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Kettle Clinick forum founder Barry created DVDs Now available, the GT750 restoration DVD is a full restoration (the result of three years’ work) of a Kettle and concentrates on assembling the bike correctly and safely, rather than going into model variations in detail. The guy behind the DVD is Kettle Clinick forum founder Barry. He…

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A new bike club has been set up that specialises in pristine early Honda CB 750s up to the K6 – the vision behind the club is to keep some lovely examples, either restored or unrestored, of Honda CB 750s so people can remember the bike and view it as close as possible to how…

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Graeme Crosby autobiography It probably says something about the cultural divide that British readers are going to be asking ‘what’s larrikin?’ long before they’ve even so much as turned a page of Graeme Crosby’s 432-page autobiography (it means mischievous or hooligan, by the way, being a slang word from Down Under).  That’s a big page…

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Hi-vis clothing for motorcyclists in Ireland In a recent email to the Motorcyclists’ Action Group (MAG), the Irish RSA said: “I can confirm that the RSA has not dropped the position outlined in the Motorcycle Safety Action Plan. We do intend to seek to introduce the (hi-vis) measure in 2014, subject to consultation with motorcyclists…

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Some discontinued pipes will be available It’s Akrapovic’s 20th anniversary this year and to celebrate the company is bringing back some pipes that have long been discontinued for some iconic sports bikes. Systems now available include: ?    CBR900 FireBlade 92-99 ?    ZX-7R/RR 1996 ?    YZF 750 ?    FZR1000 EXUP 89-95 ?    1000 Thunderace 1996 ?  …

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