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Living with a 2001 BMW R1150R
By Gordon Ritchie on 26/04/2002 12:35:09
World Superbike journalist, Gordon Ritches, chose a BMW R1150R to review. And very nice he thought it was too
as far as costing it out and looking at insurance quotes until the falsetto chorus of "need a four wheel drive car for the winter" from the other side of the dinner table got the better of my protective hunter/gatherer instincts - and the piggy bank
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MotoGP Evolution - Race tech to the road
By Gordon Ritchie on 30/03/2006 12:18:23
Four years on from the advent of MotoGP, and with the 800cc formula beckoning, there's just one thing missing: the trickle-down of race tech to street bikes. Why?
was the original desire), then on sale '07. Personally, I can't wait for it to show up, sooner the better, even if it'll cost upwards of 50,000 Euros.Four-stroke MotoGP has certainly been as irresistible and technologically diverse as expected, at least
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The X-Craft versus the V-fours
By Gordon Ritchie on 09/01/2008 13:32:33
Suzuki's GSX-R1000 is a super-competitive racing package but the same can't be said of the MotoGP GSV-R. Gordon Ritchie asks why
for the MotoGP bike, it is nominal. I would say Suzuki's internal focus, development cost and people resource is completely different from most people's perceptions."So what's the split between Suzuki's efforts in production-based racing and MotoGP? "Because
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Carry On Doctor
By Gordon Ritchie & Niall Mackenzie on 22/10/2007 14:21:19
Against all the odds, Valentino Rossi took Yamaha's mediocre M1 to MotoGP victory this year. Here the champ takes time out to talk to our Niall about riding, winning and shoe-shopping...
DNFs this year, and still taking the championship one race early. Now that's a will to win at all costs.STATISTICAL ANALYSISIt was a simply astounding year for Valentino Rossi, who had already broken a record of sorts by becoming the first rider
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