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Road Test: RS v Raptor v GPR v CBR v Van Van v DT
By Luke Ponsford on 18/05/2008 22:46:39
You're young, dumb and flush with enough cash to fill your tank. Bike mad teens after a groovy 125 to cut their two-wheeled teeth on are spoiled for choice these days, so which to choose?
sweet-fuelled road trip to Brands Hatch BSB Ah, the heady days of youth. Running amok in a carefree world filled with girls, excitement and cheap cider. The glory days, the best times of our lives. Well, maybe in an ideal world. But I remember those
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The trials & tribulations of Foggy Petronas
By Stuart Barker on 09/01/2008 14:57:49
At the end of this season Team Foggy Petronas will be no more. After five years the team still hasn't won a WSB race and the FP1 road bike has yet to go on general sale. So what went wrong?
was already an established name in Formula One when it decided to venture into bike sport. The combination of proven Swiss F1 engineering and financial backing from Malaysian oil giant Petronas looked promising when the project was unveiled at the first GP
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First Ride: Moto Morini Corsaro
By Roland Brown on 29/04/2008 22:54:13
Shiver my timbers, it's a new Moto Morini. But will this pirate sail the high seas or walk the plank to Davey Jones' locker?
You've got to be one hell of an optimist to invest a large wedge to set up an Italian bike firm. The list of famous marques that have recently hit financial problems, if not actually gone bust, ranges from Aprilia to MV Agusta, via Benelli, Bimota
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Buckmaster lambasts Martin over TT behaviour
By Visordown News on 23/06/2010 07:56:02
He needs to drop the ‘I am only interested in racing my bikes and sleeping in the van act’
than competitive. Guy was challenging for the lead in the second Superbike race after leading on lap one when he crashed and would have finished second in the opener if it hadn’t been for a time penalty. That’s impressive for our first go at the island
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The Professionals - Bradley Smith
By Visordown on 07/10/2010 16:53:12
Like a racing version of Mick Hucknall, 17 year-old Bradley Smith talks about learning to drive and meeting girls...
, so I’m not too heavy and can still get away riding a 125. As long as I fit I’ll ride that bike, but I think I have one, maybe two seasons left before I move up to a 250. But it is a result-based move.How do you find time to balance the whole school
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The Professionals: Tim Maccabee - Ducati UK Managing Director
By Visordown on 20/10/2007 12:50:07
He's the man who's in charge of Ducati's UK day-to-day operations, so what's it like dealing with the Italians?
. For example, there weren't even staff contracts in place until last year. We had lots and lots of passion, we still do, but now we have the routines in place so the company runs on a more efficient keel. Who actually owns Ducati now and how financially stable
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Motorcycle Radar: 1993
By Roland Brown on 24/11/2010 15:59:25
Roland Brown gazes back to what happened in the motorcycling world in 1993
but its 888-derived frame gave ace handling. The launch was based at Ducati boss Claudio Castiglioni’s posh hotel in Varese, and by the time I’d reached the end of the twisty drive I was in love with the Monster’s blend of style, grunt and sweet steering
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Jamie Whitham Column - Mar 2002
By Jamie Whitham on 01/03/2002 13:04:56
Knocking yourself out snowboarding and beating everyone else at Trivial Pursuit. It's easy.
was good at entertainment, fashion and TV. Iain Campbell were pissed both times and he kept shouting out the answers, whether or not it was his turn! Basically there were 14 completely different people, backgrounds, financial situations, personalities
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Jamie Whitham Column - Sep 2001
By Jamie Whitham on 01/09/2001 14:20:08
GPs are going to lose two-strokes and Foggy celebrates his 36th (40th!) birthday
, a couple of other people, and we had a great time just sat on the beach. Because Foggy was with us we never got charged for the parasols and all that, even after Foggy went home.Jane and Phil were going to stay in a tent at the campsite next
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Motorcycle Radar: 1989
By Roland Brown on 22/11/2010 15:28:35
Liquid-cooled multi-valve engines. Some bikes even had aluminium frames. Yes, it was 1989
of the crowd as local hero Wayne Gardner crossed the line to win the first Australian 500cc Grand Prix, after a four-way battle that must go down as one of the all-time great races. But not being Australian did rather take the edge off my fun.The season’s best
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