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Bad Boy No.4: Mick Doohan
By Stuart Barker on 06/12/2010 16:29:16
Doohan was a hardman even when the Arai came off, here is a chronicle of his brush with the law
Before Valentino Rossi came on the scene, many people were calling Mick Doohan the greatest motorcycle racer of all time. The Australian was the absolute master of the fire-breathing two-stroke 500cc machines when they were at their most evil and he
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The Jerry Burgess interview
By Jon Urry on 28/03/2008 16:58:21
He's been the anchorman behind Doohan and Rossi, TWO talks to MotoGP guru Jerry Burgess
, so I guess somewhere in there we hit on the right note.DO YOU AND VALENTINO EVER DISAGREE?Our disagreements aren't as black and white as they were with Mick Doohan. Valentino is very receptive to my suggestions, whereas with Mick you'd have to do
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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
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A Different League - Valentino Rossi
By John Hogan on 14/04/2010 14:15:56
Through exclusive interviews with the people who know and race against him, we get inside the mind of the greatest motorcycle racer the world has ever seen
They are lodgings that are utterly without charm, and on a dark night, one of the last places on earth you’d like to be holed up. In Valentino Rossi’s own words, the Motegi track hotel in Japan is a “faintly disturbing place” which looks like the Overlook hotel from The Shining. ...
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Turn your son into the next Stoner
By Mark Forsyth on 19/04/2010 12:56:31
You like bikes and you’ve got kids – but what do you do if they show talent on two wheels? Here’s our invaluable guide to propelling your offspring to racing’s elite stratosphere
Ask anyone what makes a race champion and the answers are always the same. Speed, style and commitment. A lack of career opportunities (read: distractions) focuses the hunger further. A few years ago I was lucky enough to ride Mick Doohan’s NSR500
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Dr Claudio Costa - Medicine Man
By Harriet Ridley on 14/09/2010 15:50:07
Meet Dr Costa. He's a very passionate Italian who has spent the past 30 years at motorcycle races fixing up racers who crash. Here's his story
of Franco Uncini and Virginio Ferrari and saved the limbs and careers of Mick Doohan and others. He introduced to bike racing the security and understanding of a medical team devoted to motorcycle racers at a time when you'd have been lucky to find a plaster
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Max to Supermax
By Gordon Ritchie on 28/03/2002 10:49:25
Four years into his 500GP career, and Max Biaggi still hasn't won the ultimate prize the sport can offer. In a couple of years, he lost to riders he is rated higher than by most. When will Max become more than just another factor?
, especially against the 'best-ever' Mick Doohan and a whole legion of experienced 'best of the rest' vee-four competitors?Max answered swiftly and emphatically with a win in his first ever 500 race, at Suzuka. The significance of securing pole position
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The Rise and Fall of HRC
By Visordown on 25/03/2009 14:53:10
We all got so used to Honda winning everything for so long that their slow-down in race results, followed by recent pull-outs, have sent wagging tongues into overdrive. What’s really going on at Honda and why?
, and their numerical domination of most other classes. Doohan, Lawson, Gardner, Dunlop, Merkel, Spencer, Kocinski: the list was endless and assured. No one could deny that Honda had it all under control when they chose to wind up the wick, on any number of fronts
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The bad boys of motorcycling
By Visordown on 23/11/2011 10:26:45
Drug smuggling, GBH and murder; these nine are the baddest of the bad from the world of motorcycling
GarrigaMick DoohanMick Doohan is one of the greatest motorcycle racers of all time, conquering the 500GPs in the 1990s on the fierce Honda NSR. He was famed for his ultra-aggressive style and absolute disregard for pain and injuries, but after suffering
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Motorcycle Radar: 1994
By Roland Brown on 24/11/2010 11:52:46
Despite falling almost in the middle of a decade, 1994 was a year of fresh starts.
The list of new bikes was headed by three that would have huge influence: Ducati’s 916, Triumph’s Speed Triple and BMW’s R1100GS. In racing, Messrs Doohan and Fogarty began their eras of dominance.STARRING ROLEFrom the moment that the 916 turned a
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