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10 minutes with... Colin Wright
By Tim Dickson on 29/10/2007 20:53:11
Esteemed paddock sage and no-nonsense team manager for GSE Racing's Airwaves Ducati British Superbike outfit talks investment, egos and free gum
Bancewicz and myself, so it was paid leave, and it was the hardest thing in the world. We knew we were going to stop in 2003 but at the time we didn't know if we were going to re-establish the team for 2005. Having said that, Darrell kept the race truck
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Robbie Maddison - Interview
By Visordown on 27/07/2010 09:29:30
28 year-old freestyle legend and long-distance record holder Robbie Maddison on back-flips, getting out of bed in the morning and that Las Vegas drop-off jump…
some of the other kids to stay on top of my game.[#1.2]Sometimes my body just comes apart for no reasonI see more of a future doing the big jumps. My passion is going places people haven’t gone before, and I can do that with the big jumps. I think 400ft
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10 minutes with... Gaston Howard
By Harriet Ridley on 20/10/2007 11:23:48
Meet Gaston Howard, professional stuntdouble for the likes of Will Smith and LL Cool J. Typical duties include jumping drawbridges in the dark and crashing Harleys. Yes, it's a dangerous job - but someone's got to do it...
it was game over.Shit! What did you do?It's pitch black. I'm looking down. I can't see the ramp. There's no reference point around me and I don't know where the camera is. If I go off the edge of the bridge it's a 100-foot drop and I just know I overshot
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10 Minutes with The Teutuls
By HARRIET RIDLEY on 01/04/2008 10:50:46
The hosts of American Chopper
successful, too. I started the steel business in 1972 with a partner who was a motorcycle enthusiast, so I started riding bikes with him and really got into them. I started building choppers for myself on the side, then people approached me for ideas
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First Person: Mark Croft
By Visordown on 23/09/2008 14:39:50
...Mark croft is the petrol head husband of former atomic kitten kerry katona. Among his many toys he has a new found passion for all things Ducati...
and bought a 2007 R1. But I found it hard to ride, especially compared to the ‘98 one I’d owned a few years earlier. I didn’t feel safe so I sold it after 400 miles.I started riding on an FZR400RR 10 years ago, then I got a ZX-7R. Next I had a ’98 R1 when
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Interview: Jonathan Rea
By Robin Goodwin on 23/03/2011 10:27:29
Taking time out from giving guided tours around the Isle of Man Rea talks about the 130mph crash, what his Fireblade would be like from a blank sheet and the character of Biaggi
in the MotoGP bike is when the bike gets to over 10,000rpm the thing really gets going. It produces all it's power really high. That’s really the main difference. The riding position is similar to my bike and so is the size, overall the whole package is a
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Mary Spies on Ben, crashing and being a bad mum
By Visordown on 03/08/2010 15:54:18
We’ve had enough of ‘motocross dad’ Now we’re most proud to introduce… SUPERBIKE MUM! She’s tough, she’s feisty, she’s always there for Ben... she’s Mary Spies
in the CMRA (Central Motorcycle Roadrace Association) and at 12 an expert in WERA (Western Eastern Racing Association). And in both classes he was the youngest ever to become an expert. At this point I felt like he was a champion, I didn’t have any doubt
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Vicky Butler-Henderson
By Visordown on 26/10/2001 16:18:01
Speed and Fifth Gear's Vicki Butler-Henderson seem somewhat impossible to separate.
, but we're not by and large the best drivers...So are you a driver first and a journalist second?Yes, I suppose so. Passed my car test when I was 17 but I'd been racing on tracks since I was 11 years-old. I was racing 100cc karts every weekend from 11
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Kenny Roberts
By Visordown on 27/04/2002 14:39:32
King Kenny Roberts in his own words. During a flying visit to his race factory in Banbury, TWO caught up with Kenny Roberts Snr to find out how he has remained one of the most famous and respected personalities in GP racing.
If there is another person in the world with a wider-reaching influence on motorcycle racing, with greater durability, or more immaculate racing credentials that Kenny Roberts, I'd like to meet him.I met King Kenny for this interview and only
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Simon Crafar: Let's get back to great racing
By Ben Cope on 14/02/2012 14:33:32
He fought the factory bikes on a satellite Yamaha and won. Simon Crafar on why CRTs are the future, the easy way to go faster on track and how he'd change Superbike racing for the better
to scrap it out, more people will be able to ride them. Don’t make the mistake of thinking CRT bikes will be slow. Just give them 12-24 months to sort themselves out.Ben Spies talks sense. I heard him say in a recent interview that because we’re going
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