lowers to locate the radiator drain bung if it has one, or the drain bung on the water pump housing. Undo this and drain the coolant out into a large bowl.Once the coolant has finished draining, position the bowl underneath the radiator and remove

and zinc-plating done at local firms, and finishing touches like new cables and rubber parts are sourced from new-old-stock (NOS) but pretty much everything else he does himself in his garage. The most impressive thing for me is the fact that all

Whitham's Onboard Lap - RC8RParkalgarve circuit in southern Portugal is the world’s newest top level race track. When I was out there last November to commentate on the WSB round, workmen were still putting the finishing touches to the place, so

Our recent moped run to the classic racing bike gathering at Spa Francochamps in Belgium (see page 86) was one of the best trips in ages.  Andrea and Ruby flew out to meet me and we spent the weekend catching up with old friends and hanging out

slid at the same time and he was down.I went over the start and finish and saw my pit-board said +7. That'll do, just bring it home. Half a lap later, coming out of a fast right I hit a puddle, the back slid out, I tried to just roll the gas off

...I run a "sensible" car, my hair is starting to recede, and the passage of time seems to have been compressed somehow, but it really isn't so long ago since the best sports bikes were of 750cc capacity. From the launch of the first GSXR 750 in '85

Captain Jack Burnicle and my own part-time commentary job took us to the Nürburgring in Germany recently. The racing was good and all, but you probably know that anyway. For me, the best part of any trip to Nürburg is having a lap round the old

in the late seventies of “sell by” dates. Normal people will naturally go for the item on the shelf with the longest time left before the sell by date . . . . not Pa’ Whitham ! . . . he would actively root through the shelves to find the packs that were out

the session had finished that really got the paddock talking.As soon as his mechanic had relieved him of his bike, emperor Max set off towards the Yamaha garage where Melandri was just taking his helmet off. You could tell something was kicking off by Max

as it turned out) was number 95. I shoved him over, picked up my bike, re-mounted and finished the race in third position. Even as I was going round I realized what I’d done was wrong. But I didn’t know how wrong until I got back to my van and looked