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MotoGP Mugello Race Report - Great Expectations
By David Emmett on 02/06/2008 16:24:47
There's no bigger race than your home race. And home races don't come much bigger than Mugello. Will the Italian fans get the winner they crave?
, and any further down the field verges on the impossible. Just to add to this pressure, Rossi hasn't lost a race at Mugello on a four-stroke MotoGP bike. As far as his fans are concerned, this weekend's Italian Grand Prix must follow a prearranged script
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Living with a 2004 Yamaha YZF-R6
By Tim Dickson on 15/06/2004 10:18:07
Tim proves that the Yamaha R6 can handle the tracks, the commute and life as a tourer
. It's a real step-by-step process and every little helps. He's intelligent, he's fit, strong and the right build for riding a four-stroke. I've obviously been watching him more closely since and he's done exceptionally well at two very different tracks
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American Muscle - Yamaha V-Max
By Jon Urry on 09/09/2009 17:39:26
In 1985 Yamaha launched an unashamed brute of a bike. Born on the drag strip the V-Max was a mass of metal and chrome which instantly drew a cult following. Now, 23 years on, does the old master still command any respect?
, which didn’t really arrive. Sure there is a boot, but it’s nothing like the two-stroke kick that some owners were talking about. Hit the sweet spot and it goes, but the bike is so torque-laden before this point it just feels like it is pulling even
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Living with a 2005 Kawasaki ZRX1200R
By Warren Pole on 15/08/2005 14:37:02
Warren 'Wozza' Pole blagged a Kawasaki ZRX1200R in 2005 and wrote this here review on it
compliance as standard with more adjustment into the stiffer end of the spectrum), some bouncing up and down and a bout of thoughtful chin stroking, Hagon MD Derek whisked my bike away.The results were enlightening. Dyno testing of the original shocks proved
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The 50 Best Things In Motorcycling
By Two Team on 24/10/2007 18:35:38
In celebration of TWO's 50th issue-versary we've compiled, arbitrarily and without consultation, this definitive list of the 50 best things in biking, ever
was a Freddie Spencer rep, although I didn't know it at the time. It was definitely very loud - it had an old school Harris four-into-one pipe with a stubby un-silencer - and he definitely went very fast on it. He used to overtake our bus on the way
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Heads up - naked 1000s test
By The TWO team on 19/03/2008 22:50:25
The TWO team head onto Britain's roads to test seven of the best naked 1000cc bikes and come back with bug-splattered visors and stiff necks
without going so that fast that you end up travelling back through time just to get your kicks each time you ride. Which is where this collection comes in. They're all packing serious 1,000cc firepower and come in all shapes and sizes. Inline four, V
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Road Test: R1200R v. XB12R v. GT650R v Multistrada
By Jon Urry on 26/05/2008 14:59:28
Talk of twins and it's a fair bet you'll be imagining a Ducati 999 or Aprilia Factory. But what are the 'alternative' two-pot choices?
, and back to the matter in hand: twin cylinder motorcycles. Specifically these four takes on the type, all quite different and with little in common bar the number 'two' - two wheels, two cylinders.First we have Ducati's Multistrada, or Uglystrada
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MotoGP Motegi Race Report - The Top Step
By David Emmett on 30/09/2008 21:06:56
MotoGP went to Japan, where Valentino Rossi had his first chance of securing the 2008 title. But Casey Stoner wasn't about to give up his crown without a fight.
pulled off a remarkable achievement. Not only had he clinched his 6th MotoGP title and his 8th world title in all, he had also won at Motegi for the first time in 7 years, and the first time on a four-stroke. A track which had defeated him regularly over
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MotogGP 2007 Season Preview - Into The Unknown
By David Emmett on 05/03/2007 12:04:41
The 2007 MotoGP season is upon us. Get ready!
be up to speed, in every sense, after a full year of learning the four-stroke ropes. Then there was the meaty issue of the new 800s: what would they be like, and how would riding styles have to change to make them really fast? And finally, to top it all
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MotoGP Sepang Race Report - Under The Weather
By David Emmett on 21/10/2008 00:04:30
The MotoGP riders were greeted by hot, humid conditions at tropical Sepang. It was to be a war of attrition.
As the bikes sat on the grid, revs raised and nerves strung tighter than piano wire, the riders stared at the lights even more intensely than usual. The fading of the lights unleashed a howl of screaming four-strokes, and 19 of the most advanced motorcycles
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