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BMW's Christian Landerl interview
By Visordown on 07/04/2010 11:21:57
BMW new model guru Dr (he’s a real doctor) Christian Landerl on building a world-beatingsuperbike, why a 600cc version is inevitable and why the Nürburgring is in his blood...
disadvantageous for the highly compact package of the BMW superbike. For example it would have restricted the supply of air to the airbox.”WE DON’T NEED AN R1-STYLE CROSSPLANE CRANKSHAFT“As everywhere, many roads lead to Rome, and this is true of motorcycle
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The Interview - Christian Landerl
By Visordown on 20/09/2010 11:42:43
BMW new model guru Dr (he’s a real doctor) Christian Landerl on building a world-beating superbike, why a 600cc version is inevitable and why the Nürburgring is in his blood...
superbike. For example it would have restricted the supply of air to the airbox.”WE DON’T NEED AN R1-STYLE CROSSPLANE CRANKSHAFT“As everywhere, many roads lead to Rome, and this is true of motorcycle construction. Right now I see no further ways of improving
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The Professionals: Jonathan Palmer
By Visordown on 22/10/2010 11:01:24
Jonathan Palmer owns MotorsportVision and most of the racing circuits in the uk. He's very important in our little world of motorsport
to the circuits.Do you ride bikes, and can you do wheelies?When I was a medical student in London I had a Suzuki GT250, but I don’t ride on the road anymore. I do have a couple of motocross bikes I thrash around the fields at home. I keep trying to do wheelies, I
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Ferry Brouwer - The founder of Arai Europe
By Visordown on 21/10/2010 17:17:04
If you wear an AraI helmet it’s thanks to thIs guy. Ferry Brouwer Is the founder of AraI Europe. He’s also Dutch and a lIttle odd...
something for safety in the future.’ At the time I didn’t think about focussing on helmets, but then in 1980, when I was jobless I thought ‘what am I going to do?’ I was intrigued by the Arai logo, I saw it in Japanese magazines and thought ‘there
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The Interview - Mark Neate
By Visordown on 20/09/2010 11:29:35
As main man at trackday giants No Limits, Mark has seen it all, from fights to 15-year-olds lapping the fast group and Ducati Desmosedicis in his pitlane to £90,000 gambles...
. Anglesey comes a close second for me. It’s awesome, and it’s great someone’s built a new track in the right way. It’s so wide and the run-off areas are huge, so from a safety point of view it’s brilliant. And it has the best bits from loads of other
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10 Minutes with John Surtees
By Bertie Simmonds on 25/03/2008 11:00:06
If Valentino Rossi jumps ship to Formula 1 he'll want to follow the example of John Surtees
was that first win?My first road race was at Brands Hatch, just after it became Tarmac. My first win was in my second race at Aberdare Park, in Wales, on a Vincent Grey Flash.You've a reputation for being a tough customer. Did that help your racing?My family lost
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Paul Denning interview
By Ben Miller on 05/08/2009 11:17:50
Suzuki MotoGP team manager and Crescent boss Paul Denning on traction control, Alvaro Bautista and why Donington needs to pull its socks up
control has simply made the bikes become more manageable. It’s a difficult subject. As a purist I’d like to see the bikes without traction control but, from a technical point of view, as power outputs continue to rise so the need for a safety net for Grand
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Kenny Roberts
By Visordown on 27/04/2002 14:39:32
King Kenny Roberts in his own words. During a flying visit to his race factory in Banbury, TWO caught up with Kenny Roberts Snr to find out how he has remained one of the most famous and respected personalities in GP racing.
If there is another person in the world with a wider-reaching influence on motorcycle racing, with greater durability, or more immaculate racing credentials that Kenny Roberts, I'd like to meet him.I met King Kenny for this interview and only
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