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May bought a 1986 Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16v Cosworth, Hammond a 1996 E36 BMW M3, and Clarkson a 1989 Ford Sierra Sapphire RS Cosworth. Challenges included determining their cars' top speed on an unregulated autobahn, interior space (by carrying a German Oompah band), and an ADAC test. The BMW initially performed well until it came last in the ...
Ripspeed is a sub brand of Halfords, one of the leading automotive parts retailer in the United Kingdom.It began as an independent retailer in the 1970s, two decades later the business changed hands and was purchased in 1999 by Halfords, and operates as one of the five subsections of a store if it is present.
A Halfords in Kirkstall, Leeds (2006). Halfords was founded by Frederick Rushbrooke, in Birmingham in 1892, as a wholesale ironmongery. [3] The company takes its name from Halford Street, named after the physician, Henry Halford, in Leicester, where Rushbrooke opened a store in 1902 and started selling cycling goods.
The Lambretta V-Special was designed by KISKA [2] (designers of KTM and Husqvarna Motorcycles) and the frame and engine are from an SYM Fiddle III. [3] The engine displacements for the V50, V125 and V200 are 49.5cc, 124.7cc and 168.9cc respectively, [4] and they are single cylinder 2-valve air-cooled four-strokes.
Swift has held three Guinness World Records and has done more than 8,000 stunt shows in 50 countries. [ 7 ] Russ has collaborated in Jeremy Clarkson's videos and on two episodes of Top Gear , in which he proved that elderly people needn't be slow and poor drivers, by teaching grannies to do donuts and handbrake parking .
Motorcycle stunt riding is a motorsport which involves stunts known as wheelies, stoppies, acrobatics, burnout, drifting, and jumping. Motorcycles are sometimes modified to do multiple tricks (handbreak, subcage, crashcage, stopper, etc.).
A scooterboy (or scooter boy) is a member of one of several scooter-related subcultures of the 1960s and later decades, alongside rude boys, mods and skinheads. The term is sometimes used as a catch-all designation for any scootering enthusiast who does not fall into the latter three categories.
Three rockers on Chelsea Bridge Two mods on a scooter. Mods and rockers were two conflicting British youth subcultures of the late 1950s to mid 1960s. Media coverage of the two groups fighting in 1964 sparked a moral panic about British youth, and they became widely perceived as violent, unruly troublemakers.