Funny article in the Economist on motorcycling

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Funny article in the Economist on motorcycling

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Made me smile several times... With all the 120cc and 130cc's around making 80 mph.

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kegelban wrote:Made me smile several times... With all the 120cc and 130cc's around making 80 mph.
And you when you ride their articles on the economy, you think they know what they are talking about....but on this evidence, probably not!

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Thing is, 125s used to do 80mph back in the 70s (and not just the two strokes) so why shouldn't modern ones...?

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Green petrol and cats...Plus an all out war on fuel economy...
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