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MotoGP Misano Race Report - Fairy Tale
By David Emmett on 01/09/2008 23:33:31
After Casey Stoner's crash at Brno, would he be back, and ready to ruin Valentino Rossi's fairy tale of getting a record-equalling 68th win at the track just a stone's throw from Rossi's home?
gave reason to suspect that Stoner had been under pressure, the evidence that it was a direct and inevitable result of pressure from Rossi is flimsy at best.Coincidence?Casey Stoner's modus operandi has always been simple: to get away if he can
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MotoGP Valencia Preview - End Of An Era
By David Emmett on 24/10/2008 00:19:59
The end of the 2008 MotoGP season beckons, but before that, there's a race to run. With little to gain, there's nothing to lose either, and only pride at stake. That is surely the best recipe for some great racing.
well and can get close enough out of the final corner to draft the riders ahead down the front straight, while making use of the bike's ability to change direction around the many tight turns in the stadium section of the circuit.And Loris Capirossi
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All Rounders
By Jon Urry on 20/01/2008 16:59:18
Why let your choice of bike confine your riding experience? Expand your horizons and visit new places with the latest breed of multi-tasking bikes, the BMW R1200GS, Honda CBF1000F and Triumph Tiger 1050
and changing. From its early days as a more off-road orientated bike BMW has gently swayed the GS's direction far more to the open highway than the green lane. Although they don't like to admit it the latest generation R1200GS is only really an off
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Further Education
By Tim Dickson on 23/07/2008 11:09:34
Passed your test and got your bike licence? Congratulations, but there's still a lot to learn. Do you want to take your riding to the next level? Here's eight things you need to know
left to go left. But because it doesn't have DSA approval, it's left to the training schools to teach it or not."If you ride a bike and get it safely round corners, you're already countersteering. There's no other way to get a bike to change direction
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Kings of the Hill
By Warren Pole on 18/03/2008 22:58:28
Ducati's Hypermotard goes toe-to-toe with KTM and Buell through the vicious twists and turns of a Championship hill-climb event in Wiltshire
, rampantly, barking, it's easy to get on with from the start, and it'll handle motorways and traffic better than anything here. If you're modern enough to set off in this wonderfully rabid new direction of motorcycling, KTM are still leading the way.WHAT IS A
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Used Review: Yamaha Fazer 1000 V Honda Hornet 900
By Chris Moss on 05/04/2008 13:18:13
Both these bikes are the product of 'modular engineering'. But do they represent a good buy?
, and muscling the Yamaha around doesn't need much effort at all. Even when you're going fast, changing direction requires nothing more than a slight tug on the bars and weighting of the footrests. The Fazer might not boast the sort of sharp chassis geometry
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Made In Britain
By Gordon Ritchie on 01/09/2005 20:25:31
Britain can be considered, in many regards, as an epicentre of world racing. Come again?
edge Superbike product, direct descendants of their GP development programmes. When one of Michelin's latest tyres was nicked from their truck in Mondello, it underlined the fact that it was available to be used in Britain in the first place.BSB took
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NEC International Motorcycle Show 2005
By Admin on 27/10/2005 12:24:53
A round up of this year's NEC motorcycle show
rivals. Yamaha describe the MT-03 is a 'Roadster-Moto'. It uses the single-cylinder 660cc engine as seen in the XT660 series, housed in a very stylish, funky chassis. Yamaha harps on romantically about the pulsating engine appealing directly to human
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2008 Yamaha YZF-R6 is revealed
By Admin on 10/09/2007 15:54:03
Yamaha release images of their new supersport model
600cc in-line 4-cylinder 4-valve•Bore x stroke 67 x 42.5mm•Maximum power 135 PS at 14,500 rpm with direct air intake•Equivalent to over 200PS per litre•Yamaha Chip-Controlled Throttle (YCC-T)•Slipper clutch•Titanium EXUP " Exhaust Ultimate Powervalve
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MotoGP Winter Testing Roundup
By David Emmett on 14/12/2006 21:18:56
What's happened at MotoGP testing so far?
to have headed off in the wrong direction, with the software updates applied in Jerez turning out to be what are known in programming as "bug-for-bug releases", where the solution for a particular problem causes 15 other problems to spring up in its stead
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