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Niall Mackenzie - Dicing with death
By Ben Cope on 30/06/2008 14:31:54
Check out this video of TWO Road Test Ed, Niall Mackenzie, mucking around at Beachy Head
BEACHY HEAD, the spot made famous by people who aren't all together too impressed by life, was the location for a recent road test by TWO magazine. So in between photo shoots, Road Test Editor, Niall Mackenzie, took time out to play on the new
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Who the Hell is Niall Mackenzie?
By Stuart Barker on 02/08/2010 11:29:31
Niall went from digging holes for the council to being Freddie Spencer’s team mate in five years. In his GP career he scored seven podiums and 28 top-fives. And after 10 years in Grand Prix he returned to the UK and won three consecutive BSB titles
“My worst Mackenzie memory? That would have to be the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka in 1987,” Rob McElnea muses. “I was fairly well established on the Grand Prix scene at that point and then this Niall Mackenzie bloke comes along for the first race
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Niall Mackenzie Column - Jun 2006
By niall mackenzie on 01/06/2006 15:45:49
Niall finds out traction control has nothing to do with the hospital
It's dead easy - honestWAY BACK IN the autumn of 1989 I did a one-off test for the JPS Norton team. During that autumn day at Donington, their technical guru Brian Crighton assured me traction control was the future, and it wouldn't be long before we were all reaping the benefits...
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Niall Mackenzie Column - Dec 2007
By Niall MacKenzie on 14/12/2007 15:37:38
Niall’s been lying around this month with a ruptured appendix, so he ponders the design of modern exhaust systems (as you would) and observes how Stoner cut his teeth on British tracks...
Niall’s been lying around this month with a ruptured appendix, so he ponders the design of modern exhaust systems (as you would) and observes how Stoner cut his teeth on British tracks...Occasionally, I lose sleep wondering what manufacturers might
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Niall Mackenzie Column - Jan 2008
By Niall Mackenzie on 15/01/2008 09:53:11
Niall’s special friend has been riding the ‘08 Fireblade, and by all accounts it’s an incredible new bike. You needn’t worry about the styling when you’re riding it, he reckons...
A good friend of mine, who also happens to be a fairly handy racer, recently rode next year’s Honda Fireblade. He had no real reason to hit me with a hard Honda sales pitch but he truly believes the new 2008 model may well have taken 1000cc sports bikes to a new level. You see, m...
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Niall Mackenzie Column - Nov 2006
By niall mackenzie on 01/11/2006 19:00:29
What's the spark that ignites brand loyalty, wonders Niall Mackenzie. Is it the look, the ride, the reputation? If you could bottle it, you could sell it
Bless...and he's got hairDON'T KNOW ABOUT you but I find many of my friends and colleagues in the motorcycle world tend to have a favourite manufacturer and stay faithful to them throughout their bike buying life. This probably happens for one of three reasons. It was the very fi...
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Niall Mackenzie Column - Aug 2007
By Niall Mackenzie on 01/08/2007 19:24:22
The latest superbikes are festooned with complicated technology, but Niall isn't sure that all these electronic bells and whistles do anything for the riding experience...
Lose the gizmos, says MaccaI'VE BEEN SPENDING a fair bit of time recently on Suzuki's new GSX-R1000K7. It handles superbly, goes like a Tornado GR4 in a straight line, and stops as quickly as you like using just two fingers on the brake lever. Sports bike launches are almost all ...
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Niall Mackenzie Column - Nov 2007
By Niall Mackenzie on 01/11/2007 19:40:34
Somewhere between his last Bacardi and Coke and the laments of Scottish folk-singer Amy Macdonald, Niall's developed a taste for old American bikes...
Fact: Racing motorcycles makes you madMost weeks my life goes something like this: Monday and Tuesday I might be organising or instructing on a track day. Wednesday and Thursday I could be on a road test with the mag. Friday, Saturday and Sunday I'll possibly be at a BSB round lo...
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Niall Mackenzie Column - Jul 2009
By Niall Mackenzie on 01/07/2009 14:35:11
Niall’s predictions for the 2009 British Superbike championship prove comically wide of the mark, but he’s not laughing about the late arrival of the new RSV4. Come on Aprilia
With every top British Superbike team changing either bikes or riders for 2009, it was always going to be tricky predicting the outcome of the season opener at Brands Hatch.But with my vast experience of racing, my inside knowledge and my no-nonsense logic, I felt pretty qualifie...
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Niall Mackenzie Column - Sep 2007
By niall mackenzie on 01/09/2007 19:30:08
Lewis Hamilton is leading the way for Britain in Formula One and that's good for us all, says Niall. But every sport needs its heroes and villains, and where are the characters in F1?
There are no Rossi-types in F1, says NiallIt's fantastic to see Lewis Hamilton chewing up the best racers the world has to offer in Formula One. Anything to make that sport more interesting, and put a Briton in the limelight, can only be good for us
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