riders crashed coming into the same corner. The hairpin then looked like the remnants of a kiddies slippy slide party than a professional motorcycle race.Brookes has been given a 2-race ban following the accident - he's not done anything to help his

and sliding his way across the expansive gravel trap he then slammed into the tyre wall, bounced high into the air, cleared the barrier and landed, hard, in the shrubbery. "He’s got a suspected broken ankle but he’s OK," said a team member. And an awful lot

AUSSIE SLIDING sensation Garry McCoy is back in MotoGP, riding for FB Corse in the 2010 championship.McCoy, recently laid-off by the BE1 Triumph World Supersport team, will ride a triple-cylinder 800cc machine in the upcoming MotoGP series. The 37

2012 is marked in the Mayan calendars as the end of the world but for the many bike fans around it is the year that 1000cc bikes return to MotoGP and possibly a return to the cool powerslides shots. In the meantime we have put together a top 10

sending me and the RC8 I was (briefly) on, sliding across his oil towards the gravel.The rear tyre smacked me in the head as the KTM barrel-rolled past, leaving a huge rubber stripe which has since worn off.The vents across the top of the lid cracked

himself down in 11th place at the end of lap one and a lap of 115.518mph was over a minute and a half slower than the times of the previous day. The Glen Helen section remained damp throughout and John slipped further back on the 2nd lap to 14th but a

1 Here's where it all begins. Before you go further, measure how much of the fork leg protrudes above the top yoke so they can be re-fitted in the same position. Also check the routeing of all cables and wiring. Take a snap with a digital camera

Click here 10 Quick steps to changing brake padsBuy a brand new bike and you can put thoughts of changing consumables such as brake pads, chains and sprockets out of your mind for a good few thousand miles.But buy a second-hand machine

was opening the throttle wide open in 1st on the exit of a hairpin, feeding in 2nd and then 3rd.The rider behind me said the ZX-10R laid a long black arc as I went through the gears. In 1st at full throttle leant over, the system did cut in obviously, but only

.Step 1The first thing to do is have a look at how the pads are fitted into the calipers.Get the camera out and take a few reminder shots. Once you’re happy that you know where everything fits, leave the caliper in situ, bolted to the fork leg, and remove