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Kenny Roberts
By Visordown on 27/04/2002 14:39:32
King Kenny Roberts in his own words. During a flying visit to his race factory in Banbury, TWO caught up with Kenny Roberts Snr to find out how he has remained one of the most famous and respected personalities in GP racing.
If there is another person in the world with a wider-reaching influence on motorcycle racing, with greater durability, or more immaculate racing credentials that Kenny Roberts, I'd like to meet him.I met King Kenny for this interview and only
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'King' Kenny Roberts to ride at Mallory
By Visordown News on 13/01/2011 10:52:26
His first time on a UK racetrack infront of the public since 1983
TRIPLE 500GP World Champ King Kenny Roberts will be riding a works Yamaha OW60 in the Vintage Motorcycle Club's 'Past Masters' track event.The event, which takes place at Mallory Park on Sunday 10th July, will see Roberts join Agostini, Read
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The Kenny Roberts electric (push) bike
By Ben Cope on 04/10/2011 08:11:56
Picycle gets KR branding, but why?
£5,800 - that's the cost of this KR limited edition Picycle.So what is it? It's an innovative push-bike that's also got battery power (for those steep hills or trips home from the pub). Designed in San Francisco, you can tell the team behind it are into motorcycles too as their P...
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Kenny Roberts - MotoGP Diary 2002-2003
By Kenny Roberts on 26/06/2002 09:53:57
In his column run from the mag, GP team owner and bona-fide living legend, King Kenny gave his opinions from a unique point of GP experience from running a two-stroke during the start of the MotoGP era and the hardship of developing the KR four-stroke
June 2002 The first race of the revised MotoGP class at Suzuka did actually feel like a new era. It was a bigger deal. The thing that we have adopted now - after what I'd said years ago - is that we need to bring more engineering into the motorcycle business, and the new rules...
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Kenny Roberts: TZ750 dirt tracker action
By mark forsyth on 26/11/2010 11:19:29
Rather him than us
Got to thank Mike from Gloucester for pingin' me a link to this great short film. It's nearly ruined by the cheesy guitar music but it's all saved by an in-line four-cylinder two-stroke on open expansion chambers and a fourth gear powerslide. Legendary bike. Legendary rider. It e...
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Air time Kenny Roberts-style
By mark forsyth on 25/11/2010 10:27:18
Determination by the bucket full
one defining shot. This makes those rare moments of shutter speed magic all the greater. We have the most excellent bubblevisor to thank for bringing this incredible shot of King Kenny at the 1976 Peoria TT to our attentions. His tortured SOHC TX650
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MotoGP: Kenny Roberts to run Moto2 team in 2010
By Visordown News on 08/07/2009 07:26:34
Former 500cc champ plans two-rider line-up using chassis designed in England
FORMER 500CC World Champion Kenny Roberts Snr. will be back in competitive racing in 2010; this time as the head of a new Moto2 team.Roberts is undoubtedly fired up over the new project, planning to recommission chassis building equipment, which
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King Kenny rides the M1
By Visordown News on 22/07/2011 10:13:49
Kenny Roberts samples the Yamaha YZR-M1 round Laguna Seca
KING Kenny Roberts lapped Laguna Seca on the Yamaha M1 yesterday to warm-up for his 'exhitibition' laps around at the US GP this weekend.The triple 500GP champion was also reunited with his 1980 championship-winnering YZR500. Speaking on Moto
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Roberts: "Now you have Valentino to pick on"
By Visordown News on 04/09/2009 13:39:21
Kenny Roberts cracks a joke while explaining his love for the Yamaha TZ700 flattracker
Over 30 years on: Kenny Roberts and his animalistic 700cc two-stroke flattracker are reunited.
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King Kenny R1 raises £50k+ for charity
By Visordown News on 24/08/2011 11:08:52
Red and white R1 ridden in Laguna Seca demo laps auctioned by Kenny Roberts and Jay Leno
RIDDEN by Kenny Roberts at Laguna Seca in some demonstration laps, the red and white one-of-a-kind Yamaha YZF-R1 raised $87,000 (approx £52,000) for charity.Special guest auctioneers at the Mecum Motorcycle Auction were Kenny Roberts himself, along
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