water and with the other parts of the course dry, conditions were extremely tricky.Starting at number two once more on his HM Plant Honda McGuinness was lucky to survive two huge highside slides, particularly one at Rhencullen, which meant John found

loosened and the lower pinch bolts still tight, undo the fork cap. It's easier to do it now than later once the forks are off the bike.4 Undo the lower pinch bolts and slide the fork legs down and out, one at a time. Make sure the calipers are supported

lubricant such as copper grease, brake paste (if you can get hold of it), a bungee cord and an old toothbrush.There are two types of caliper found on bikes these days: opposed piston and sliding pin. Opposed piston calipers have hydraulically operated

-KTRC is designed to enable riders to push the edge of traction. Well, that's the aim.If you've watched MotoGP in the 990 era, you'll know that in order to get the best lap time, the riders had to slide the bikes on the exit of corners. Too little slide

it paying particular attention to the pistons before you slide them back into the calipers. If you don’t clean the pistons first, there’s a strong chance that you’ll drag dirt in with the piston and damage the seals. Take your time here and exercise plenty

obviously got on the blower and reported a bike sliding down the fast lane of the motorway. Our rozzer must have hurried to the scene expecting to find a tangled heap of metal.Keen to avoid an extended interview with the authorities, I try to confuse him

at 120mph, the Aussie was sent sliding across the Tarmac. He was relatively unhurt in the spill though, saying: "I've got burns on my elbows from sliding along the track but otherwise I'm OK."We were having some problems with the front tyre early on, we

announced to the assembled journalists. "If you make a mistake then ride over the curbs and brake on the blue and red tarmac strips."  Somewhere at the back of the room a voice asked the question on everyone's minds. "What if you're sliding?"  "In that case

to ride, Pirelli are more easy than Bridgestone. But at the same time, I have the sense that it's fun, the bike is big, is fat, slide, move everywhere. The races are fun, have a lot of very good riders over there, so is for that that I enjoy a lot

encourages you to get your knee down which, with practice, can be an excellent and precise gauge of lean angle. We occasionally hear of riders saying kneedown can also save a slide turning into a crash. While this is undoubtedly true in Grand Prix racing