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Motorcycles 1994 to 2006

The Triumph Trident 900 was traded in for a Ducati 750SS. This was an altogether different beast! Less powerful, but considerably lighter, the Duke was a real b-road scratcher. You could fling it on its ear and using the torque of the V-twin engine fairly stomp out of corners. I managed to wear away a [...]

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Motorcycles 1992 to 1994

I didn’t start riding bikes on the road until 1992, when I bought a black Suzuki GS125 four-stroke. It was a great learner bike, but it seized its engine in spectacular style whilst riding flat-out (at a heady 65mph) on the Dereham bypass. I had to push it 3 miles home, before returning it to [...]

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