Steve Cooper

  • Riding two Kawasaki KH250s

    Riding two Kawasaki KH250s

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    The weather’s good, the roads are clear and he’s got TWO saucy Kawasaki two-stroke triples to play on… Steve Cooper is in heaven!

  • Why you should ride the Ducati 350 SCR

    Why you should ride the Ducati 350 SCR

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    Our Scoop is in a hurry to forget the modern Ducati Scramblers. He says you should ride the real deal – the Ducati 350 SCR.

  • Classic Ride: Honda V65 Magna

    Classic Ride: Honda V65 Magna

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    Is it a poor man’s V-Max or simply Honda hubris? Scoop hurtles towards the horizon on his mate’s Honda V65 Magna – known affectionately as ‘Red Molly’!

  • Turning a Honda CB175 into a Hailwood homage

    Turning a Honda CB175 into a Hailwood homage

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    Steve Cooper on how to change a humble Honda CB175 into an amazing Honda homage to the likes of Hailwood, Redman et-al!

  • Your guide to… Kawasaki S1B

    Your guide to… Kawasaki S1B

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    When making a bike for the learner market, the Japanese quickly worked out that emotion and desire was more important than technical innovation.

  • Yamaha XS650: the best all-round Japanese classic?

    Yamaha XS650: the best all-round Japanese classic?

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    Big parallel twins are back in fashion, apparently, but Scoop rides an original example, Yamaha’s XS650C.

  • Take another look: Suzuki TC185 ride

    Take another look: Suzuki TC185 ride

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    It may look like a TS185, sound like a TS185, and certainly moves like a TS185, but it isn’t a TS185. Low and behold it’s a TC185! A what? Yes, precisely!

  • Honda CBR400R Aero: what is it like to ride?

    Honda CBR400R Aero: what is it like to ride?

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    Honda’s CBR400R Aero was one of the delectable Japanese 400cc domestic machines of the late 1980s. Steve Cooper takes closer look.

  • Growing old disgracefully on two wheels

    Growing old disgracefully on two wheels

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    We love bikes. We love fettling them and riding them, but… some classics are big and heavy, and we’re not getting any younger. So what can we do about it? Steve Cooper finds out…

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