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    ‘Trixie’ the Ducati-beater!

    Oct 14, 2018 2 minutes
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    Twenty years ago, the Yamaha TRX850 was a proven Ducati-beater – and the man who handed out the beatings was motorcycle journalist and race-bike tester, Alan Cathcart.

    Back in 1996, he won what became the Sound of Thunder world series with a Ducati-powered Bimota DB2 but switched to the TRX850 to try and repeat his success in 1997.

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