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Race Guide Videos: Every MotoGP and WSB circuit
By Ben Cope on 24/03/2009 10:03:58
This month, TWO magazine are giving away a 2009 race guide supplment, with all the tracks from WSB and MotoGP and here are the videos for each circuit
2009 is looking like being one of the best seasons in a long time for WSB, gone is Bayliss and his dominant ways and now the championship is open to anyone, with BMW and Aprilia hungry to stamp their mark on the series.In MotoGP, Rossi has been
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Valentino Rossi, his first World Championship in 1997
By Ben Cope on 30/07/2009 11:05:33
We take a look at the young Valentino Rossi in his second World Championship season in MotoGP
In 1997, 12 years ago, Valentino Rossi hinted at his dominant future of the MotoGP class with his first World Championship but few of us could have predicted Rossi's sheer brilliance and utter dominance of every GP class he's raced in since.We take
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Suzi Perry picture gallery
By Ben Cope on 28/11/2010 15:04:06
Picture gallery image strip of Suzi Perry the BBC MotoGP and Gadget Show presenter
Suzi PerryYou voted Suzi Perry your most desirable motorcycle passenger, over Kylie Minogue and Angelina Jolie amongst others. So clearly you've got a thing or two for BBC's MotoGP presenter and glamour behind The Gadget Show. So here's a gallery
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Pictorial: Stealing a tenth
By Ben Cope on 06/06/2012 11:37:26
There aren't many areas of life where a tenth of a second matters as much as when you're racing. We pick the best images of the MotoGP riders at Catalunya, as they do everything they can to try and steal an elusive tenth of a second
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Freddie Spencer's '85 Honda NSR500 GP bike gallery
By Ben Cope on 18/06/2009 16:25:51
Honda's legendary GP500 won 8 out of 12 rounds of the World Championship, ridden by fast Freddie Spencer
1985 Honda NSR500 ... click pic to see galleryGP machines don't get much sexier than this Honda NSR500 from 1985.Winner of 8 out of 12 rounds in the 1985 500cc World Championship, the Honda NSR500 won both the Manufacturers' and Riders' Championships. Ridden by Freddie Spencer, t...
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From Private Jet to Easyjet - rider salary chart
By Ben Cope on 25/08/2010 11:12:57
Despite the glamour, racing’s not the early ticket to retiring a rich man. Only the big hitters bring home the big bucks. Here are estimated wages of the not so rich and less famous
Valentino Rossi may be one of the world’s highest paid sportsmen, well ahead of F1 champ Lewis Hamilton and just behind global brand David Beckham but his whopping £21m a year salary is dwarfed by the likes of Tiger Woods, the highest earning sportsman of all time, who tucked awa...
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Technically speaking: Ducati's 1199 Panigale
By Ben Cope on 13/02/2012 15:45:48
A look at the technology behind Ducati's ground-breaking new superbike
it to be positioned closer to the front wheel and with it, adjust the weight bias. The crankcases are vacuum die-cast and some engine casing parts are made from magnesium alloy to further reduce weight.The double-ribbed pistons feature RR58 alloy (the main structural
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Technically speaking: Kawasaki S-KTRC
By Ben Cope on 24/11/2010 16:53:43
Traction control has come a long way in just a few short years. S-KTRC is the most advanced yet seen on a road-going bike. So what's it all about?
been developed from Kawasaki's time in MotoGP and unlike the KTRC system used on the 1400GTR ABS, S-KTRC has been designed to maximise forward motion and not just offer reassurance when riding in changing conditions. According to Kawasaki, S
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10 things to look forward to in 2012
By Ben Cope on 15/12/2011 16:45:26
Read this, then go and hibernate for a few months
looks like a 'death or glory' move, a win at the TT could put Norton firmly back on the map, but anything else could prove terminal. Best of British!6. Moto3Yes, the arrival of Moto2 also means the departure of two-strokes from the MotoGP paddock
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UK & European Motorcycle Track Guide
By Ben Cope on 20/07/2011 11:01:14
If you need to know the right lines, braking points and circuit secrets, then check out Niall Mackenzie's circuit guides
guide.Donington ParkDonington Park may have lost MotoGP but believe me this is still one of the safest and most challenging circuits in the world. Four-time 500cc World Champion Eddie Lawson may have moaned that the Melbourne Loop section was like a
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