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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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Superbike Ed Kenny Pryde resigns
By Visordown News on 06/03/2012 11:40:54
Ed steps down following disappointing sales figures
was dropped under new owners Vitality.Pryde's resignation follows ABC figures which were published in February, showing Superbike's monthly sales decline from 22,393 in 2010 to 16,192 in 2011.Pryde has been replaced by former Dep Ed John Hogan
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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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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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King Kenny's ranch goes up for sale
By Visordown News on 22/09/2010 10:54:40
Dirttrack oval, MX track, air-conditioned museum, workshop facilities: is this a motorcyclist's dream home?
training ground for a plethora of racing stars over the years, including Wayne Rainey, Kenny Roberts Junior and 2010 MotoGP championship leader Jorge Lorenzo.The property's up on the market for a cool $2.8million (£1.8million), which we reckon's a bargain
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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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Could Team KR make a MotoGP return?
By Visordown News on 27/07/2011 10:37:07
King Kenny contemplates the return of his team but only if they could get financial backing
be secured.Roberts move into team management began in 1984 when after retiring at the end of previous year, the three-time 500GP champion continued in the paddock as the boss of the factory Yamaha team. In 1996, Team KR was born through building his own Grand
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"They don't pay me enough to ride that thing"
By Visordown News on 04/09/2009 13:32:10
King Kenny said it in the 1970s and he's still not changed his mind
KING KENNY Roberts thrilled modern MotoGP riders including Hayden and Rossi with some amazingly spirited demonstration laps of his fearsome 700 two-stroke dirt-tracker at Saturday night’s Indianapolis Mile oval-track.“I said then: They don’t pay me
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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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Banderas squad out of Moto2
By Visordown News on 01/12/2010 13:32:21
Kenny Noyes and Gabor Talmacsi left high and dry after team pulls plug
LATEST NEWS from the Moto2 paddock reports the Jack & Jones By Antonio Banderas team will not compete in the 2011 season.It's unclear exactly why the squad have decided to stand down for next season, but latest rumours from Eurosport commentator
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