‘it blows my mind that they close public roads… and let you ride as fast as you can!’

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JENNY TINMOUTH

‘It blows my mind that they close public roads… and let you ride as fast a

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Motorcycle News (MCN) Magazine

28 May 2025

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Ground anchors

We all know we should chain our bikes to something solid – so how strong are off-the-shelf ground anchors?

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120 years in the making

Triumph’s Tiger Sport 800 could be their greatest bike ever. To find out, we challenge the ‘world record’ set in 1905 by the first all-Triumph machine on this summer’s must-ride bike

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Alan carter

He beat everyone from Freddie Spencer to Christian Sarron, yet never got close to winning a world championship. We ask Alan Carter what went wrong