads of work, no MoT, will swap Honda 90 or 50.

Tel. 01625 267516 after 7pm 07714 012458. Cheshire.

YAMAHA OBlONG MIRRORS fair condition, black finish l/h and r/h (used on XJ650), £5 + £5 p&p.

Tel. 01803 607265. Torquay.

YAMAHA XJ900S Diversion Haynes Manus, £10. Givi monolock rack with plate & arms, all fixings, exc cond, only 12 months old, £70 ono. Tel. 07944 514260 or 01785 215394. Staffs.

WANTED ANY OlD MOTORCYClE MAGAZINES or programmes, (Road Racing, Scrambles, Grass Track etc) offered free for collection within a reasonable distance of Sleaford, if you are clearing out your loft or garage, I'll be glad to take them off your hands, Tel. Pete 01529 461304. Lincs.

BMW R75 R80 boxer spares wanted: 32mm Bing carbs, front mudguard, good sliencers, no rubbish please, Tel. Simon 07788 442155. Bristol.

HONDA C95 150cc, left hand exhaust pipe wanted, must have good unpitted chrome, would purchase a pair if available (not Taiwan pattern parts as bends are poor) Tel. 07870 513474. Bristol.

HONDA CB400N or CX500 front brake calipers (pair) wanted, also splitter pipe, CB250RS engine bars and luggage rack (Rickman), required Tel. 07717 075814.West Yorkshire.

HONDA CITY FlY 125cc wanted, must be exc cond, low miles if possible, pleae ring or text with details. Tel. 07753 247682. Newcastle Upon Tyne.

KAWASAKI ElIMINATOR wanted any spares including engine, gearbox etc. Tel. 01142 455780.

Sheffield. lEWIS lEATHERS D Lewis Aviakit leather jacket wanted, any colour condition, good price paid, also pre 1970 biker lapel pin badges, Tel. 01223 350289.

Cambs.

MOTO GUZZI Le Mans II, 1978 wanted must be 100%. Tel. 01642 484073 after 6pm. Cleveland.

TRIUMPH THUNDERBIRD 900cc, king & queen seat, Tel. 01603 426917. Norfolk.

WANTED HARlEY SUNDOWNER solo seat to fit a 2002 dyna glide, p/number 51933-01 fits 96-03, Tel. 01457 765036 after 6pm.

Cheshire.

WANTED OlD handlebar watch.

Tel. 07596 238484. Swindon.

WANTED TWO PAIRS of goggles to fit open face helmets with peaks, prefer plastic type, but open to offers, contact with price, type etc. Tel. 01743 860362.

Shrops.

MISCEllANEOUS AlPINESTAR DRYSTAR Pants, 24" waist, new unused, £80. Tel. 07815 606658. Merseyside.

BElSTAFF GANGSTER red ladies jacket, shoulder and elbow armour complete with tags and receipt to prove genuine never worn, unwanted gift, can email photos, will post, £225. Tel. 07746 523627. Cornwall.

BIKETEK 3 rear wheel paddock stand, unused and still in box, £20. Tel. 01256 893015. Hampshire.

BMW RT80 OR RT100 toolbox, £20 + p&p. Ladies white leather motorcycle jacket, £30;,two pairs chrome mirrors, round and rectangular, £25 pr + p&p; lots CL1200 spares, Bulldog clutch cable, £10; gauntlets, £30. Tel. 07434 513161. Lancs.

ClASSIC MOTORCYClE leather jacket, black, size 38, small, £30 ono. Tel. 01455 448003. Leics.

DRAPER TORQUE WRENCH new unused, boxed, 10/80mm, £40.

Lots GL120 spares, America speedmaster rear section silencers, mint, £300. Vulcan 500 manual, £10, GL1200 manual, £10. Despatch riders gauntlets, mint, £30. Tel. 07434 513161.

Lancs.

FRANK THOMAS Aquapore mens jacket, size L in vgc, thermal lining included, £40. Tel. Richard 07848 917218. Lincs.

FRANK THOMAS Aquapore jacket, size L in vgc. Tel. 07848 917218. Lincs.

GIVI B47 Blade monolock top box, vgc, £60. 2009 Moto Guzzi 1200 Breva/1200 sport lower seat, vgc, £202; pair of inner pannier bags, £20 pr; 2004 Triumph Bonneville silencers, vgc, £45 pr; Suzuki Inazuma, centre stand and Givi rack, £20 each all vgc. Tel. 01162 402726. Leics.

GIVI E300N 30 litre top box, complete with Universal mounting plate and all fittings, & two keys, in pristine condition, £40 ovno will easily accommodate full face hemet, gloves etc, Tel. 01189 817493. Hants.

GP lEATHER JACKET size 10XL, green, white and black, very good condition, back protector etc, £50 ono. Tel. 07840 836997.

