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Manager of the KTM RC8 Department: Wolfgang Felber
By Wolfgang Felber on 18/02/2008 15:57:39
. Maybe we go the wrong way, some customers think a bike with 180bhp must be faster than one with 155bhp, but if you look behind the curtain at the data recording you will find it isn’t always the case.”
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Legendary Supersports - 2008 600cc Test
By James Whitham et al on 02/06/2008 12:14:53
Whitham is joined by British greats to assess the supersport machines
on Barry Sheene and I’m still heavily involved in the motorcycle world.”Alan Carter, 43Career history: In 1983 won the French 250 GP becoming, at that time, the youngest ever GP winner at the age of 18 (Dani Pedrosa beat this record).What you doing
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First Ride: Harris WCM GP review
By Niall Mackenzie on 22/05/2003 17:08:59
British MotoGP rookie Chris Burns rides a Grand Prix bike built around the bones of a Yamaha R1 in less than 14 weeks by a British team. Niall Mackenzie tests the impressive Harris WCM GP bike.
was most noticeable on the straights where the WCM bike recorded nearly 190mph. I thought I was going fast until Troy Bayliss or Alex Barros came past about 20mph faster. Which kind of lets you know that while the bike is good there's still a fair amount
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First Ride: Mondial Piega-Monza
By Daryll Young on 04/07/2003 10:16:12
Probably the most beautiful production bike in the world, can the Mondial Piega-Monza handle as good as it looks? Daryll sneaked through quarantine to test the bike at Monza
was born. Its performance was staggering for the time and immediately set a world speed record of 130kph for the flying kilometre, which was soon increased to 161kph.Along with designer Oreste Drusinai, Mondial was the first motorcycle factory to produce a
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1983 San Marino GP - Down to the Wire
By Michael Scott on 07/10/2010 10:08:42
The San Marino Grand Prix, 4 September 1983
in the USA. The atmosphere in a packed and sun-soaked Imola that September day was electric.The race was a battle of tactics. Freddie made his usual lightning start, but Kenny took two seconds off the lap record as he caught and passed him on the eighth of 26
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Adventure bikes, why they are the new cool
By Visordown on 25/10/2010 10:08:22
Forget trying to look cool on your new sportsbike, there is a new craze in town. Adventure bikes are the latest up and coming fashion accessory. You’d be a right Charley to miss out...
. Rather than saying ‘I’m just off to set a lap record at Brands’ these rider’s kit says ‘I’m off for a quick blast to the Serengeti.’So what has caused this shift in fashion? Let’s be truthful here, in the UK we are still enormously sportsbike biased. Just
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Living with a 2009 Kawasaki ER-6n
By Mark Forsyth on 23/01/2010 12:13:17
Perfect for slicing through sleepy country towns and getting stern lectures from not-so-sleepy country coppers. This fiery twin has got what it takes to entertain
. But thankfully, there seems to be an unwritten pact between us and ‘them’ and I’ve continued on my way licence intact the proud recipient of a proper PC bollocking. My record, door to door, is incriminating so I’m not going to disclose the minutes and seconds
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Qatar Test Day One: Honda quickest
By Visordown News on 14/03/2011 09:01:44
Pedrosa leads at the end of the first day of testing
Under the floodlit night sky the final MotoGP test session got underway as Dani Pedrosa continued the testing supremacy set by Honda at the close of the first day.Pedrosa lapped the Middle Eastern circuit at 1:56.271, not quite on the record 1
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MotoGP French GP: Le Mans - FP1 Results
By Visordown News on 13/05/2011 10:21:06
Full results from the first free practice at Le Mans
FOUR Hondas locked out the top positions in the opening free practice session as Casey Stoner leads Dani Pedrosa, Andrea Dovizioso and Marco Simoncelli.Stoner lapped the Le Mans circuit in 1:34.133, circulating quicker than the race lap record of 1
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Stoner quickest in 1000cc Brno test
By Visordown News on 15/08/2011 16:58:15
Times from the Brno MotoGP test
record of 1:56.670, logged by Lorenzo in 2009.0.085 separated Lorenzo from his championship rival Stoner, as the Spaniard completed his first test on the 2012 Yamaha. Ben Spies was first to debut the new Yamaha. Setting his quickest time in the morning
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