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Mod 2 bike test ...looks tough
By Ben Cope on 18/04/2011 12:29:01
In my day, it were once around the block and if you didn't fall off, you passed
Cor, that new bike test looks tough. Check out this guy going through his Module 2. 'Twere much easier when I were a lad...(p.s., it's not really the Module 2. We've heard that's MUCH harder.)
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Lorenzo can't claim to be squeaky clean
By Ben Cope on 10/05/2013 11:27:10
Video of Lorenzo's racing surfaces from 1997, showing that he's not afraid to block pass
Lorenzo might have been unhappy with Marquez's move at Jerez last weekend, but this video of Jorge Lorenzo back in 1997 shows that he's prepared to make do or die moves to get to the top.
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Master Overtaking on the Track
By Niall Mackenzie & James Whitham on 22/11/2010 11:50:28
Former top level racers, Niall Mackenzie and James Whitham both supervise their own track days. They know everything about overtaking on track...
block pass.Block passing is a technique derived from motocross, where a rider accelerates going into a turn before the apex and slips his motorcycle on the inside of the leader, then quickly pivots to make the turn directly in front of him. This forces
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Motorbike found in sewer
By Visordown News on 10/11/2011 11:57:41
Creates log-jam
million clean-up bill — a cost which is passed onto customers. Burton's 700km sewer network is the most congested in the midlands.A Severn Trent Water spokesman commented: 'Other more common items we find blocking sewers and drains are things like cotton
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Hayden: It was a "backyard move"
By Visordown News on 20/09/2010 10:41:16
Ducati man robs Lorenzo for deserved podium place
that fourth wasn't good enough for me today. I did a bit of a backyard move in the chicane over there and managed to hold him off to the line." The American block-passed Lorenzo on the closing stages of the final lap of the race. "It's nice to be on the podium
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Yamaha boss warns Rossi over tactics
By Visordown News on 11/10/2010 10:28:55
Masao Furusawa 'asks' nine-time World Champ not to replicate Motegi brawl
the Sepang race, passing Lorenzo with a textbook block pass onto the circuit's start-finish straight.
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Biaggi and Melandri receive warnings
By Visordown News on 28/03/2011 09:20:44
Pair given a warning by Race Direction following qualifying behaviour
Superpole session and ninth position on the grid. Melandri - who also saw a warning from Race Direction - decided to give Max a handful of payback by placing a block pass on Roman Emperor.The poor-sporting behaviour Biaggi continued in the final stint
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Midge Smart: Knockhill R6 Cup report
By Midge#53 on 18/07/2006 20:52:00
Midge Smart is campaigning in this year's Virgin R6 Cup, he writes for Visordown
and pulled into the pits. A few of the other guys did the same - just bangin' in a few scrubber laps to get the edges roughed up a bit. In the race itself I got a pretty good start putting me into 2nd by turn 1. Grant did a 'kind of' block pass at turn 3, he
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Top 10 Used Adventure Motorcycles
By Visordown on 15/04/2010 11:12:41
These big trail tools are bitching fun and practical too. Visordown lists the best used big capacity adventure style motorcycles
and blocking the 1 in 3 hairpins.Stelvio Pass THE famous one – with good cause. Those well surfaced hairpins just keep coming and the view more amazing. Located in the Italian Alps north of Bormio and a worthy highlight of any two wheeled trip.Click next
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Jamie Whitham column - Dec 2005
By Jamie Whitham on 01/12/2005 12:20:53
Whit casts his mind back to the first time Niall shafted him
chicane he just shafted me big time. He came barrelling up the inside and couldn't stop. I would probably have done the same. It was just a block pass, and I was off into the grass. I wobbled round and got back on the track to finish ninth. It was still a
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