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Fit for purpose: Diablo 666 Endurance ZX-10R
By Bertie Simmonds on 20/10/2010 10:03:37
The average road bike does a bit of everything. But there are machines in the biking world designed to do one job only. Pure specialists if you will. These are the bikes...
're at the utter limit of physical and mental endurance."For us pit-stops take about 13 seconds from start to finish. That means the bike's fully fuelled, front and rear wheels are changed as is the rider. It's quite an art and is amazing to watch the guys do
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Jamie Whitham Column - Sep 2007
By Jamie Whitham on 01/09/2007 16:46:05
James attempts to kick start World War III with a bit of drain pipe, hair spray and a bag of spuds as Huddersfield's answer to Rambo takes on the German hoards. Achtung, Spitfire!
'll probably never be as much unique and irreplaceable racing iron in one place ever again. My mate Shoey was competing at the TT and asked me to be his 'pit bitch'. Now, I've seen many a pit-stop in my time, but always from the inside of the visor. This was my
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Mike Scott Column - Sep 2006
By Mike Scott on 10/09/2006 12:28:09
All the inside racing gossip that's fit to print from Mike Scott, TWO's GP paddock oracle
.Glove puppets in pit lane? Not for Randy Mamola, please. Waggish British Suzuki mechanics have been putting a glove over his pit-lane-reporter's aerial, up behind his back. Middle finger up, it flops into the classic gesture of defiance, just behind his head
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MotoGP: Our strategy was right says Rossi
By Visordown News on 18/05/2009 11:14:24
MotoGP champ insists the team made the right choices, despite his 16th place finish
decided to stay with his fast-shredding wets and pit in only when the track was almost completely dry.Rossi said: "I had difficulties from the start today and I really could not ride my bike to its best. Already by the fourth lap I felt that I was quite
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Honda heads the engine-life charts
By Visordown News on 28/06/2010 10:00:26
It's that trusty Honda reliability again. No surprise there, then.
the same two with which they started the season.New-for-2010 rules mean each rider gets six engines for the 18-race season, now one-third completed. Engines are sealed, and added to the allocation the first time they leave pit lane. Any rider requiring
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Video funny - How not to do a MotoGP start
By Tim Skilton on 19/11/2007 11:07:23
Dani Pedrosa makes a complete tit of himself
that stops the 220bhp bike from going ballistic when you wind the throttle wide open and dump the clutch.A slightly embarrassed looking John Hopkins finds himself wishing he'd just headed back to the pits.Let's hope Pedro's not TPFT...
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Caption that! - Toseland at Assen
By Visordown News on 27/06/2008 13:57:02
You don't have to be a member to enter Visordown's weekly caption competition
of motorcycling. This week we've a picture of James Toseland at the Assen MotoGP, talking to his pit crew. But what's being said?Here's your chance to impress the world with your knife-sharp wit - get those warped minds into gear and CAPTION THAT!
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Style Check: Elbow down
By Robin Goodwin on 22/05/2009 16:06:14
Coolest picture of the day shows Italian journalist demonstrating the ultimate elbow down style
at the limit.Legend speaks of him wearing a jumper whilst riding as he would return to the pits with the elbows burnt away, because 'it looked cool'.Day dreams of being J.P. Ruggia come to mind...
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MotoGP: 2009 Jerez Grid Girls Gallery
By Visordown News on 05/05/2009 10:31:43
Check out our selection of the best grid girls from the third round of the MotoGP Championship in Jerez, Spain
Jerez grid girls ... click the pic to see the galleryCheck out the best of the MotoGP grid girls from the third 2009 MotoGP round at Jerez, Spain and vote for your favourite pit babes.
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BSB: No fault found with Brookes Fireblade
By Visordown News on 26/05/2009 08:53:43
Visordown's BSB mole gets the inside line on yesterday's sighting lap smash
find no problems with it back in the pits.Draw your own conclusions from that one.
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