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Cycle News 2014 Issue 10 March 11 2014

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IN THE WIND P24 NEW HOREX "LIMITED" H orex presented its new VR6 Café Racer 33 Limited at the Motorräder show in Dort- mund/Germany this past week- end. Only 33 of the VR6s will be built at a cost of 33,333 Euros ($46,242). The new Limited is the third variation of the Horex VR6 streetbike, joining the Roadster and Classics that were introduced last year. The Limited features an Öh- lins FGRT fork and TTX36 rear shock, special Kineo-spoke wheels, LSL-clip-ons and rear- set footpegs, a steering-damper, a different and more sporty seat with a special passenger back seat cover, a rounded headlamp and a new aluminum cover for the radiator. The color is called, "brownish silver." The six-cylinder produces a claimed 126 horsepower and is housed in an aluminum chassis. The latest creation was built in conjunction with the renowned German accessory specialist company LSL. Gerhard Rudolph PHOTOGRAPHY BY BUENOS DIAS PRESSFOTO T he final pre-season test for the MotoGP World Championship ended on Sunday in Qatar and it was both a good and bad day to be named Espargaro. Good if you are older brother, Aleix. Not so good if you're the younger brother, Pol. Aleix Espargaro ended up the fastest of the three-day test by virtue of his 1:54.874 on the final day on his NGM Forward Mobile Racing Yamaha; his brother Pol, meanwhile, ended up with a bro- ken collarbone after crashing out with just two laps to go in his race simulation. The MotoGP rookie and non-defending Moto2 World Champion did, however, clock the second fastest lap of the test – a lap that was just .033 of a second behind Aleix. Aleix Espargaro's best lap on the "Open" class Yamaha was just .2 of a second off the 2013 ESPARGARO: GOOD AND BAD PHOTOGRAPHY BY GOLD & GOOSE

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