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Month: September 2013

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  • Issue 182
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Culture – With an Eagle on the Back

Sometimes I think my life is ruled by synchronicity. Synchronicity is a concept developed by Carl Gustav Jung in the 1920s, although he didn’t devote an entire paper to the Continue Reading

Posted On : September 5, 2013 Published By :
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  • September 2013

From the Editor ~ 182

Travel, it’s said, broadens the mind and it’s difficult to imagine how it could fail to do so. Having said that I know there are plenty of tourists who’ve been Continue Reading

Posted On : September 5, 2013 Published By :
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Riders’ Lives – Tim Arrowsmith

1. What was your first motorcycling experience? When I was about eleven years old we went on a family trip to Jersey for a holiday. For some reason my motorcycle-phobic Continue Reading

Posted On : September 5, 2013 Published By : Dave
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Six & the City

Saturday It’s happened. Luca at Sondel Sport and Rev’it have all delivered on their promise and I now stand clad head to toe in skintight black leather! It’s a very Continue Reading

Posted On : September 5, 2013 Published By :
Paddy standing next to his Yamaha
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  • September 2013

Paddy’s Perspective

Self-flagellation Most discussions about motorcycling are dichotomous. Bikes make sense as efficient personal transport; they don’t congest, are easy to park and they don’t wear out the road. They’re generally Continue Reading

Posted On : September 5, 2013 Published By :
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Image of the Month ~ 182

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The Boy Biker

Boy Biker inspires the next generation I have had the pleasure this month to get involved in a totally different world. Rather than blinging cylinder heads and re-vamping vintage shock Continue Reading

Posted On : September 5, 2013 Published By :
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  • September 2013

A View from the Group W Bench

I tried to change the front brake fluid on my lil’Breva Christmas day whilst servicing it but couldn’t get the filler cap screws out. Eventually a couple of weeks ago Continue Reading

Posted On : September 5, 2013 Published By :
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  • September 2013
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The Naming of the Bike

Weird place names have always fascinated me. There are thousands throughout the world, such as Ecclefechan in Scotland, Puddledub not far from my previous home, and Pratt’s Bottom in England, Continue Reading

Posted On : September 5, 2013 Published By :
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Hey, I’m With The Team

Club-level motorcycle racing has an odd relationship with the media. You’ll see race reports and lists of results, but not much else. Some of it has a regular slot on Continue Reading

Posted On : September 5, 2013 Published By :
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  • September 2013

Another World

It’s the 4th of August and I’m off to the old airfield at South Cerney for the 39th Annual Gloucestershire Steam Extravaganza. I’ve been going to events like these for Continue Reading

Posted On : September 5, 2013 Published By :
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  • September 2013

Blood Runner ~ 182

With several months’ experience of riding a blood bike behind me now, my perspective has changed a bit – for starters, it brings a whole new meaning to the phrase, Continue Reading

Posted On : September 5, 2013 Published By : Dave
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  • September 2013
  • Suzuki

Devil’s Bridge, Kirkby Lonsdale

Sunday the 4th August dawned sunny. I rolled the Silver Fox from the garage and my son Anthony brought out his Burgman 400. Together we set off on the A65 Continue Reading

Posted On : September 5, 2013 Published By :
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  • September 2013
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Incredible India

 Our first impressions of India were good except for negotiating the single lane bridge immediately after the border that all traffic going in both directions needed to cross. Being India, Continue Reading

Posted On : September 5, 2013 Published By :
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  • September 2013

Revival Time

 For many motorsport fans September means Goodwood Revival month, so it seemed appropriate to rev things up with a few photos from 2012’s cracking event prior to this year’s Revival, Continue Reading

Posted On : September 5, 2013 Published By :
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  • September 2013

Ask a Policeman ~ 182

For me, the whole basis of crime and punishment is to be afraid of the punishment and therefore not commit the crime, (not to mention our own personal morals).   Continue Reading

Posted On : September 5, 2013 Published By :
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Motorcycle Girl Racer ~ 182

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