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GP Allstars quiz Valentino Rossi
By Gordon Ritchie on 22/09/2010 10:56:45
In 2004 Kevin Schwantz, Wayne Rainey and Freddie Spencer, champions all, grill Valentino Rossi on himself, his bike and his MotoGP opposition (such as it is)
of the sport's all-time greats - Kevin Schwantz, Wayne Rainey and Freddie Spencer, the men he hero-worshipped as a kid - he positively rubbed his hands at the prospect of answering them.Kevin Schwantz graduated from Superbikes with Suzuki in the 1980s and won
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Bike Icon: Honda VFR750R RC30
By Stuart Barker on 30/09/2010 14:32:10
Handbuilt in Japan by HRC and available to Fogarty, Hislop and Joe Bloggs, the RC30 was, and is, a little bit special
beat it away from traffic lights. With a top speed of 155mph, the RC30 was, quite simply, the only bike to have in the late 1980s and early '90s and for many people now that's still the case.It was discontinued in 1993 to make way for the supposedly
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Bike Icon: Yamaha RD400
By Stuart Barker on 26/10/2010 17:23:27
Post RD350 and pre RD350LC there was the RD400. Cool doesn't even come close
the streets of Britain on the bike which paved the way for the epoch-defining RD350LC of the early 1980s.But things weren't all rosy; the RD400 also had its fair share of problems. While the bike's rapid fire acceleration was legendary, riders faced a problem
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Special K: Project ZX-7R
By Bertie Simmonds on 11/12/2002 16:58:03
The Kawasaki ZX-7R is overweight, lardy and obsolete. Just like Bert in fact. But take both of these old buggers, strip them bare (well, maybe just the bike), put them on the track and what do you get? Carnage, probably. Behold Bertie's project ZX-7R
and all-round know-how for tuning engine and suspension.Personally I've always had a soft spot for Kawasakis and especially the ZX-7R. Since the late 1980s, I've watched spellbound as a succession of madmen have raced the inline-four ZXR and later the ZX-7
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The bad boys of motorcycling
By Visordown on 23/11/2011 10:26:45
Drug smuggling, GBH and murder; these nine are the baddest of the bad from the world of motorcycling
(think Glastonbury but without the mud) and cut several singles in the early 1980s.Read more about Marco LucchinelliBilly LaneWilliam David ‘Billy’ Lane became famous through his many appearances on Discovery Channel’s Biker Build-Off programme. He owns
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MotoGP: Marlboro Ducati Laguna Seca preview
By Visordown News on 18/07/2007 09:22:30
Team press release issued before Laguna Seca
. In fact the entire circuit is a bit of a rollercoaster, starting with Turn One, an ultra-quick lefthander over a brow that is one of MotoGP's greatest tests of bravery. The infield section (completed in the late 1980s to bring the track up to GP spec
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MotoGP: Phillip Island - Marlboro Ducati team prev
By Tim Skilton on 09/10/2007 16:08:30
Team preview of this weekend's Australian GP
races way back in the 1920s, when riders competed over a dusty 12-mile street circuit and the only access to the island was by boat! The circuit fell into disrepair but was redeveloped in the late 1980s and hosted Australia's first bike GP in 1989. Lap
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Road Test: FZ6 v Z750S v SV650S v ER-6N v Hornet
By Jon Urry on 08/05/2008 22:32:15
Five middleweights and a bunch of lightweights head off for the perfect pint of real ale in the UK's best pub.
not all of them flattering. Bertie likened it to a 1980s two-tone Toyota Corolla, while Stuart thought it looked like, "an ER-5 that's been given a make-over by Colin and Justin." But its looks do grow on you, and after riding the bike you can't help
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First Ride: 2004 Moto Guzzi Nevada Classic 750
By Roland Brown on 30/03/2008 20:03:31
The Nevada name has been part of the Moto Guzzi catalogue for more than a decade now, but this year it's a 90% new bike.
? After all, Guzzi has been building V-twin customs since the early 1980s, and few people outside Italy have bought one, especially in recent years. Yet these two are having the time of their lives aboard what looks at first glance to be a slightly tarted
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James Whitham Column - Jun 2009
By Ben Cope on 01/06/2009 14:35:11
Mr Whitham makes the trek down from ‘Uddersfield to London to not win a literary prize for his fine book, and is completely aghast at the price Southerners pay for a cab ride...
was trying to rip you off, it was every young mans duty to bale out and run away. And the drivers knew this. It was like unwritten law. And make no mistake, doing a runner from a Huddersfield cabbie in the 1980s was more dangerous than tunnelling your way out
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