to be Max's team mate at the factory Aprilia squad. Laverty then topped the times sheets at the nest test at Portimao, setting an unofficial lap record, just ahead of a certain Mr M. Biaggi. Laverty must have forgotten to read the Alitalia Aprilia code

You work at the busiest second-hand bike dealership in the country. Just how busy is busy?Well we hold around 2,000 bikes in the showroom at any one time and retail 5,000 bikes a year, which is around 120-150 bikes a week. A record week pushes

. They were also the only Welsh bikers recording thefts above the UK average. If you live in Hemel Hempstead, well you had the UK’s average theft rate.The table below shows all the results by postcode, with the following number showing last year's position

record for the most number of people on a bike while pulling a wheelie when he hoisted the Gixxer up with himself and 13 other people in 2000.For Rothwell, the GSX-R1100 is in many ways the perfect stunt bike even though he now uses a GSX-R1000. "The 1100

varies a lot depending on your circumstances. Your driving and claims record, age, where you live, what you do, and what you ride are all taken into account.Policy typesIt is a legal requirement, if you want to ride on any public road, to have a valid

. I’ve been itching for a go on a TTXGP bike for some time now and Jenny’s lap record at Pembrey and Anglesey (fast for a normal bike, never mind one running only batteries) only served to whet my appetite further.So what’s it like then? Well

that weighs only 5 kg, a record for this type of element.The MV F4 R retains its notoriety for excellence in the area of suspension. The Marzocchi upside down forks, with 50 mm stanchions, is derived directly from the units used in competition

in 2005 (not considering new/modified circuits and wet Superpoles). Excluding any tracks modified from one year to the next, 21 track records have been registered at the 21 circuits on five continents where WSBK has raced. • The role as tyre supplier

.002 seconds from Valentino Rossi, to equal the closest ever recorded finish in the premier-class since the introduction of electronic timing. This is the last time that a Honda rider won the MotoGP race at Estoril and it was also the last time that a rider

. Incidentally, the Diavel has recorded the highest braking G-force of any bike that Bosch have ever measured at well over 1G, to the point where Ducati actually asked Bosch to de-tune the system to provide less braking force.And another thing I learnt