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Performance Bikes Magazine, September 2001 Issue

No. of Pages - 120
Condition --- Good
Price ------ £2.00

Magazine Contents

BIKE TESTS:
BLADE v 996 v 955i - Do you really need a GSX-R1000 or an R1? Three of what people are calling 'real world sportsters'
SUZUKI GSX1400 - The New Forest echoes to the sound of the biggest four around. Don't spare the New Forest ponies
HARLEY-DAVIDSON V-ROD - "Heart of a superbike, soul of a dragster" they reckon. We'll see
RGV250 VS NC30 - Used race reps making as much and as little sense as they ever did
YAMAHA BULLDOG - Yamaha's BT1100. How much is that doggy in the window?

FEATURES:
LAND SPEED RECORD - 222.19mph and a new record. Will that be fast enough for you?
SCHWANT2 INTERVIEW - Kevin Schwantz on breaking bones, crashing Porsches and kicking security guards
PROJECT SLEDGEHAMMER - Building a GSX-^DCC to take advantage c: :r<e r,€* BSB rules
CAMPSHITE - Undercover under canvas at the British GP at 2:- igton Park
UNSPRUNG WEIGHT - Why unsprung weight messes with your handling and how to sort it
ROCKINGHAM HIGH - Trev goes back to school. the European Supertbike School

REGULARS:
NEWS - Ten new UK land speed records. And conversely, some new Buells
RESPONSE - Usual whinges about the police and a fearsome God-botherer
SOAP OX - Mat Oxley remembers when GPs were drug-fuelled sex orgies. Ace
RACE - Brit wins Grand Prix for first time in years. Valentine Rossi wins for fifth time this year
RONNIE'S RACE PAGE - A spindle problem means a broken leg for the bespectacled one
THE SETUP - Twiddling and tweaking to get the most from a Y2K-on FireBlade
STAFF BIKES - ZX-6R, ZX-7R, CBR6, FZS1000, Ducati 996, GSX-R1000
READER'S SPECIAL - One Yorkshireman's CBR600F-Y

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