HAVE YOU ever had one of those days where you head out on your bike and things just aren't clicking? You can't quite get left-handers sorted, you brake too early for a corner and then, you get overtaken by a sofa!A British inventor named Edward

a setting on his rear shock, causing his tyre to slide at various points on the track, including the insanely fast, flat-out Church Corner.Starting from 13th on the grid, Midge was up to 10th just a few laps in. Lap after lap he showed consistent

Hoyles...still sunny-side-up on the Ducati StreetfighterI DON'T know about you, but whenever I hear the word ‘streetfighter’ I instantly think of over-anodised GSX-R1100s with polished rims, nasty paint jobs and third grade models draped all over

ON OUR recent trip to the Bosch test facility in Germany, their boffins teased us with news that they're developing an ABS system that works when the bike is leaning and turning. Their very neat and compact SU-MM5.10 lean angle sensor is capable

of the story a touch. Check out the image above.If you're planning on doing a trackday at Jerez, you'd do well to print out the below and gaffa tape it to your tank so you can learn it on the ride down: Main straight and turn 1 and 2, "Expo 92" and "Michelin

of him and although he too suffered with grip issues he brought his Suzuki GSV-R home safely in 11th place.Today's race was watched by 101,048 fans at trackside as they baked in the beautiful sunshine. Honda's Dani Pedrosa took victory, with Stoner

: 1Max. Power Output 130.7kW / 12,000min-1 (95/1/EC)Max. Torque 113.8Nm / 8,500min-1 (95/1/EC)Fuel System: Carburation PGM-DSFI electronic fuel injectionThrottle Bore 46mmFuel Capacity 17.7 litres (including 4-litre reserve)Ignition: Computer

since the championship's inception back in 1949 at which time it was one of just six events on the calendar and was run on a 16.5km road course. Since its move to a circuit configuration in 1955, the track has been frequently modified, most recently

, Bridgestone’s BT-003 and Dunlop’s 211GP to name but a few.On top of that is the introduction of a brand new 16.5” slick, which we’re told is exactly the same as offered to the MotoGP paddock until Bridgestone were named as the sole supplier. The slick

of years it was really good, 2001 to 2003, then in 2004 it started getting too rough and in 2005 they resurfaced it. But it wasn't resurfaced really well and the F1 cars make it worse. The track is pretty hard work, it's got some really good points and some