| |
 |
Face Off - Mackenzie V Hislop
By Stuart Barker on 23/04/2010 09:45:54
In 1998 the fiercest battle between two team-mates took place in British Superbikes. Niall Mackenzie and Steve Hislop set the racing scene alight with their increasingly vicious clashes
“Now we know the rules - there aren’t any.”Niall Mackenzie was not a happy man. Usually one of the most jovial riders in the paddock, his brow was clearly furrowed in the post-race interview. It was Oulton Park, 1998, the second leg of the second race of the BSB season and the so...
|
|
 |
Ten years of BSB
By Stuart Barker on 01/05/2006 11:39:29
BSB's champions tell Visordown what made British racing great again, and what their titles mean to them
This year marks the tenth anniversary of the British Superbike Championship as we know it. In that time, it's gone from being a second-rate, mostly non-televised race series with crowds of just 3000 to being the world's premier domestic championship
|
|
 |
John Reynolds - Retirement Plans
By Stuart Barker on 22/09/2006 16:28:36
After 20 years of racing, John Reynolds is now watching bike racing from the safe side of the fence. We ask the BSB legend about his career-ending crash, retirement, his plans for the future and what it's like not to be racing bikes for a living
"I don't get the bad dreams anymore where I wake up with a start as I'm being thrown over the highside. They've gone."John Reynolds is finding retirement to his taste. Apart from sleeping better, he's hopefully had his last taste of hospital food for some time. Reynolds hasn't ...
|
|
 |
Bad Boy No 8: Kim Ashkenazi
By Stuart Barker on 07/12/2010 15:31:13
Possession of Class A, B, and C drugs with intent to supply and child pornography charges halted the talented Ashkenazi's career
of the British Super X championship in 2003.In between his motocross and Supercross outings, he dabbled in road racing with some degree of success. While he raced in a single World Superbike round as a wild card in 2001, failing to score any points, he was more
|
|
 |
Bad Boy No.3: Juan Garriga
By Stuart Barker on 06/12/2010 15:38:38
When the fast pace of Grand Prix wasn't enough Juan Garriga turned to the fast pace of drug smuggling, here's the untold story
class, finishing a credible sixth place overall in the championship in what was his rookie year.Garriga went on to finish seventh in the world in 1991 and ’92 and enjoyed a career-best result of third at the British Grand Prix in what was his third
|
|
 |
Lucky Stars - Superstitious racers
By Stuart Barker on 15/05/2009 14:48:43
Rossi, Foggy, Sheene - In this age of space technology, it's comforting to know that bike racers are a desperately superstitious bunch
this wasn't a regular habit and he's never worn her knickers.After posting the fastest lap in practice, Carl went on to win both Superbike races and naturally put his success down to the green vest. A double win at Donington in the British Superbike
|
|
 |
I Love The 90s
By Stuart Barker on 04/11/2010 09:39:01
Choose a FireBlade. Choose a Ducati 916. Choose born-again bikers, track days, Mick Doohan and Carl Fogarty. Choose the 1990s.
Choose a FireBlade. Choose Britpop. Choose British Superbikes. Choose Carl Fogarty, Mick Doohan and Wayne Rainey. Choose the Spice Girls, Oasis and Take That. Choose a Ducati 916. Choose born-again bikers, track days, Playstations and the Simpsons
|
|
 |
Fast Masters
By Stuart Barker on 02/11/2008 14:02:20
Why are some riders faster than others? Is it fear that stops us, a lack of technique or a state of mind? TWO examines what being fast really means and uncovers the secrets of going faster
us and hope for the best? TWO asked masters of various two-wheeled disciplines to tell us what going fast means to them.NIALL MACKENZIE is a former Grand Prix god and three-time British Superbike champion. He's also Rizla Suzuki's racing operations
|
|
|
|
|
