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Michael Scott Column - Apr 2008
By Michael Scott on 15/04/2008 13:14:45
Is Rossi over the hill? Is it time for the greatest motorcycle racer ever to move over gracefully and let the new guard through? Mike Scott ponders.
of last year was simply this: had we seen the old titan Rossi ousted? Was Stoner – all but the youngest ever Champion – at the start of a run of serial domination? Or was it all a trick of the light: a matter of electronics and tyres and horsepower, all
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Michael Scott Column - Apr 2008
By Michael Scott on 12/04/2008 11:42:11
Is Rossi over the hill? Is it time for the greatest motorcycle racer ever to move over gracefully and let the new guard through? Mike Scott ponders.
of last year was simply this: had we seen the old titan Rossi ousted? Was Stoner – all but the youngest ever Champion – at the start of a run of serial domination? Or was it all a trick of the light: a matter of electronics and tyres and horsepower, all
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Michael Scott Column - Aug 2008
By Michael Scott on 12/08/2008 12:07:48
Mike Scott spectates on Honda’s ever-growing despair as its former World Champion nearly gets overtaken by a 42-year-old veteran
even won at Catalunya by a country mile, although the satellite team riders with an older version are suffering. Pedrosa would rather stick with it than try anything new. But factory team-mate Nicky Hayden is really hurting for horsepower. He wants
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First Ride: 2001 Triumph Bonneville America
By Alex Hearn on 29/03/2008 13:56:15
Feet stretched to way-out-front highway pegs. A single, fat, white-faced chrome-edged speedo dominating a chunky ally top-yoke. Heavyweight tank-mounted console for the basics and a nacelle headlight reflecting the whole world in its seamless perimeter.
's no doubt the good ol' boys remember Triumph and what the marque meant to them. They also liked what they saw in the new Bonnie America, and they all wanted to know what it was like to ride. "Whut sorta horsepower dus it make?" one was keen to know. "Er
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First Ride: 2007 Triumph Rocket III Touring
By John Hogan on 10/04/2008 23:08:01
As American as the English language, this Hinckley super-tourer is all set to give the US cruiser market a good old taste of British spunk.
reworked to provide more torque (154ft/lb @ 2,000rpm), but with less horsepower, 108bhp at the crank on the standard pipes or 125 with the straight through option that’s available. Power is electronically capped in the first three gears to prevent you from
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Hayabusa versus radio controlled car
By Rob Hoyles on 14/01/2009 12:14:14
The fastest production bike in the world goes head-to-head at Santa Pod with the fastest radio controlled car in the UK. Who’s going to come out on top?
of the surfeit of horsepower from the Hayabusa’s 1,340cc motor and a distinct lack of grip from the chilly Santa Pod tarmac. The rear tyre spins between gear changes, each one quickly snatched from the pained scream of the rev-limiter as the bike blasts forwards
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First Ride: 2007 Kawasaki GTR1400
By John Cantlie on 02/04/2008 17:34:16
Kawasaki enter the super-tourer class with their blistering GTR1400. Well-appointed and refined, this top-end tourer also comes with a strong helping of brutish Kawasaki performance.
rather heavy bikes, sometimes they haven't gone round corners very well, but Kawasaki's always make lots of horsepower and go extremely fast. And that is, after all, what motorcycles are supposed to do.So when they launched their new GTR1400 super
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Michael Scott Column - Mar 10
By Michael Scott on 20/03/2010 11:21:19
Savage and sensible cuts in pre-season testing suit old-timers but not rookies. An early return to a 1000cc gathers pace and Rossi eyes Ago’s 122 win record
. We’re looking at a new generation of Grand Prix bike, with the emphasis on mid-range torque rather than the peak figures required from the relatively gutless 800s. And as any fule kno, lots of horsepower is not much value unless you can actually use
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Michael Scott Column - June 10
By Michael Scott on 30/06/2010 12:24:58
Honda’s MotoGP effort looks like turning into the same rider grudge match as Yamaha’s. If only it could produce similar results, so badly needed by the underperforming giant
.Of course the riders complain when the economy programme cuts in just when they are asking for more horsepower. But even that’s better than not finishing.There is another aspect. Force race engineers to concentrate on fuel efficiency and who knows what
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Michael Scott Column - Jul 2009
By Michael Scott on 01/07/2009 10:29:03
Paddock sage Scott on the British GP debacle and Marco Melandri’s resurrection
happened to the “two year’swarning” rule for technical changes?) via a moving target of regulations.They settled in a rush on a single engine, and equally quickly on Honda as the supplier – Yamaha had not offered enough horsepower, figuratively as well
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