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  Top 10: Winter Riding Tips (Article)
  At low speeds, the back brake offers more finesse for U-turns and in car parks. If you’ve not had to call on your bike’s ABS braking system, find a quiet stretch of road and brake hard enough to trigger the anti-lock system. This way, you know what it feels like and can use it to steering round obstacles while still applying the brakes.
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  Top 10: Essentials for maintaining your car at home (Article)
  Changing brake fluid is cheap and important, since over time it becomes less effective, resulting in a spongy brake pedal. To safely change brake fluid you’ll need to bleed the system, which is made a lot easier with a kit like this.
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  Top 10: Women’s hybrid bikes (Article)
  The alloy construction means it weighs a modest 14.6kg with steel forks for strength, with alloy V-brakes and a seven-speed Shimano gearset for easy progress out on the road. It also comes with double-walled hybrid tyres, giving added puncture resistance and the ability to cope with minor off-road excursions.
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  Scooter of the Year shortlist (Article)
  The 12lb scooter isn't the lightest in this list, but that can be expected when you factor in the battery. It has a top speed of 15 mph and breaking can be done via the electronic brake on the left handlebar or by stepping down on the back wheel over the fender brake like a traditional scooter.  The wide deck makes it suitable for larger adults to ride and the handlebar is adjustable to a choice of two different heights.
• Best Car Tyres Companies & Makes 2019 (Article)
  It’s the Continental AllSeasonContact. The Continental do well in wet and dry conditions too with reliable, reactive braking and the tyres are also very quiet and refined even at high speeds. They're also very fuel efficient."  
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  Top 10: Maxi scooters 2020 (Article)
  It also shows up in some of the kit that Peugeot doesn’t have, such as ABS anti-locking or linked brakes. This isn’t as much of an issue as you might think as the brakes are very strong, but many riders will welcome these rider aids on slippery city streets. Where the Satelis shows its mettle is in its performance and handling, which are both among the best in class.
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  Best Car Tyres 2019 (Article)
  While Michelin is definitely up there with the best all-season tyres, the CrossClimate+ excel in dry conditions - with excellent braking thanks to the rigid and bevel-edged tread block design. As the tyre wears, emerging grooves open to deliver long-lasting traction on snowy roads too.  The CrossClimate+ are available in 48 sizes for 15-inch to 19-inch rims.
• Top 10: Best scooters 2018 (Article)
  However, if you need to cover big miles, the 400 will sit easily at motorway speeds and comes with ABS brakes. Traction control helps safe riding, while keyless ignition and a parking brake make your life simpler. It looks good value at £5999. BMW C 400 X BMW is expanding its maxi scooter range with the C 400 X that sits below the 650 models in power, performance and price.
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  Top 10: Scooters 2020 (Article)
  As a scooter aimed at commuting duties, it has a tight turning circle, excellent low-speed stability and strong, progressive brakes. The 350cc single-cylinder engine also makes easy meat of town riding thanks to plenty of grunt right from tick-over. It’s free from vibrations, will whisk you to the motorway limit with no fuss and you should see around 200 miles per fill of the tank.
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  125cc Scooter of the Year shortlist (Article)
  If that sounds dull, don’t believe it for a moment as the PCX is very enjoyable to ride thanks to its nimble handling and excellent ABS-equipped brakes. Best of all, it’s an affordable scooter you can use and revel in all-year round. Running costs are very affordable thanks to a claimed average fuel economy of 133.9mpg, which we found was closer to 110mpg in the real world.
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  Top 10: Best used scooters (Article)
  It’s also typically Honda reliable, comfortable and cost-effective to maintain. We’d search out a post-2009 SH125 to make sure you get the rear disc brake, but otherwise this scooter is incredibly easy to handle and the 16-inch wheels make light work of potholes and offer superb stability. Yamaha Aerox The Aerox is another longstanding machine to make our Top 10 and with good cause.
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  Top 10: Cafe racers in 2023 (Article)
  You’ll also notice the Racer is quite heavy at low speeds, but this is common to all BMW Boxer bikes in our experience. On the move, though, the handling, steering and brakes are all precise and measured on their reactions.
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  How to buy a classic car (Article)
  Some even want to go the whole nine yards and experience driving on a race circuit without over-bearing traction control and the anti-lock brakes of modern cars.  Just man, and machine. But how do you know which old clunker is right for you? Classic cars are an emotional purchase – you don’t buy them like you buy a modern car.
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  Top 10: Winter tyres (Article)
  The tread pattern of the AllSeasonContact has fewer sipes than most rivals, but it offers a great amount of traction - even in snow - and strong front end grip.  The Continental do well in wet and dry conditions too with reliable, reactive braking and the tyres are also very quiet and refined even at high speeds. A reduction in rolling resistance ( the energy lost when a tyre is moving) also means the AllSeasonContact are very fuel efficient.
• MoT Test Results and MoT Advice (Article)
   With brakes, it should be easy to spot when things are going awry: spongy pedal feel, squeaky noises, a scraping sensation, or the car pulling to one side. You can check the brake fluid reservoir yourself (see handbook for details) or take your car to a trusted garage for a pre-MoT assessment.
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  Top 10: Used Motorcycles for £3000 (Article)
  The 125cc single-cylinder engine comes with 15bhp and will whip you up to 85mph, so it can deal with motorways like few others of this capacity. It can also deliver 134mpg to be easy on the pocket. Good handling, strong braking and fine comfort make it a bike you’ll want to use and the MT-125 comes with a surprising amount of standard kit. You get an LED headlight, digital dash, inverted front forks and even a radially-mounted front brake caliper.
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  Top 10: 125cc motorcycles 2020 (Article)
  It also allows more experienced users to flick into bends and make the most of the composed suspension and strong brakes.  The 125cc four-stroke engine is a willing helper in all of this, while comfort is excellent too. Then there’s the neat digital dash, stylish looks and curvy rear swing arm: it all adds up to one of the most desirable 125s out there.
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  Scooter of the Year shortlist (Article)
  >> Read the full review Kymco X-Town 300i ABS Details like span-adjustable brake levers, so you can set them to the right reach for you, elevate the Kymco above the herd. Especially when you can have all of this for less money than all of its major rivals. Add in the 71.3mpg average consumption and servicing every 6000 miles instead of half that for many competitors, and you'll see why we think the Kymco X-Town 300i ABS sits firmly at the head of the Maxi scooter class.
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  Top 10: Diagnostic scanners (Article)
  Besides checking and clear codes, it can show live data – including two readouts on the same graph simultaneously – and reset oil warning lights and electronic parking brake systems. The NT614 will also automatically identify the car it’s been plugged into, improving its accuracy and ease of use. It has a 4.3-inch colour display, too, and features an impact-resistant case and free lifetime upgrades.
• Review: Volkswagen T2 Danbury Camper (Article)
  Launched in 1967, German production stopped way back in 1979, but the model kept going in South America, and it’s still alive and well and rolling off a Brazilian assembly line, although looming air bag and anti lock brake legislation killed it off by 2012. The Type 2’s extended Indian Summer saw it make a re-appearance in Britain, thanks to an enterprising business based near Bristol, which imports these vans and turns them into motor homes (and usually switches them to right hand drive).