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OCTOBER 2022 (# 279 )
COMMENT - " Weaponizing Ukrainian Victory in the Fight Against Inflation " ...................................................... 4
Are we cowards ? Robin Bradley is in full-on rant mode this month as he berates the ' allies ' for failing to recognize the multi-layered self-interest that requires us to bend every sinew to defeat 21st Century Russian fascism . With sanctions failing to hobble the Russian state , the Ukrainians are showing that they can get the job done , if they are given the ammo and kit .
ZERO DSR / X - " Electrified Adventures " .................................................................... 8 Just three months after Italian electric motorcycle trailblazers Energica unveiled the first fully electric Touring motorcycle , Zero ' s new DSR / X Electric Adventure Sport model further demonstrates that electronification doesn ' t need to be restricted to urban mobility . Loaded with all available Cypher III + features , it is " purpose-built to handle everything from the twists and turns of mountain roads to taming terrain beyond where the road ends ."
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INDUSTRY EXTRA - Torture-Testing the Performance Machine Way ........................ 32-33
With 50 years of growth and heritage behind it , the move to new premises at Cerritos , East of Los Angeles , California , gave Performance Machine the opportunity to reconfigure production processes that had grown organically as the product range and sales had grown .
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