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2012 motorcycle racing calendar
By Visordown on 16/02/2012 11:08:32
One stop shop for the 2012 MotoGP, World Superbike, British Superbike and road racing calendars
FebruaryWSB: 26th - Phillip Island, AustraliaAprilWSB: 1st - Imola, ItalyMotoGP: 8th - Losail, QatarBSB: 8-9th - Brands Hatch IndyBSB: 15th - ThruxtonWSB: 22nd - Assen, NetherlandsRR: 27th/28th - Cookstown 100, IrelandMotoGP: 29th - Jerez, SpainMayMotoGP: 6th - Estoril, PortugalW...
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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...
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Colin McRae at Play
By Visordown on 28/11/2002 16:02:17
What do you do for kicks when your name's Colin McRae and your job is driving a 300bhp rally car over a variety of non-stick surfaces at 130mph? Simple, buy a bike. And not just any bike, a £35,500 British Superbike replica Suzuki GSX-R1000...
to the job of getting the McRae adrenal glands pumping. Hence this machine. It's an exact copy of John Crawford's ETI Suzuki GSX-R1000 machine which he's been racing in British Superbikes this season."It all snowballed a bit, to be honest," admits McRae, 1995
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Chris Walker columns from TWO magazine
By Chris Walker on 27/10/2002 11:02:07
Chris Walker, GP, World Superbike, British Superbike; he's done it all. And here it is, in his own words
you can't afford to be a day behind. If we could change more on the bike it would help, definitely. The superbikes I've been used to racing have loads of adjustment built into the chassis, put the weight anywhere you wanted to. On the NSR
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Settling the score - Mackenzie v Whitham
By Visordown on 28/03/2008 15:52:00
In 1996 Niall and James were team mates in the British Superbike championship. Niall won the title and James came second. Now, for the first time in 11 years, they prepare to face each other on track again on identical Yamahas for one final showdown
THE HISTORYThe 1996 British Superbike year was special for a number of reasons. This was the year when the series really started to gain popularity.Big name sponsors such as Cadburys and Old Spice were onboard and the TV coverage was increasing
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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
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Motorcycle racers on Twitter
By Visordown on 14/11/2011 12:24:20
Do you like to follow people? Is finding out what someone had for breakfast in under 140 characters your thing? Step inside for our ultimate guide..
Visordown twitter.com/visordownMotoGPAlex De Angelis http://twitter.com/AlexDeAngelis15Aleix Espargaró http://twitter.com/AleixEspargaroAlvaro Bautista http://twitter.com/19bautistaAndrea Dovizioso http://twitter.com/AndreaDovizioso Andrea Iannone http://twitter.com/andreaiannone...
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Weird Weekends: BSB with the Rizla squad
By Luke Ponsford on 29/12/2006 14:29:26
There is no 'i' in 'team', but there are four in 'freeloading, indolent bike journalist'. Ponsford joins the Rizla Suzuki BSB squad for the 2006 championship's last hurrah
SO HERE I am at my very first British Superbike meeting. And it's really quite exciting - probably because I'm not experiencing any of it from the crowd, but rather from on the grid. The very front of the grid.Immediately behind me are the creme de
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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 ...
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Big Bang Theory - Virgin Yamaha R1
By Tim Dickson on 29/07/2005 13:27:00
Big bang motors have arrived in BSB. Virgin Yamaha's R1 breaks the mould, not the rules
' concept to the world.Now the same sound can be heard in the UK, thanks to the out-on-a-limb inspiration of Rob McElnea's Virgin Mobile Yamaha team. Nicknamed the Scunthorpe Pig, Rob's big bang R1 has spiced up the British Superbike mix, generating interest
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