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MotoGP Evolution - Race tech to the road
By Gordon Ritchie on 30/03/2006 12:18:23
Four years on from the advent of MotoGP, and with the 800cc formula beckoning, there's just one thing missing: the trickle-down of race tech to street bikes. Why?
Back in 1998, when Mick Doohan was in danger of boring the neutrals to death with his brilliance - that's where it all began. I remember the day very well. I was reminiscing about the on-track action while sitting in the star-studded environs of the Italian restaurant at Suzuka.W...
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Interview with John Hopkins at the NEC Bike Show
By Tim Skilton on 22/11/2007 16:29:40
Tim Skilton catches up with dentist-friendly MotoGP racer
been an almost unbeatable package all year. I feel for Rossi, man, because he's got his work cut-out next season. Trust me; I know how hard it's going to be for him!Are the current 800cc MotoGP bikes easier to ride than the 500s?For sure, it takes a
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The Visordown 'End of 2011' Quiz
By Ben Cope & Robin Goodwin on 21/12/2011 13:29:00
Have you been paying attention at the back?
during the 800cc MotoGP era?a) 9b) 8c) 512. Who replaced Jorge Lorenzo after the 2010 MotoGP champion lost the end of his ring finger at Phillip Island?a) Mai Nadasakab) Yoshihiko Nodac) Katsuyuki Nakasuga13. What was the race winning gap that secured
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Tracing the Crosstourer's V4 DNA
By mark forsyth on 23/02/2012 10:19:43
Part One: Ninety degree Vee
remained in the line-up ever since and now looks like a good fit among the swelling ranks of 800cc motorcycles like the FZ8, GSR750, Monster 796 - to name a few. The VFR800 still going a decade on? That’s some production run…
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The Power of Balance
By Ben Miller on 01/12/2010 12:27:54
MotoGP racers talk about it, road bike engineers strive for it and, if your bike’s got it, riding really, really quickly is easy. But what the hell is balance?
are you've been hearing the B word a fair bit recently, usually in reference to a Yamaha, be it the 800cc M1s of Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo or the superbikes of Ben Spies or, in the British domestic series, Leon Camier and James Ellison. In each
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The X-Craft versus the V-fours
By Gordon Ritchie on 09/01/2008 13:32:33
Suzuki's GSX-R1000 is a super-competitive racing package but the same can't be said of the MotoGP GSV-R. Gordon Ritchie asks why
becomes even harder and they have to redesign a new bike for the forthcoming 800cc rules. Even so, maybe our original question should not have been 'How can Suzuki not get their MotoGP bike to win when they win almost everything with GSX-Rs?', but 'How can
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