load bikes into the back of my Ranger pick-up by walking along side, first gear engaged, engine running and control the loading speed up the ramp on the clutch.It’s a ridiculously high pick-up bed and when a bike weighs close to a third of a tonne

THIS could be the bike that a new generation of riders will one day look back at with misty-eyed memories of their youth – the first sports bike developed specifically to cater to the new “A2” European licence rules that come into force on January

of the grid, would you have come first place on Sunday!?I don’t know, it’s hard to say because looking at my race pace we could have been definitely on the podium 100%. Now, if you’re battling at the front, the way I look at it, there’s always two carrots

DANI Pedrosa claimed his third victory in a row for Honda, in torrential rain at Sepang, Malaysia.The race was red-flagged on lap 14 as conditions deteriorated and just 13 riders were still running when the race was stopped. At first

desperately needed to make up the points he missed out on at Assen.He got off to the perfect start, taking the lead into the first corner and controlling the race from the front. Unable to pull a big gap, Edwards showed his guile and experience in keeping a

I have to admit, I struggled to like the Thruxton for the first couple of days we were together.The environment didn’t help, though. I had two long motorway trips to do and, as is usual in my World, I was short of time and therefore in a hurry

. If that wasn’t bad enough his loaned R1 was on brand new rubber and had no back brake hooked up – largely thanks to the fact that he now has to shift gear with his right foot.For the blast up from Ballacraine to Kirk Michael, he looked like he’d got into his

by Cameron Donald who lapped at 126.379 with Bruce Anstey third quickest with a 125.306.In the dry conditions yesterday evening, William Dunlop was quickest in what is looking to be a hotly contested Supersport class, lapping the road circuit in 122.904mph

,000 V4 Desmosedici, in many ways the 1098R is actually tricker and a better track tool.Launched in 2008 the 1098R was the first motorcycle to get traction control, something Ducati didn’t fit to the 2006 Desmo despite it costing nearly twice as much