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Kenny Roberts - MotoGP Diary 2002-2003
By Kenny Roberts on 26/06/2002 09:53:57
In his column run from the mag, GP team owner and bona-fide living legend, King Kenny gave his opinions from a unique point of GP experience from running a two-stroke during the start of the MotoGP era and the hardship of developing the KR four-stroke
June 2002 The first race of the revised MotoGP class at Suzuka did actually feel like a new era. It was a bigger deal. The thing that we have adopted now - after what I'd said years ago - is that we need to bring more engineering into the motorcycle business, and the new rules...
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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
After deposing Barry Sheene for three straight championships, Kenny Roberts stopped winning the 500GP title after 1980. He remained King Kenny nonetheless. In racing terms, his status equalled that of Valentino Rossi.In 1982, injury at the British
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Max to Supermax
By Gordon Ritchie on 28/03/2002 10:49:25
Four years into his 500GP career, and Max Biaggi still hasn't won the ultimate prize the sport can offer. In a couple of years, he lost to riders he is rated higher than by most. When will Max become more than just another factor?
Roberts Senior World Championship contenders, even the greats like Rainey, Lawson, Schwantz, Gardner, Doohan and (whisper it) Rossi, a lot longer than a single 500 race to leapfrog onto motorcycle racing's highest podium step. No home-town advantage
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Barry Sheene's penultimate race
By Don Morley on 28/02/2009 16:12:04
Photographer Don Morley shot motorcycles for over 50 years. Every month, we dip into Don’s archive as he talks in his own words about the pictures that made history
helmet and leathers in the end. I was right, though. Kenny Roberts won the 500 Championship in 1978 at his first time of trying on circuits he’d never even seen before. Sheene never really recovered from the shock of that, but at least he and I eventually
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The tactics of mind games
By Stuart Barker on 02/09/2010 15:37:46
The ways of the mind game and the racers that take the mental edge over of their competitors
Five times 500cc world champion Mick Doohan once said that racing was "20 per cent physical and 80 per cent mental." Most top flight riders of today (some of whom remember what it was like to struggle around in Mick's wake) would agree with him. So why waste time and effort sweat...
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Race Guide Videos: Every MotoGP and WSB circuit
By Ben Cope on 24/03/2009 10:03:58
This month, TWO magazine are giving away a 2009 race guide supplment, with all the tracks from WSB and MotoGP and here are the videos for each circuit
are the videos to go with it. Enjoy!Assen: Chili vs. FoggyDonington Park: Kiyonari sliding through qualifyingEstoril: Classic Rossi, Elias, Roberts JrEstoril: Classic Rossi, Elias, Roberts JrJerez: Gibernau vs. RossiKyalami: 1999 WSB - Back with the RC45Laguna
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3-11-90 - The first Day of Champions
By Visordown on 01/12/2010 14:09:04
When GP racing found its conscience and the Day of Champions was born
at the end of 1984, and saw a need to manage the delivery of healthcare by motorcycle. He suggested putting on a race to raise awareness."Randy, Kenny Roberts and I got the first event up and running," says Andrea Coleman. "Kenny brought his whole team
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The Alpinestars Boot Room
By Mark Shippey on 22/10/2004 14:18:33
Mark Shippey visits Alpinestars' Italian development facility to find out just what goes into keeping your plates of meat intact in a crash
for many of the advances in safety and protection features that have evolved over the past 40 years.Kenny Roberts was the first GP rider to wear recognised road/race developed boots in the early 1970's. Reminiscent of the early protective boots
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Niall and Whit's Trial & Error
By Niall Mackenzie & James Whitham on 22/10/2010 15:36:29
Niall Mackenzie and James Whitham rediscover their racing rivalry - this time on trials bikes at the Lampkin Action Day Experience in Yorkshire
Niall Mackenzie and James Whitham rediscover their racing rivalry - this time on trials bikes at the Lampkin Action Day Experience in YorkshireCould you ever imagine Kenny Roberts senior and junior spending a day at Donington teaching you the finer
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Patriot Games - The British Grand Prix
By Bertie Simmonds on 16/06/2010 14:34:51
From the Isle of Man to Silverstone via Donington Park, the story and the thrilling races that make up the history of the British Grand Prix
, Kenny Roberts and privateer Steve Manship – all thought they had won the race! Even officials had no clue… Roberts eventually got the nod, from Manship and Sheene. The most celebrated British GP, if not the most exciting GP ever, was the 1979 race
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