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Oakley's new MotoGP sunglasses
By Ben Cope on 19/04/2010 14:26:28
Four different styles of sunnies as worn by very fast MotoGP gods
or the more garish Yellow & Orange Oakley Jupiter modeled on Andrea Dovizioso’s Honda, support your favourite team or rider by wearing the eyewear dedicated to them. Pictured above: Oakley Fuel Cell for Ben Spies, Yamaha - £100Styles Available:Oakley Fuel Cell
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Dovizioso swaps Showa for Ohlins in Brno test
By Ben Cope on 17/08/2009 12:30:45
Factory Honda squad pitch Showa against Ohlins in search for grip at Brno test session
ANDREA DOVIZIOSO has been spotted testing Ohlins suspension at the Brno MotoGP tests today.Honda have opted to try the Ohlins setup following successful tests in Japan. The Factory Honda duo of Dovizioso and Pedrosa are now putting the RCV212V
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Rossi is latest of the late brakers
By Ben Cope on 10/09/2009 13:55:26
It's no surprise that Rossi tops the list of the late brakers but the top ten makes for interesting reading
reduce speed from an average of 170mph to 50mph in a little over six seconds. Impressive stuff. MotoGP Top 10 Late Brakers List1. Valentino Rossi (Fiat Yamaha Team)2. Andrea Dovizioso (Repsol Honda)3. Jorge Lorenzo (Fiat Yamaha Team)4. Loris Capirossi
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Ultimate Trackbike 5: Chili's WSB Ducati 916
By Ben Cope on 20/01/2011 11:22:44
Got £45k kicking about? 'Course you do!
WSBK1996 World Superbike ChampionshipTeam Gattolone (Andrea Merloni)Rider PierFrancesco ChiliWinning in Monza and Brands Hatch see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYPphw-SNH8Technical manager was Piero Giannesin, GPM Racing see: http
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2011 848 Challenge championship standings
By Ben Cope on 26/09/2011 14:51:50
Q: Where did everyone end up? A: Chundering in Aaron Brown's van
3118. Peter Hasler 3019 Alexey Ivanov 1720. Dean Skipper 1621. Wesley Pearce 1122. Dan Cruickshank 10= Ben Cope 10= Bruce Wilson 1025. Rob Hoyles 826. Sy Langford 727. Olie Linsdell
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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...
recently. So I bought a new suit and went off to London for the posh awards ceremony with Andrea. With the calibre of the people I was up against, especially Sir Bobby Charlton, I was just honoured to have been nominated, and never gave the idea of winning
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Geeky snippets ahead of the Phillip Island MotoGP
By Ben Cope on 13/10/2009 16:52:41
Get your anoraks out, here are some MotoGP facts for all you race fans out there
two years.Andrea Dovizioso won the 125cc race at Phillip Island in 2004 by just over one tenth of a second from current MotoGP rivals Jorge Lorenzo and Casey Stoner. His third place finish on a 250cc machine in 2007 is his only podium at Phillip Island
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Edwards closes in on Morris at Cadwell
By Ben Cope on 01/09/2011 10:37:52
The 848 Challenge rumbles into deepest Lincolnshire
the Italian rider Andrea Padovani (Mercedes Vito Sport/Ducati UK) clipped the wheel of Clinton De Tarnowsky (Ohlins P&H Motorcycles) through the new chicane on lap two, forcing both riders out. Gilbertson was right on the tail of Edwards, and on lap three put
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