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Crazy TT vantage points: part one
By mark forsyth on 16/05/2011 11:11:11
You don't get this 'closeness' at Silverstone
If you're going to this year's TT in a few weeks, you could watch at the Grandstand. You could also watch somewhere predictable like Creg ny Baa or Quarter Bridge.I suggest you don't.Barregarroo (pronounced baggarrow) dip, as this video shows quite graphically, is the sort of van...
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Mike Edwards: Crazy Old Man
By Admin on 02/10/2006 17:19:50
Mike Edwards, superfast racer and ACU riding coach
the 'Crazy Old Man' race, a race you can only enter when you're over, ahem, 40. Mike battles it out against Swiss rider Peter Huber. Peter's on a GSX-R1000 with slicks. If you want to see just how fast a GSX-R750 can go, you ought to check it out.If you go
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Xaus: 'S1000RR is crazy'
By Visordown News on 19/01/2011 10:45:31
Xaus rates his chances with the returning Castrol Honda squad in comparison with his two seasons onboard the factory BMW
. In some corners and tracks it is really good. But then on the other side it’s crazy and difficult to ride on stop and go circuits.” continued Xaus.Commenting on the CBR1000RR Fireblade he will contest in the 2011 season: “The Honda is more functional
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Think the M25's a crazy place?
By Visordown News on 25/05/2010 12:56:52
It's all happening in the rush hour on Dubai's motorways
ROLLING BURNOUTS, powersliding, 4x4s driving on two wheels - it's all just part of the usual motorway antics in Dubai's motorway rush-hour traffic.Think we're joking?Via: Pistonheads
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Crazy computer bod goes batty around Oxford
By Tim Skilton on 09/07/2007 10:50:51
Fund raiser's Russian bike expires on M25
How crazy Martin might look, probablyCOMPUTER WHIZZ KID Martin Gibson is riding 8,000 miles to Mongolia on a 125cc motorbike to raise funds for a children's charity.Mr Gibson, 23, and friend James Symes, 29, are starting their epic trip later
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Crazy man base-jumps with MX bike
By Visordown News on 06/05/2011 08:45:29
Take one perfectly good motorcycle, and...
OK, so Travis Pastrana has done something similar before but the footage in this video is well worth a look.Base jumper Julio Munoz took three years planning this jump in the Chilean Andes. He flew all his kit and team in with a helicopter and launched himself off a huge cliff ed...
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Crazy TT vantage points: part two
By mark forsyth on 18/05/2011 14:53:19
Gorse Lea - flat out on a 600
On a 600 Supersport bike, top TT riders are using full throttle for more than 70% of a lap and Gorse Lea, a fearsome right hander just before the riders turn right at Ballacraine traffic lights, is a great example of the commitment you need to do this.The apex speed is probably c...
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Horex – is the crazy VR6 just a start?
By Visordown News on 11/02/2011 15:11:16
Even madder W8 engine could be next
OF all the new bikes launched last year the supercharged Horex VR6 – complete with its unique narrow-angle V6 engine – was certainly the most ambitious. But its creators might have something even more insane up their sleeves.The original patents for the Horex, filed several years...
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Hayden: 'People who think Rossi isn't trying are crazy'
By Visordown News on 25/07/2011 16:20:00
Rossi's team mate talks about Rossi's performance at Laguna Seca
racer: he doesn’t make mistakes and give you anything. A couple of times I thought I might be able to go up the inside, but I’m not just going to close my eyes and knock us both down trying for sixth place. People who think he’s not trying are crazy. I
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MotoGP Claiming Rule: 'Crazy and bizarre' says Burgess
By Visordown News on 09/08/2011 15:53:18
Burgess unsure of what new ruling really means. While Poncharal steps in to defend it.
the new ruling crazy and that it would be 'bizarre in any form of racing sport’.The criticism may come from a lack of understanding for CRTs as Rossi's crew chief goes on to say that the rules should be further explained, adding: "Nobody really knows how
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