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Motorcycle Radar: 1985
By Roland Brown on 25/11/2010 16:02:24
International roadtester and motorcycling sage Roland Brown looks back at the years that changed motorcycling over the decades…
none of the impact of the legendary Le Mans of the Seventies. Ducati, recently bought by the Castiglioni brothers, unveiled a stylish, fully-faired 750 F1 Replica that had cheap suspension, mediocre brakes and a high price. Once-mighty Laverda still had
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Valentino Rossi History and Facts
By Visordown on 18/07/2010 13:44:03
Information and history on the Italian multiple MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi riding for Ducati in 2011
at Sachsenring.For 2011 the story that Valentino Rossi to Ducati dominated the news headlines and ending the Rossi Yamaha partnership where many thought he would end his career. The Rossi DucatiAnother Valentino Rossi rumour was of a move to Formula 1 after Rossi
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The most exotic Honda CBR954RR ever...
By Gus Scott on 15/09/2010 15:13:50
If you're totally serious about winning the hardest of the real road races - the notorious Macau GP and Isle of Man TT races - you need the evilest, fastest, trickest machinery available.
not going too badly. A Formula 1 win for Joey the legend - sadly his penultimate TT win, as he died just weeks later at a road race in Estonia. McGuinness was third, as Jeffries broke down whilst in the lead on the V&M R1. Moodie took a fifth place
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Ten reasons why Rossi rocks
By Robin Goodwin on 05/01/2011 10:51:43
Here are ten for why Valentino Rossi is the greatest...
-road buggies and cars at a very young age continuing with Formula 1 and WRC drives now. But this has grown further, Rossi developed his two-wheel skill with an affinity with all forms of bikes, be it two or four-stroke - jumping off his NSR500 to win the Suzuka
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MotoGP Evolution - Race tech to the road
By Gordon Ritchie on 30/03/2006 12:18:23
Four years on from the advent of MotoGP, and with the 800cc formula beckoning, there's just one thing missing: the trickle-down of race tech to street bikes. Why?
to meet national and global superbike regulations - this was Formula 1 for two wheels, lads! You could almost hear them phoning up suppliers for titanium cam followers and the latest valve lift software from a whole continent away.The marketing people were
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The Six Sexiest Bimotas
By Roland Brown on 20/12/2010 11:04:40
Their business history may be erratic and their electronics legendarily so, but the one thing Bimota have always been able to do is bolt together a damn fine-looking motorcycle. Here’s the six sexiest bikes they ever built.
success was the Formula One world championship won in 1987 by Virginio Ferrari aboard the FZ750-engined YB4. In 2000, Australian Anthony Gobert won a World Superbike round at Phillip Island on a TL1000-engined SB8K.But by then Bimota was deep in another
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10 things to look forward to in 2012
By Ben Cope on 15/12/2011 16:45:26
Read this, then go and hibernate for a few months
1. 1000cc MotoGPSure, any year has to be better than the one we've just had, what with the loss of Marco Simoncelli, thin grids and an off-form Valentino. When GPs switched from 990 to 800, everyone knew it was going to be a bad step and let's face
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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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Motorcycle Radar: 1990
By Roland Brown on 24/11/2010 15:58:06
1990 was a mixed year for motorcycling. Remember the Laverda Navarro?
.Bike of the YearKawasaki’s ZZ-R1100 wasn’t simply the fastest superbike the world had ever seen, it brought a whole new dimension to warp-speed riding. The Big K’s engineers used all their conventional tuning tricks on a new 1,052cc, 16-valve motor, then added a
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2010 BMW S1000RR vs. 2012 S1000RR
By Ben Cope on 29/02/2012 14:29:25
A look at what's new on the 2012 BMW S1000RR
2011 Model2012 ModelCapacity (cc)999cc999ccBore/Stroke (mm)80.0/49.780.0/49.7Max Output (bhp)193193Max Torque (lb-ft)8282Compression Ratio13.113.1Final Drive Ratio1:2.5881:2.647Wheelbase (mm)14321422.7Tank Capacity (L)17.517.5Wet Weight (kg)204204
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