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2 months ago | 
bennetts.co.uk | John Milbank |Stephen Lamb |BikeSocial Member |Steve Rose
Consumer Editor of Bennetts BikeSocialDate reviewed: February 2025 | Tested by: John Milbank | Price: From £239.00 | www.agv.comThe AGV Street Modular on review here is a relatively budget flip-front helmet that’s fairly good for the money, though it does have some room for improvement.
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2 months ago | 
bennetts.co.uk | Steve Rose |Michael Mann |Dale Lomas |Dave Yorke
By Steve Rose and Motorbike Coach Mark McVeigh, BikeSocial’s riding Coach. I’ve spent a lot of the last seven months watching my 16-month-old granddaughter learning to walk. It’s been fascinating to see the transition between rolling over, sitting up, shuffling, standing while holding-on, tottering around and lurching into a stumble and fall. The ‘arms-out, Frankenstein shuffle’ was getting close to a walk and now, finally, something resembling a proper stroll.
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2 months ago | 
bennetts.co.uk | John Milbank |Stephen Lamb |BikeSocial Member |Steve Rose
Properly clean your bike then prep it for winter and it’ll survive the salt that can lead to corrosion and rust damage. Products like ACF-50, XCP Rust Blocker, Scottoiler FS 365 and TechCote ACS TC200 are popular among bikers when it comes to keeping rust at bay, but how good are they, and what about inhibitors like Waxoil, Dr Downpipe and more? And then there’s ceramic coatings – do they work?
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2 months ago | 
bennetts.co.uk | John Milbank |Stephen Lamb |BikeSocial Member |Steve Rose
Consumer Editor of Bennetts BikeSocialDate reviewed: February 2025 | Tested by: John Milbank | Price: £169.90 | www.optimate.co.ukSlapping the word ‘Pro’ on something doesn’t automatically make it good, but the Optimate Pro-1 Duo on review here really does deserve that moniker.
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2 months ago | 
bennetts.co.uk | John Milbank |Stephen Lamb |BikeSocial Member |Steve Rose
Consumer Editor of Bennetts BikeSocialDate reviewed: January 2025 | Tested by: John Milbank | Price: Around £125 | www.ctek.comThe CTEK MXS 5.0 Test & Charge on review here is a versatile lead-acid battery charger and maintainer, which also has a built-in tester for the battery and the charging system.
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2 months ago | 
bennetts.co.uk | John Milbank |Stephen Lamb |BikeSocial Member |Steve Rose
Consumer Editor of Bennetts BikeSocialDate reviewed: February 2025 | Tested by: John Milbank | Price: £499.90 each | www.nippynormans.comEvery so often I get the chance to review a product that really surprises me. Sometimes it’s disappointment of course, but others it’s a realisation of just how much better an upgrade part can be; what a difference it can make to a ride. The Wunderlich Active Comfort heated seats on review here are not cheap, but they can make a big difference.
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2 months ago | 
bennetts.co.uk | John Milbank |Stephen Lamb |BikeSocial Member |Steve Rose
Consumer Editor of Bennetts BikeSocialDate reviewed: January 2025 | Tested by: John Milbank | Price: £429.99 | bikerheadz.co.ukThe Schuberth S3 on review here is a premium full-face motorcycle helmet designed primarily for touring riders. As such, it’s competing directly with the £499.99 Arai Quantic reviewed here and the £539.99 Shoei GT-Air 3 reviewed here. That’s a big difference in price, but Schuberth has had more than its share of issues over the years, so it’s got ground to make up.
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2 months ago | 
bennetts.co.uk | Ben Purvis |Jon Urry |Steve Rose
Has written for dozens of magazines and websites, including most of the world’s biggest bike titles, as well as dabbling in car and technology journalism. Overall BikeSocial ratingTBAUpgrades for the 2025 model year mean Triumph’s Speed Triple 1200 RS has reestablished itself as Triumph’s most powerful production bike – edging the Rocket 3 out of that spot. With 180.5bhp (183PS/134.6kW), the new Speed Triple 1200 RS has 3hp more than the bike it replaces.
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2 months ago | 
bennetts.co.uk | Stephen Lamb |John Milbank |BikeSocial Member |Steve Rose
Production Manager - Still considers himself a novice rider, despite passing his test nearly thirty years ago. Date reviewed: January 2025 | Tested by: Steve Lamb | Price: from £549.99 | www.shoeiassured.co.ukDespite the obvious compromise in safety over a full-face helmet, I’m a big fan of Shoei’s J-Cruise line of helmets, having previously used the previous model, the J-Cruise II.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
bennetts.co.uk | Ben Purvis |Jon Urry |Steve Rose |Jim Moore
Has written for dozens of magazines and websites, including most of the world’s biggest bike titles, as well as dabbling in car and technology journalism.
