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BMW S 1000 XR TE

ven before we’d set off on our epic road trip, I knew I had the right bike for the job. Carl’s KTM looked that bit too aggressive for a long-haul road trip, and Bruce’s Kawasaki looked, if I’m being brutally honest, a bit too wet. First things first, those panniers have a serious amount of stowage space; in fact there was so much that I let young Frodo fill one of mine with his pants, socks and Gameboy, or whatever it is that kids take on holiday these

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