Northants.

HAlVASSONS MENS black denim Kevlar jeans, good condition, 36" waist, 32"-34" leg, £25 ono plus post.Tel. 01626 834848.

Devon.

HIGHWAYMAN lEATHERS blue, white, chest 38/40, waist 34/36, leg 31/33, 5ft 10ins 6ft, 11/12 stone, £95, worn eight times. Tel. Ken 01494 874746. Bucks.

HONDA CBR1100 Super Blackbird bike jacket with detachable inner size M, exc cond, £60; Riossi black/yellow adjustable gloves, size S, £10; thinsulate black gloves, XS, £5; black/ yellow/white Spada waterproof oversuit 33, brand new, never been worn, size S, £30. Tel. 07855 420249. Man. HONDA VFR1200FA 2010, Baglux tank cover, black + red, as new, £55 ono.Tel. 07900 371020.

Northumberland.

KAWASAKI ZZR600 original owners manual, from a 1995 model, ZX600-E11, £10. Tel. 07505 464654. West Midlands.

KRAUSER PANNIERS Classic BMW Krauser panniers to fit R65 to R100 type motorcycles these will fit other motorcycles with the correct fitting kit, Classic BMW to fit R65 to R100 type motorcycles these will fit other motorcycles with the correct fitting kit, these are the largest panniers from Krauser, comes with keys, £55.

Tel. 02083 930301. London. lADIES lEATHERS Frank Thomas black/yellow/silver m/cycle jacket, size 40, £30. TT leather pants, black, size 34, £25. Nolan Integrale N81 helmet in yellow, black & silver, size S, never been dropped £25, all items exc cond.

Tel. 07855 420249. Man. lARGE OXFORD magnetic tank bag in perfect condition, two piece, plenty of space, £30. Tel. Paul 01516 788883. Cheshire. lEATHER JACKET lare, shoulder, elbow, back protection, made by Bikers Gear, as new condition, lovely jacket, bargain £25. collect Tel. 07979 995666. Oxford. lEATHER TROUSERS Joe Rocket, mens black, 36" waist, padded hips, knees, double seat area, exc cond, very little use, £60 plus carriage.Tel. 01204 885642.

N Man. MANUAlS: Honda 750/4 CG125; Kawasaki KH125, ZX6R; Suzuki Trail bikes; Yamaha XS250/400 Diversion 900, please text poor hearing, £5 each. Tel. 07974 822880. B’ham.

MOTOR CYClE HElMET Fusion, flip up front, black, size M, worn three times only £25; no offers.

Tel. 01455 448003. Leics.

MOTORCYClE HElMET Box, flip front, fluorescent yellow, (610), size XL, £40. Tel. 01455 448003.

Leics.

MOTORCYClE RACK fits on towbar as new, £75 ono. Tel. 07977 619562. Derbys.

MOTORCYClE WORK BENCH vgc, with front wheel grip, £150.

Tel. 02380 812440. So’ton.

PITMAN SERIES handbook for NSU Quickly, ex-dealer stock and unused, super condition, £35. #NAME? Tel. 01256 893015.

Hampshire.

RST TEXTIlE JACKET mens, size small, never worn blue/black, £35 ono buyer collects. £35. ono buyer collocts Tel. 07704 804893.

Buckinghamshire.

SEAlY AIR COMP 3HP, 100ltr tank + tools, also Honda Gen 3000 watts, 230V, 110V, 6.5HP, engine, job lot, £375 ono. Paddock stand, front and rear, £15.

Tel. 07774 641366. W Mids.

SHARK HElMET two tone metallic silver, S800, size M, helmet, excellent condition, well cared for and never been dropped, £30. Tel. 07855 420249. Man. SHOEI FUll FACE HElMET large size, £50. Size 9 motorcycle police style leather boots, £50.

Kawasaki ER6F, workshop manual, £20. Rickman QD 30ct top box, £30. ER6F handbook, £10.

ER6F tool kit, £25; size 9 motorcycle boots, short leg, £25. Tel. 01484 350451; 07532 335938.

W Yorks.

TRIUMPH BONNEVIllE T100 centre stand (genuine Triumph stand) - The stand is "as new" Tel. 07930 238239. Essex.

TRIUMPH BONNEVIllE T100 centre stand, bought it brand new two months ago, have sold bike and bought Triumph America, but it does not fit this bike (hence reason for sale) 'as new' £75. Tel. 07990 570208. Essex.

TWO BIKE JACKETS Baleno large, Triumph Rukka type, medium, £30 each both almost new condition. Tel. 01628 528866. Buckinghamshire.

TWO PIECE lEATHER SUIT by Dynamic Cowhide, black, waist 34, chest 42, good condition, £55 ono. Tel. 01362 699586. Norfolk.

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