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UK motorcycle club racing guide
By Robin Goodwin on 20/05/2011 09:54:43
Details for the main racing clubs in the UK
ACU licence test on a trackday. We list the cost, dates and application form you'll need.Suspension setupSuspension can provide a huge boost in your race performance. Learn how to get the best from your suspension with our motorcycle suspension setup
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Dr Claudio Costa - Medicine Man
By Harriet Ridley on 14/09/2010 15:50:07
Meet Dr Costa. He's a very passionate Italian who has spent the past 30 years at motorcycle races fixing up racers who crash. Here's his story
of motorcycle racing."But it was a battle. Before the Clinica Mobile was recognised as part of the racing organisation IRTA (International Road Racing Team Association) in 1994, laws in foreign countries often prevented Costa from treating his patients. In 1992
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Bike Icon: Kawasaki ZXR750
By Mark Shippey on 11/10/2010 13:09:50
Lean, mean and best in green, come and meet the best-looking mass production 750 four-cylinder sportsbike ever
in 1993 and was now fitted with the race engine from the K model. A few disgusting shell-suit paint jobs later and she was consigned to history, to be replaced by the equally famous ZX-7R.Kawasaki ZXR750 1988-1996 Timeline1988: Kawasaki build an endurance
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A Different League - Valentino Rossi
By John Hogan on 14/04/2010 14:15:56
Through exclusive interviews with the people who know and race against him, we get inside the mind of the greatest motorcycle racer the world has ever seen
, the RC211V, to go with Yamaha.It was the early hours of Sunday, October 5, 2003, and Valentino Rossi was the King Of The World. He had won everything he had put his hand to, nailing the 125 championships, the 250cc title and then the 500cc crown in just
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Rocket Men - The Racing Haslam Family
By Bertie Simmonds on 26/06/2002 15:50:55
The story behind the racing Haslam family
Here's a favourite Haslam anecdote. First race of the season in March 1999 at Brands Hatch and in the 125 race are two Haslams, Ron and his son Leon. Towards the end of the race, Leon is lying in third place with Ron just in the points in the top 15
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The 12 motorcycles that matter
By Visordown on 22/11/2011 12:35:55
We wouldn't be where we are today without these twelve bikes that changed history and in doing so, reached the coveted status of icon
about the Yamaha FS1-E here.Ducati 888The Ducati 888 is the Great Grandaddy of the 1198 and its awesome racing pedigree bred a road legend whose racing history is crucial to its status. Read about the Ducati 888 here.Norton CommandoMuch-loved and much
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Is motorcycle racing too dangerous?
By Visordown on 29/11/2007 13:18:15
After the recent tragic death in BSB, are we complacent about track safety in the UK or do we just have to accept that these accidents are part of bike racing
, the backbone of safe racing. We have quality. But what we don't have is quantity.ANTEATERClub racing may be well supported "darn sarth" but up here in the frozen North there is only a small pool of people involved in racing and despite best intentions, most
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Racing heavyweights: Europe v Japan
By John Hogan on 01/04/2010 11:13:25
Since the middle of the last century motorcycle racing has been dominated by these two heavyweights. With the most explosive race seasons in living memory upon us, who’s top dog?
MotoGP Bikes: Ducati Desmosedici v Yamaha M1 The best bikes in MotoGP are back to battle it out once again; same lap times, same rulebook, two completely different machines. How the hell does that happen?There’s no doubt which are the best bikes
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Max to Supermax
By Gordon Ritchie on 28/03/2002 10:49:25
Four years into his 500GP career, and Max Biaggi still hasn't won the ultimate prize the sport can offer. In a couple of years, he lost to riders he is rated higher than by most. When will Max become more than just another factor?
, especially against the 'best-ever' Mick Doohan and a whole legion of experienced 'best of the rest' vee-four competitors?Max answered swiftly and emphatically with a win in his first ever 500 race, at Suzuka. The significance of securing pole position
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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
the best of qualifying sessions. Last year, after a swap to Bridgestone tyres, John Hopkins was 16th, Kenny Roberts 18th - a marginal improvement on 2003's 17th and 19th.Contrast this with the success of the GSX-R series in every single class it competed in
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