place finish for Pedrosa, whilst relying on Casey Stoner to hold off Lorenzo for third place. It was all or nothing for Pedrosa, and on the day he couldn't deliver. Taking a slightly wide line on turn four of the second lap, his rear tyre gave way

IN the inaugural Silverstone 200 support race for the British MotoGP, Shane Byrne was victorious in the two 100km races.The event saw a mixture of riders from different series and categories with superbikes facing off against supersport machines

off-guard by the announcement, which was made late on November 5. Suzuki's bike business is certainly stronger than its car arm in America, but has still faced enormous challenges since the start of the financial crisis. The firm didn't import any 2010

; if you ran out of juice, you'd hop off and push (wearing a suitably chagrined expression). For Californian electric bike designer Dan Hanebrink, though, walking is so last year. His new Hustler X5 electric sportsbike promises a very respectable 80 mph

isn't all that different.OK, so there is pretty much zero attempt at off-road ability from the 2013 Caponord, which is based on the engine/chassis combo from the firm's Dorsoduro 1200, but it's still firmly focussed on a growing group of bikes

doing 120mph, 12 seconds after you set off, you're hooking 5th at 150 but then that rush of acceleration simmers down as you hook 6th and watch the digits creep up at a rate that feelings painfully slow. One seven seven, seventy eight, eighty, you crouch

 Scorpion exhausts make you feel. Something to do with evoking passion, performance and the heat of competition. To be honest I’m not really sure about all that marketing mumbo jumbo. What I am sure of though is that a rebrand is a risky business and on the face

as the "stars" has long been dominated by Superbike and Fast Bikes, both of which I havn't bought since the 90's. Lets face it if I want to buy trash like the daily Sport, I'd buy the real daily sport with real tits instead of tit heads. Streetfighters

it focuses the mind, for sure. Off road bikes are a doddle, though.My technique is a two-stager: to kill the motor when the front wheel’s in the back – issue the trusted helper with instruction just to keep the bike level - while I jump onto the tailgate

stride. I was flat out along Cronk-Y-Voddy straight, desperately pressing my face against the Triumph's LCD clocks to get out of the battering wind – Hutchy was on cruise-mode behind me. He came past me on the downhill left after Handleys. Like I’d just