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Niall Mackenzie column - Apr 2006
By Niall Mackenzie on 01/04/2006 11:13:58
Fast cars, Clarkson, tea breaks and trackdays
, and that will greatly benefit your road riding.Every year I meet thousands of riders, aged 17 to 70, who leave track days smiling. If you have the slightest desire get one booked and get the same view of the circuits as your BSB and MotoGP heroes.
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Niall Mackenzie Column - Jan 2005
By Niall Mackenzie on 01/01/2005 13:14:20
Winds of change blow again
so well.Players' player award 2005?I interviewed pretty much every BSB rider on the TWO Magazine stand at the NEC show and - interestingly - just about every one said John Reynolds would be the man to beat over the season. The only potential fly
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Niall Mackenzie Column - Jan 2008
By Niall Mackenzie on 15/01/2008 09:53:11
Niall’s special friend has been riding the ‘08 Fireblade, and by all accounts it’s an incredible new bike. You needn’t worry about the styling when you’re riding it, he reckons...
seconds off his lap times with the 2008 machine and felt it was like a proper race bike in the process.There is no denying the Fireblade’s Superbike success with Toseland’s WSB and Kyonari’s BSB titles, but all this was done with mega-buck factory
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Niall Mackenzie Column - May 2007
By niall mackenzie on 01/05/2007 19:06:53
With each new year we're greeted by ever-faster, ever-lighter and ever-cleverer sportsbikes. So what's happened to the lap times, asks a bemused Niall Mackenzie
Motocross, WSB, MotoGP and of course the jewel in Donington's annual crown of world-class events, the Day of Champions Niall Mackenzie ride-in on 21 June! I've had so many happy memories at Donington in the last two decades so, like the dedicated staff, I
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Niall Mackenzie Column - Oct 2007
By niall mackenzie on 01/10/2007 19:35:28
Good racers come and go, but great racers you can count on one hand. Niall wonders just what it is that makes the elite capable of doing what they do at the weekend?
Rossi's good but Doohan's the man, says NiallDuring a recent visit to my gym, a MotoGP fan sweating next to me on a cross trainer suddenly enquired "is it normally the rider with the biggest balls that does the winning?" I'm not sure if he
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Niall Mackenzie Column - Sep 10
By Niall Mackenzie on 02/08/2010 13:25:26
As Visordown (the magazine) is now only www, this grizzled old boy must face a new digital future on the world wide web. This online-distributed column was a Niall Mackenzie production
Ten years ago from July I decided to hang up my leathers and end my days earning my living as a professional racer. I was flattered that both the Yamaha and Suzuki BSB team bosses still called to see if would change my mind however I hadn’t won any
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First Ride: 2002 Crescent Rizla GSX-R1000 review
By Niall Mackenzie on 15/09/2010 17:03:43
If the fastest, bestest big-bore sportsbike in the world is just too passé for you, then look no further. Nothing shouts 'look at me' more than a beefed up, tarted-up über sportsbike
Click to read: Suzuki GSX-R1000 K3 owners reviews, Suzuki GSX-R1000 K3 specs and to see the Suzuki GSX-R1000 K3 image gallery.The feature that stood out on the Crescent Rizla replica Gixer when I picked it up at the Oulton Park BSB round
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Tyre launch: Pirelli Diablo Rosso
By Niall Mackenzie on 10/02/2008 16:51:29
Pirelli’s new Diablo Rosso tyres caters specifically for riders of sportsbikes and street bikes
Pirelli Diablo Rosso Niall Mackenzie Catalunya, Spain 13 February 2008One hundred years ago Pirelli trounced the opposition by winning the 17,000km Peking to Paris rally, not a bad achievement considering it was their first entry into a major motor
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Winter weather but summer carries on.
By Niall Mackenzie on 14/06/2011 12:43:34
New kit and what about Vale at Silverstone?
Aye, it’s been a another good week in the world of Niall Mackenzie. My friends at Moto Direct sent me a new RST Pro Series suit to try out, I acquired some new rubber for my S10000RR and young Taylor Mac splashed home to 12th place on his Aprilia
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Living with a 2006 Triumph Daytona 675
By Niall Mackenzie on 16/07/2006 09:55:02
Niall raves about the Triumph Daytona 675
track however and the GSX-R will win hands down, but I guarantee you will still have a ball on the Triumph.I rode 150 miles non-stop to the Thruxton BSB round at Easter but felt fresher at the end of the journey than I did over a similar distance I did
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