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Motorcycle Track Guide: Cartagena
By Niall Mackenzie on 22/07/2010 10:46:36
There are many reasons to visit one of Spain’s top circuits. The track is a 600’s dream with more twists and turns than a mountain pass
mistakes.Move on to the next page for Niall's guide of the Spanish motorcycle resort
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Motorcycle Track Guide: Portimao
By Niall Mackenzie on 22/07/2010 14:46:19
If Carlsberg did race circuits, they’d look exactly like Portimao, a flowing rollercoaster of tarmac. If you ever have the chance to go – GO
to relax at all. Don’t be fooled by what looks like a long start/finish straight because there’s a crest on that too and as you’re so fast out of the final turn, it’s no time at all before you’re on the brakes for turn one.Start a lap of Portimao with Niall
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Motorcycle Track Guide: Cadwell Park
By Niall Mackenzie on 21/07/2010 10:52:55
three time British Superbike champ's guide around the rollercoaster that is Cadwell Park, including how to take off over the Mountain
Every year Cadwell Park attracts more BSB spectators than any other racetrack.When 30,000 plus fans line the bankings, a unique atmosphere is created that no other UK circuit can provide. It may be the narrowest circuit on the calendar but it is also the most spectacular. When r...
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Motorcycle Track Guide: Jerez
By Niall Mackenzie on 21/07/2010 12:32:47
Any track hosting a Grand Prix can’t be entirely shabby. Jerez has long been a MotoGP favourite and there are good reasons why
Since its first international bike meeting in 1986 it’s been a firm favourite with every racer I know and trackday riders love it just as much. You’ve might have witnessed a few last lap Grand Prix confrontations at Jerez over the years, (Doohan and Criville, Rossi and Gibernau a...
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Sharpen your mind: Be faster on track
By Jon Urry on 21/09/2010 16:36:53
Are you getting the most out of your track day, riding as fast as you can and pushing you own limits? Or have you slipped into the comfort zone?
. But the bottom line is that I want to go faster.So what to do about it? With the fountain of knowledge that is Niall Mackenzie on hand I though I'd pick his brain about what was causing me to back off, what I was doing wrong and the best ways to break out
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Latest on my S1000RR
By Niall Mackenzie on 04/10/2010 19:47:15
It's had a hard life on track thisyear, here's how I've got on with BMW's first true superbike
Not sure what's going on with the sound in this vid, but it calms down after a minute - sorry!As my long term BMW S1000RR does most of its miles working hard on track days, I felt an early 6000 mile service might be a good idea. A quick phone call to my local dealer (the friendly...
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Settling the score - Mackenzie v Whitham
By Visordown on 28/03/2008 15:52:00
In 1996 Niall and James were team mates in the British Superbike championship. Niall won the title and James came second. Now, for the first time in 11 years, they prepare to face each other on track again on identical Yamahas for one final showdown
name riders. Lining up alongside James Whitham and Niall Mackenzie were Terry Rymer, Sean Emmett (who would later play a big part in the title race), Chris Walker and Dave Jefferies to name just a few.After the first few races it was clear
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Ducati 1198 and 1198S review
By Niall Mackenzie on 29/03/2010 11:29:09
Niall brushes elbows with Troy Bayliss at the launch of Ducati’s new big-bore superbike. It’s a monster machine that will put hairs on the inside of your eyelids, let alone your chest...
Click to read: Ducati 1198 owners reviews, Ducati 1198 specs and to see the Ducati 1198 image gallery.Ducati did a good job keeping this one quiet. Even when launch invitations are sent out without stating the model to be launched you can normally take an educated guess as to wha...
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Having a blast on the KTM Duke 125
By Niall Mackenzie on 30/09/2011 07:05:14
How to be a teenager at fifty
With young Taylor finally lifting my riding ban from his 125 Duke last week (I snapped the gear lever off in a failed garden stunt), I’ve been clocking up a few miles on what surely is the ‘must have’ learner bike of 2011.Last week I hopped aboard for a jaunt into the heart of Le...
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Mackenzie dreams of Sheene
By Niall Mackenzie on 13/09/2010 11:31:14
Our Niall's teenage dreams come true when he gets to ride two ex-Barry Sheene machines - a Suzuki XR45 and a Walmsley Manx Norton
and even during one lean year for a certain Mackenzie at Giacomo Agostini's Marlboro Yamaha Team.Times have changed and four-cylinder two-strokes are now all but in the annals of history, but being part of that great era I still get a lump in my throat
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