ON PRINCIPAL
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20 March 2025
AMT ends MT-09 manual work
Yamaha's MT-09 Y-AMT incorporates the Japanese motorbike manufacturer's automatic gear box on an otherwise largely standard MT-09 street motorcycle. More ease, same fun.
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13 March 2025
Orange is the new black
Even a so-called small off can properly smart, so it’s always important to protect that which is most important to you. You.
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Traditionally, though, a lot of riders' protective gear has been weighty and restrictive.
Then, in 1999, a clever engineer by the name of Richard Palmer came up with D3O, a range of lighter, flexible impact protection materials. -
06 March 2025
Which BMW would you take to the track?
Whilst admiring of a few bikes in BMW's extensive portfolio, one really captures Paul Browne's imagination.
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Now he also has the chance to refine his riding skills on the S 1000 RR with the launch of a Motorrad Performance Academy over the water. -
27 February 2025
Transalp reborn
Once you'd have had to pay Paul Browne to ride a Transalp.
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To be fair he's been paid this time too. It is, after all, his job to check out bikes whether good, bad or indifferent.
So, what did a man whose unpaid ride is a Tenere make of Honda's new dual sports bike? -
22 February 2025
Gold Wing still flying high
On a meander through one of Dublin's more salubrious streets, Paul Browne chanced upon a classic bike whose arrival on the 70s scene helping set Honda on the path to touring dominance.
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Growing up the bike put on the pounds, toned its muscles and got smarter.