’s logos have been swapped for old tents while the ‘hospitality areas’ are a packet of biscuits in the toolkit and a couple of well worn mugs wearing as much grease as they are tea stains.If road racing is a religion in Ireland then this paddock

Ducati 600 Monster, a GPz500S or a big Supermoto will do nicely.Because this, my friends, is Mid-Wales - home to probably the best concentration of great riding roads our sceptred isle can offer, and all within a modest trot of those major conurbations

A CAMPAIGN to expose the UK’s deteriorating road system has revealed the worst roads as voted by the public. The two roads that ‘won’ top awards were the B6343, near Morpeth, Northumberland for major road category, and Fieldhead Lane, close

Your line on a circuit can be distilled down to a series of braking, turn-in, apex and exit points linked together. It's the same on the road, but different. There are far more variables to be assessed and positioned for on the road, and it

Think twice before letting your road rage get the better of you, as there is bound to be someone willing to escalate it further than you. The above footage is the perfect example. Shot in Brazil, it begins with a motorcyclist kicking the bumper of a

was killed when his motorcycle was in a collision with a Peugeot car travelling in the other direction. The car's four occupants sustained minor injuries. The road was closed for five hours as officers carried out a full accident investigation.A local

BUELL – in the form of Erik Buell Racing – is making a return to road bikes production this year with its 1190RS, and the firm has posted this sneak preview of the bike on its Facebook page.In a complicated saga that saw Harley-Davidson, as owners

were about to be put through the bloody grinder and no mistake. Let thrashing commence!Four sportsbikes, four TT racers, and one TT circuit. This is what happened...Start the TT road test 2/7THE OTT TESTERSDave Jefferies, TT Legend6-times TT winner, big

and doctor. “It started seven years ago,” says Leatt. “I was competing in an off road event and a guy crashed and broke his neck. We worked on him for ages administering CPU but it was no good. It was when they were carrying his body off the hill I thought

Unless I'm on really wide, open roads I short-shift most of the time on a 1000cc bike. The huge amount of torque available means acceleration is still brisk, and power delivery is much smoother to use and safer at low rpm. R1s are amazing; you can