away when you open his new book, Motovudu - Dark Art of Performance. Every aspect of track riding is explained and illustrated in a way that is simple to understand no matter what your level of ability or experience.Simon talks you through

.Exhausts these days are becoming a work of art, and this one is no exception. The stubby silencer and pipe sits directly under the engine, and I think it looks the part. It makes a good noise too, unmistakably Yamaha but with quite a loud distinctive growl. If I had

weekend’s British Championship at Cadwell Park) said no thanks. He only managed one lap of practice then it was Claudia Costa’s state of the art hospital on wheels for the next three days. He has performed miracles on me many times in the past so we

Along with every other motorsport fan in the UK back in 2001, I couldn’t wait for the opening of the fantastic new £60 million pound Rockingham Circuit near Northampton. As I drove in I was blown away with the acres of parking behind the state-of-the-art

. Incredibly it was built from scratch in just six months but from the moment you turn in the main entrance you can’t fail to be impressed with this no compromise state of the art motorsport facility.I find this place a bit too daunting, but don’t let that put

being some motocross engine shoehorned into a steel trellis frame the 250GPR is just a small step down from Sandro Cortese’s world championship winning Moto 3 machine. As you’d expect being a state of the art GP machine the chassis and suspension

and smaller 16.5-litre tank. Following on from the the 1000's love-it-or-loathe-it 'chubby' silencer, the new 600's pipe is a work of art. The stubby tail pipe is tucked neatly under the right footrest while the silencer blends in with the black belly pan

-into-one exhaust was a work of 1976 art. Seeing that particular tool parked up each morning was probably the highlight of those chilly 4.45am rises, beaten only by the eight quid wages that were handed over every Friday.I see the little Hornet 600 as the 21st

miles from Donington, Niall Mac, the Crescent GSX-R and our photo shoot, and I was late already.A blurred glance at the stock GSX-R's speedo (I was shivering that much) showed I was doing 70mph. I needed to go faster, so I pushed up to a ton but all

600."The problem is that there isn't such a thing as a bad 600 anymore," reckoned Niall as a conclusion after deciding that Sean Connery's performances were a bit wooden."That's right. I remember a few years ago, there used to be good ones and ones