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The Bear – Monday, October 12, 2009 Can this be the beginning of the end for speed cameras? According to a news item sent to me by reader Gary Pearce, a Conservative government in the […]

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The Bear – Monday, March 28, 2011 Problems with ethanol How about a fuel tank that rusts out? Every now and then I’m accused of being alarmist over the increasing use of ethanol-laced fuel. Well, […]

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Triumph Bonnevilles

Edward Turner was a dab hand in motorcycle design, numbering the Ariel Square Four and the Triumph Speed Twin (later to grow into the Bonneville) among his, um, triumphs. But did you know he was […]

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Ducati Streetfighter S

Street smart It takes some learning, but the payoff is spectacular I was lucky enough to be among the international press contingent that saw the Streetfighter for the first time at the Milan motorcycle show […]

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Sideways & means

Sideways & means A legal road-going racing sidecar designed and built in Australia? Murphy took on the law and won. Words: Tim Murphy    A long ago when I was a single young man I […]

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The Bear – Thursday, September 17, 2009 Finally someone’s doing something, but not here – yet! I don’t normally pinch stuff from the web but I couldn’t resist this one. It’s from the Sunday Times […]