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1-    Is the new Caponord 1200 Rally the adventure version of Aprilia’s upright sport-tourer? It is. And there’s much new equipment to underscore the point. Standard features on this newest Caponord include spoked wheels (19-x-3-inch front, 17-x-4.5 rear), large 33-liter panniers, tubular side guards, an engine guard, auxiliary LED lighting, and a larger manually adjustable windscreen. 2-    Not so easy to see is the altered front-end geometry. Thanks to altered offset on the triple clamps...

Barry Sheene and Nobby Clark got pulled over by a bike cop in Sweden. The cop asked if Barry had been drinking. He said, “Yes.” The cop then made him to take a Breathalyzer test and the results came back negative for alcohol. The cop then asked what Barry had drank, and he said, “Coca-Cola.” Favorite motorcycle: 250cc six-cylinder Honda Kenny Roberts was a total prankster. One night, he and Randy Mamola put a blow-up doll in Clark’s bed. Nobby saw the body in the bed and went to the front...