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Carry On Doctor - Valentino Rossi interview
By Gordon Ritchie & Niall Mackenzie on 21/05/2009 16:13:23
Against the odds, Rossi took Yamaha's mediocre M1 to MotoGP victory in 2004. He talks to Mackenzie about riding, winning and shoe shopping...
CHILDHOOD MEMORY OF THE GP PADDOCK?I have some pictures of me with my father Graziano in the Imola paddock when I was a very small child in 1980. My first real memories are from the Italian GP at Mugello in 1993 when I was fourteen. I had paddock passes
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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...
1. Good DNA stock. Dad, Graziano was a GP winner. In 1979 Papa Rossi had his best racing year taking three victories in the 350 class onboard a Morbidelli. Although with Valentino's step-brother showing potential the genes may lie in the X
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Grant Leonard stars in Silver Dream Racer
By Grant Leonard on 01/12/2009 15:15:37
Grant Leonard finds himself in a film with David Essex
12 August, 1979I was in Silver Dream Racer. Admittedly it was a bit part, but it was the best bike film ever made for, ooh, a couple of months at least - til Mad Max came out. It was a speaking part - my role was to cheer and wave my programme when
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Crown Jewels - AGV Helmets
By Bertie Simmonds on 05/10/2003 09:05:35
So just how do Italian helmet manufacturers AGV protect the most precious head in motorcycle racing? Bertie headed to Italy to find out making a helmet for Valentino Rossi must be akin to trying to make a crown fit for a king
.But then back in 1995 AGV began sponsoring a young 16-year-old kid called Valentino Rossi. At the time he was doing European championships for Aprilia and this lanky son of 350 ace Graziano would go on to great things. A year later - in a team bankrolled by AGV
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Carry On Doctor
By Gordon Ritchie & Niall Mackenzie on 22/10/2007 14:21:19
Against all the odds, Valentino Rossi took Yamaha's mediocre M1 to MotoGP victory this year. Here the champ takes time out to talk to our Niall about riding, winning and shoe-shopping...
, and the ability to push and seldom fall off.9. The ability to win the psychological war when the opposition don't even know they're being played. He outrode the 125 and 250 guys and has psyched out the big class riders since 2001.10. Being unfazed by his two race
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Motorcycle Radar: 1979
By Roland Brown on 25/11/2010 13:33:39
Some say it was the golden year of motorcycling. But then, they could be wearing their rose-tinted specs
1979“This is the Golden Age of motorcycling,” proclaimed one mag in 1979, celebrating the 100bhp output of superbikes like Kawasaki’s giant Z1300 and high-barred “factory customs” such as Yamaha’s XS650. The mags carried ads for Paddy Hopkirk lids
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Class of '80
By Simon Bowen on 07/09/2009 17:22:25
It’s early 1980 and the threat of the four-stroke invasion hangs heavy in the air. Yamaha and Suzuki have been slugging it out for two years in what may be the final fling for the air-cooled strokers
always arrived at the battleground with a weapon to make the competition shiver - lest we forget the mighty GT750. It’s just as easy to work your way through the 2-stroke Suzuki range, as they too offer a 125, 200 and 250 - it’s just a shame
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