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Middleweight contender

his is possibly because the socalled Middleweight category (800-900cc generally) is the fastestexpanding segment, and with good reason. The modern generation of power plants punch out stacks of horsepower and torque, thanks to increasingly sophisticated engine management systems and refinements to things like internal friction and so on. Weight is the enemy of power output, so equally intense scrutiny has resulted in chassis and suspension components that do the job better, and are

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