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MotoGP: 500cc Kings to ride at Motegi
By Visordown News on 24/09/2008 09:05:00
Honda's big-bore racing two-strokes take to the track once again
FREDDIE SPENCER, Mick Doohan and Alex Criville will take part in a special series of laps at Motegi this Saturday for Honda.The trio will be part of a series of events to mark ten years of racing by the MotoGP Championship at the Japanese track. The riders will take to the circui...
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VIDEO: Mackenzie fires up his GP500 Yamaha
By Visordown News on 02/12/2008 08:56:46
Visordown's wee Scot blows the dust off his GP bike at the NEC Show
160bhp - 115kg - now that's a proper racebikeTWO STROKE fans sit back and enjoy this short clip of Visordown's Niall Mackenzie firing up his Yamaha France YZR500 Grand Prix machine.The bike was ridden by Niall in GP500s in the early 1990s but is now
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Crafar: 'CRT is the future'
By Visordown News on 16/02/2012 10:37:45
Former GP500 winner speaks out about the controversial new class
FORMER GP500 winner, Simon Crafar, has spoken out about CRT, backing it as the future of GP racing.The new class has been a controversial talking point with everyone, from paddock insiders, to racing fans the world over. The CRT class shares a
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Doohan confirmed in Race of Champions
By Visordown News on 27/03/2009 09:07:29
Five-time GP500 champion to race in Portugal this June
MICK DOOHAN has been confirmed as one of the entrants for the 2009 Race of Champions.The five-times 500cc GP World Champion (when race bikes were real race bikes) has been announced by the event organisers as part of the event on June 6 and 7.According to the organisers, mighty M...
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Mamola: New YZF-R1 as compact as an R6
By Visordown News on 11/07/2008 13:25:54
Ex-GP 500cc star lets slip that Yamaha are to release the dinkiest R1 ever made
ACCORDING TO none other than GP stalwart Randy Mamola, the next generation Yamaha R1 will be about the same physical size as the current R6 roadbike.Speaking on the British Eurosport 2 MotoGP coverage of the premier class practice session Mamola, second in the 500GP class four ti...
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Rossi to race Lawson, Rainey and Roberts
By Visordown News on 01/06/2009 14:32:55
GP legends to do battle at the Laguna Seca USGP
It's the eternal question; would great racers of the past beat the current champions?US GP fans will get the chance to see three generations of racing heroes duking it out at Laguna, when Rossi faces up to the challenge of Yamaha’s past three World Champions, Kenny Roberts, Eddie...
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Simon Crafar seriously injured in off-road crash
By Visordown News on 09/06/2009 08:19:08
Former British GP winner undergoes nine-hour operation to insert metal plate in fractured vertebra
FORMER WSBK and Grand Prix 500 racer Simon Crafar has been seriously injured in Romania while out riding an enduro bike. It's reported he was hit by a car and has suffered a fractured vertebra. The New Zealander had to undergo a nine-hour operation to put a metal plate in. At the...
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Rare NSR500 up for sale
By Visordown News on 11/07/2007 15:45:49
Legendary 500cc two-stroke animal could be your track toy
VF was ridden by the 'King of Slide' Garry McCoy in the 1998 GP500 class. This is the v-twin version, which has a claimed power output of 170bhp and a dry weight of 132kg. Today's superbike figures may look like they offer similar performance
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H&H to auction Dunlop and Sheene machines
By Visordown News on 04/04/2008 17:55:43
The opportunity of a lifetime to own a piece of motorcycle sporting history - ridden by two of the greatest riders ever
Championship career, the 1983 Suzuki XR40 and1984 Suzuki XR45 offered for sale are bothfinished in their correct blue-over-white livery andadorned with Sheene's 'Lucky Number 7'.Beautifully engineered, each is a reminder of thatgolden two-stroke GP500 era, in which
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First Look: Honda Forza 250 ASV-4
By Visordown News on 20/02/2009 10:06:36
Honda's ultra-tech superscoot complete with accident early warning system
THIS MIGHT just look like a big scooter with a Honda paintjob (that looks amazingly similar to the old GP500 Nastro Azzuro Honda paintjob campaigned by Rossi), but this prototype scooter really could hold the key to the future of motorcycling for us
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