the 500cc 2-stroke but the world now unfortunately goes with the four-stroke.I believe the correct displacement is 1000cc, not 800cc with a limit of 16,000 to 17,000 rpm, not 19,000 as it is right now, so that the bikes cannot reach 220mph. In my opinion

who will ride the S1000RR in the TT next year.”AN S600RR SPORTSBIKE IS ON ITS WAY!“Around 200,000 sportsbikes of between 600cc and 1000cc are sold each year. We’ve now entered the segment with the S1000RR; the idea of a 600cc model is only logical from

’s winning that motivates me and if I can do that then the money usually follows anyway.[#1.2]I bought myself a new Kawasaki to be differentI’d never had a Kawasaki before and fancied one! It was as simple as that. There was no one racing a Kawasaki

but he’s keeping his mouth shut and doing it, which is impressive – too often it’s the other way round. He’s got plenty of time to turn into a fuckwit and it’s easy to do – when you’re young and you’ve got 120,000 crazed fans hollering your name it

away, which is hilarious! You click it into 2nd gear – it only has two gears – and it pulls 60-150mph way harder than from 0-60mph. It does have a tendency to melt car sideskirts in traffic from the jetwash, which can be a little irksome. And expensive

and Chrysler asked me to join them. I requested work in the Advanced Studio, it was the R&D area and I got to do the wild stuff! Unfortunately eleven months later the company was in dire straits and made 20,000 people redundant, I had about five weeks

. The fight started in the gravel and they had to be parted again in the ambulance.TRACKDAY FIRMS HAVE HAD TO THINK BIG OR DIEThe heyday was around 2004, 2005. There was a lot more choice back then, with probably 20 companies doing it. Then we only did 14

scooter or a moped from 15-16 years old, in Britain we're drawing from a smaller pool.People ask 'why don't riders make the shift from superbikes to MotoGP' but if you look at a lot of riders they have been in the paddock from a very early age, to them it

people and easy to get on with, Honda people are more like city folk. How has the job changed since you started?Now there's some organisation in the scheduling! You have 10am practice and a 2pm practice on two days and a race at 3:00pm. But go back 20

SPORTSBIKE IS ON ITS WAY!“Around 200,000 sportsbikes of between 600cc and 1000cc are sold each year. We’ve now entered the segment with the S1000RR; the idea of a 600cc model is only logical from us.”WORLD SUPERBIKE RACING IS ABOUT THE BIKES; MOTOGP IS NEARLY