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Words: Nick Smirniw/Rob Harris   Photos: Wilfrid Gaube/Nick Smirniw Ducati. Say it with an accent. Du-CA-ti. Listen to the way it flows out of your mouth....

On the face of it there seems to be little change to the 2000 GS, and in reality the new GS is more evolution than revolution, with many parts updated using newer technology currently found on many 99 models.

Christmas comes but once a year. So do birthdays, but you can sod 'em both when it comes to a BMW press launch. It's like Christmas, Birthday and the annual vacation all at once, except that it's not freezing, sad or money consuming. It's a lot of fun, comes with all expenses paid and you get to ride a bike to boot.

Welcome to the fifth and final part of Team Frozen lake Dogs adventures at the 1998 Numb Bum 24 hour ice race.

How does Team CMG fit into this? Well, for some reason we thought that it would be a good idea – perhaps it would even be fun – but most importantly, it's for charity. So here begins the six-week quest for glory in the ultimate ice race ...

Returning to the land I'd given up just a few years ago in favour of my new home, Canada, I was given a typical English summer greeting of low overcast clouds and a chilly nine degrees Celsius as the plane descended from its sunny domain at 30,000 feet.

One fine summers day it suddenly dawned on me that it would be just a dandy idea to do a road test of some of the larger cruisers (Fat Bastards as I like to call them) that have appeared on our ever tasty bike menu recently. Let's see ... we have the Honda Valkyrie, the Yamaha Royal Star and the ever present Harley Road King. Cool, that should do it.

My first impression of the Bandit 1200, shortly after I picked it up at Suzuki Canada, was just how torquey the motor is. While doing a couple laps of the parking lot to familiarise myself with the bike, the front wheel would readily jump up a couple inches with just the slightest provocation.

The Bullet pushes a meagre 24 bhp (18 for the 350), but it's a torquey little bike with that one cylinder. The shifter is stiff and sluggish, and it's not always evident the gear has taken until you release the clutch. I keep reminding myself it improves with use.

I think I have a new favourite BMW, even considering my aging body and the mildly sporty riding position.