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    Boxing clever!

    Oct 18, 2021 4 minutes

    Time for three silly stories that I hope you’ll appreciate about my latest project, none of which would make any ‘sound-in-the-head biker’ fall in love with this bike…

    Firstly, being on the launch of the BMW R1150 RT in February 2001, I rolled off the boat in France and the (early days) Garmin sat-nav said I was in Hong Kong. I kid you not. I’ve never trusted sat-nav since…

    Second story. My time on the 1150 RT was mainly a painful winter commute from my home near Kettering to Teddington in Middlesex. It didn’t matter whether it was via the M1 or M40 – it was a nightmare! Depending on route, it was up to 250 miles in

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