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Niall Mackenzie Column - Mar 2008
By Niall Mackenzie on 12/03/2008 12:42:26
His childhood idol was Holly Johnson and his favourite film is Grease. Has Mackenzie finally lost it?A new year gets Niall all reminiscent about his childhood, global warming and small capacity fun.
favourite new bikes in the flesh for the first time. I childishly compile a mental list, usually saving the best for last. This year it was the Ducati 848 (1098 for girls) the Desmosedici RR (1098 for the super rich) the Honda Fireblade (big effort to match
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Niall Mackenzie Column - July 2008
By Niall Mackenzie on 13/07/2008 10:02:11
Ex-grand prix legend turned super-fast roadtester Niall Mackenzie is relishing the opening few rounds of the British Superbike season
caused Sykes to crash which lead to Haslam’s disqualification.In the meantime Shane Byrne seems pretty cool on and off track, as he appears to cruise round on the awesome Airwaves 1098R Ducati. Many have called Superbikes ‘diesels’ for some time now
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Niall Mackenzie Column - Feb 2007
By Niall Mackenzie on 01/02/2007 10:27:32
A South African experience has seen Niall Mackenzie return a changed man. It could have been "I'm an ex-GP racer, get me out of here!" But no, Spuds concedes, Ducati are the boys
They say the best form of therapy is to admit you've been in denial. Hold your hands up and then the recovery process will begin. Some cynical part of me has never given Ducati the respect they truly deserve but I'm pleased to say I have finally
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Niall Mackenzie Column - Nov 2007
By Niall Mackenzie on 01/11/2007 19:40:34
Somewhere between his last Bacardi and Coke and the laments of Scottish folk-singer Amy Macdonald, Niall's developed a taste for old American bikes...
the same. It might not be a match for that same Ducati 1098 round Brands Hatch but it still oozes individuality and will make you grin after every outing. So I've figured I've good reason for not worrying because for every obsessive like me
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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...
the rebellious attitude of the Kawasaki ZX-10R or the wonderful looks of the Ducati 1098. It also doesn’t have the monstrous grunt of the Suzuki GSX-R1000 or the refined engine and chassis package of the Yamaha R1. Should you be in the market for a comfy, fast
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Niall Mackenzie Column - Aug 2007
By Niall Mackenzie on 01/08/2007 19:24:22
The latest superbikes are festooned with complicated technology, but Niall isn't sure that all these electronic bells and whistles do anything for the riding experience...
, but when I asked Andrea Forni, the technical director of the Ducati 1098 project, the same question he reckoned "no road bike needs a slipper clutch but there is the option available in the kit parts list if you really want one." If you do find the rear
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