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See Yourself Faster
By John Hogan on 27/05/2010 17:01:11
Your mental attitude is holding you up on track days. There’s another 15 seconds inside you just waiting to get out. With the help of a sports psychologist, we show you how
will always yield better results than spending £1,000 on slick tyres and a fancy exhaust. The bike can do it - it’s your head that’s the problem.To prove this theory we took a novice (our Art Editor Barry), an intermediate (Hogan, former Features Editor) and a
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Visordown versus Karl Harris
By John Hogan on 29/11/2009 12:12:24
John Hogan takes on Karl Harris in a fight. Excellent
happier if I could find someone in the bike industry that fancies taking us on at fly fishing. In the words of one of the greatest minds of my generation - Homer Simpson - ‘I’m in shape! Round is a shape.’” Result: we lose...Karl Harris: 2 roundsJohn Hogan
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KTM Supermoto Versus 250cc SuperKart
By John Hogan on 17/11/2010 12:30:17
Two wheels versus four wheels challenge. only with a difference. In the orange corner a rampant KTM Supermoto. And in the red corner is a vicious little 250cc superkart. the location was Lydd, the weather terrible, who would win in a five lap race
was hitting his braking markers. It sounded like death on a stick, the sound of it screaming its nuts off at 11,000rpm with an Akrapovic factory supplied baseline courtesy of a slip siding KTM was awesome to see and hear. Back in the pits Phil admitted that he
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2008 Suzuki GSX-R1300 Hayabusa
By John Hogan on 27/03/2008 11:20:21
After nine years waiting , Suzuki finally unveil their all-new Hayabusa. Promising 198bhp and the fastest acceleration of any production superbike, we spoke to the team of people who put it together...
The new 2008 HayabusaHOW fitting Suzuki chose Rome as the venue to launch the 2008 Hayabusa - after all, neither were built in a day. Suzuki have made us wait a full nine years for an update on the original 173bhp 194mph heavyweight hypertourer
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The White Helmets motorcycle display team
By John Hogan on 22/10/2010 11:37:08
The White Helmets display team have been entertaining kids at military tattoos for over 90 years. But in this day of psycho freestylers aren’t they just relics, a total anachronism?
’s for sure. When you take a place in the troop you undertake the kind of rider training most bikers can only dream about: compulsory wheelie training from 08:30 until 13:00, then backwards riding ‘til knock off isn’t an uncommon occurrence. Imagine that! New
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Hogan's Heroes: California Superbike School
By John Hogan on 02/08/2007 14:54:45
John Hogan learns the twist of the wrist at the California Superbike School
debrief, and during the course of the day I knew I was going quicker and my confidence was greater, even though four out of five of the riding sessions were soaking and I was on a 162bhp R1. Andy's approach to instruction had worked, he was drawing from
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Honda Ron Haslam Racing Academy Review
By John Hogan on 20/10/2010 10:59:51
We check out the Honda Ron Haslam race school and see if it's value for money
. Blindfolded. At 13 I could map-read like a WRC co-driver. Why? Because my dad (who joined the Army when he was 15) knew that one day I would be old enough for him to drive to Dover Army careers centre, where he would send me in. Then drive off. Dads, you gotta
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Time Tunnel - Shut That Door
By John Hogan on 19/10/2010 16:07:35
Triumph's Meriden Factory Closes in 1983, we speak to one of the men who was there at the time
Gary McDonnell worked at Triumph's Meriden factory in the R&D department when it finally closed its doors for good in early 1983. He currently works for Triumph in Australia."I started working in the Meriden Triumph factory when I was just 15 years
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Jet and Rent: Motorcycling in Libya
By John Hogan on 21/10/2010 15:11:57
It's easy to rent a motorcycle in Libya. We did it, here's how.
Name: John HoganBike hired: 1993 Honda 450 SteedMiles covered: 580Total cost: £1,213Pros: Totally unique, no tourists, Leptis MagnaCons: Complicated visa, dodgy drivingAdventure rating: Very highWelcome to the country they said we would never reach
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The story behind the revamped 2008 Hayabusa
By John Hogan on 21/06/2010 11:43:44
After nine years waiting, Suzuki unveiled their all-new Hayabusa in 2008. Promising 198bhp and the fastest acceleration of any production superbike, we spoke to the team of people who put it together
How fitting that Suzuki chose Rome as the venue to launch the 2008 Hayabusa - after all, neither were built in a day. Suzuki have made us wait a full nine years for an update on the original 173bhp 194mph heavyweight hypertourer. Time
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