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Gordon Ritchie Column - Feb 2006
By Gordon Ritchie on 01/02/2006 10:13:55
Gordon Ritchie charts the Pirelli pilgrims' progress
. The years when Dunlop was occasionally in a contraflow on the Spaghetti Junction of tyre development in its race to keep up. The year when Pirelli was supplying only a couple of minor teams, dreaming of playing hard ball with the big boys. The year, same
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Gordon Ritchie Column - Feb 2005
By Gordon Ritchie on 01/02/2005 15:05:51
The Return of the King
. That would be the case irrespective of who was supplying the tyres - Michelin, Pirelli or Dunlop. Even if the Pirellis were the equal to the 2003 Michelins, the world may be asking too much to expect for big improvements in lap times from the official rubber
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Gordon Ritchie Column - Oct 2005
By Gordon Ritchie on 01/10/2005 14:34:47
Punters' progress
and repeatability issues were most noticeable by their absence. Compared to the wails of Brno, it was silent rubber running. Indeed the keenness of race times, lap times and qualifying times were the closest to the previous Michelin and Dunlop records that they have
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The failings behind the Suzuki MotoGP project
By Gordon Ritchie on 14/07/2010 09:31:32
On the back of the success of the GSX-R common sense would suggest that when four-strokes were introduced with MotoGP the knowledge would transfer to the GSV-R
-from-2001 1000.Early V-four circuit tests, and others on the dyno back home, were so encouraging that Suzuki - prodded by the riders - pushed to get four-strokes in MotoGP from day one. The 2002 bike came shod with Dunlops, but these lasted only a couple
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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?
.But the biggest single influence Britain has in racing supply comes from Dunlop. With bases in Japan and the UK, Dunlop is still a major player in the racing scene. Most of the racing efforts are headed up by Brits, charging around the world's paddocks, Brummie
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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
to the new-for 2001 1000. Early V-four circuit tests, and others on the dyno back home, were so encouraging that Suzuki - prodded by the riders - pushed to get four-strokes in MotoGP from day one. The 2002 bike came shod with Dunlops, but these lasted only a
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