Chris Cope
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Gear review: Knox Fastback Gilet
“Gilet,” for those of you playing along at home, is a fancy word for vest. But Knox, being a British company, probably doesn’t call this bit of kit the Knox Fastback Vest because in British lingo a vest is often a tank-top. “So, wait,” I can hear American voices saying. “Does that mean that when…
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Monsoon season
Nikwax, Fabsil, duct tape, repeat. Nikwax, Fabsil, duct tape, repeat. Nikwax, Fabsil, duct tape, repeat. Nikwax, Fabsil, duct tape, repeat. Nikwax, Fabsil, duct tape, repeat… It feels as if it has been raining nonstop for the past two months. The relative dry of September had lulled me into a false sense of security and I had…
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The Great Welsh Tea Towel Adventure
Maybe I can rediscover my love for Wales with the help of a motorcycle
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The new all-rounders
The writer explores adventure-touring motorcycles, evaluating BMW, Honda, Kawasaki, KTM, Suzuki, Triumph, and Yamaha models for performance, aesthetics, and affordability.
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Thoughts on the Kawasaki Vulcan S
Here’s a question: Is a Harley-Davidson a cruiser, or is a cruiser a Harley-Davidson? In other words, which is the Form? In Platonic and Aristotelian philosophy there is the concept of the Form: that all things and, in fact, concepts, have Forms which are the “true” representation of their reality. So, for example, imagine if…
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Love for the Can-Am Spyder
Can-Am Spyder F3 The UK motorcycling community hates trikes. Actually, that scorn extends beyond motorcycling circles. I once heard someone who doesn’t ride describe trikes as “belonging to that section of motoring marked: ‘Only For Men With Ponytails.’” This colours my own attitude toward trikes, of course; we are affected by our surroundings, regardless of…
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What I want: Ducati Scrambler
I’m feeling a lot of excitement for Ducati’s innovative new Scrambler.
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Join us
British weather is proof that there is a God and that he does not like you. When you are caught in the middle of some interminable squall, the misery is just too great for such phenomena to be random. No; a higher power crafted this. Some great and awesome mind invested tremendous time and effort…