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Lucky Stars - Superstitious racers
By Stuart Barker on 15/05/2009 14:48:43
Rossi, Foggy, Sheene - In this age of space technology, it's comforting to know that bike racers are a desperately superstitious bunch
Conventional wisdom would argue that winning a motorcycle race requires skill, courage, physical fitness, stamina, experience and sophisticated, reliable and proven machinery. Seems logical enough.But there is another way to win races should you be lacking any of the aforemention...
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Carl 'Foggy' Fogarty columns from TWO magazine
By Carl Fogarty on 27/10/2002 11:48:28
Carl Fogarty has done more than enough to deserve this space to talk about anything that takes his fancy: racing, superbikes, Grand Prix, family, friends, fun and hanging out with pop stars in London nightclubs...
August 2001I wasn't surprised to see the results from the Donington WSB races, with most of the five riders I said would do well doing well.Chili, Corser, Hodgson, Edwards, and Bayliss, although Bayliss had a bit of nightmare with his tyres. It seems to be the way things are goin...
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Top 7 cruisers with huge engines
By Ben Cope on 25/07/2011 11:09:39
Motorcycles with engines that are bigger than you'll find in most cars...
If you want a large capacity cruiser but the 8.2-litre, 3-ton, 6-metre long motorcycle pictured here is just a bit excessive for you - or you don't quite have the garage space for it - then read on.We've chosen one motorcycle for each manufacturer
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The Joy of Six... (cylinders)
By Stuart Barker on 05/08/2010 09:56:23
For the first time in more than two decades, you'll be able to buy a bike with an across the frame six-cylinder engine. We look at the enduring appeal of six..
it into a bike. Almost inevitably, six cylinders will take up more space than four and when they’re strung out in a straight line across the bike’s frame, as on the new BMW and all previous production straight six bikes, that means adding width to the whole
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Bonhams Biggest Bike Auction
By John Cantlie on 05/07/2008 17:13:14
On June 30th, the single biggest private collection of motorcycles ever sold in one go went under the hammer. Went with Whitham to pick up a biking bargain, but instead we found ourselves hopelessly out of our depth…
It’s not every day that a private collection of motorcycles spanning back almost 100 years is put on public auction, but the Austrian professor Fritz Ehn (for they were his) had decided he needed to clear some space in his garage and top-up his
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Fact: Castle Combe provides thrills and spills!
By George Chapman on 23/08/2010 14:15:56
Castle Combe race track in Wiltshire rattles my senses during inaugural track day outing.
at any one time and employ numerous, experienced instructors to provide tips and advice on your lines and riding style.With a promise of plenty of space on the 1.85 mile circuit and as a complete track novice, I signed up to one of their weekday events
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Icon: Barry from Auf Widersehen Pet
By Stuart Barker on 17/09/2010 16:57:21
Cool For Being Uncool - He was unlucky, fat and ugly with a thick Brum accent - an unlikely hero
used to be about - cheap transport for the financially challenged, a quick way to get your hands dirty, and an easy parking space at the chippy. Barry wouldn't have given a flying shit about the latest Dainese one-piece leathers or King and Queen
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Rocket Men - The Racing Haslam Family
By Bertie Simmonds on 26/06/2002 15:50:55
The story behind the racing Haslam family
versions of that one, but true or not, it illustrates the simple fact that a passion for racing and a thirst for what makes racing motorcycles work, battles for space in the Haslam veins alongside red and white corpuscles and haemoglobin. So much so
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Automatic: How Honda's future will affect you
By Ben Cope on 02/11/2011 10:00:43
A look at the technical side of Honda's new Integra. You might not want an automatic gearbox, but Honda's future-tech innovations could influence the next bike you buy
engine is bristling with space and friction saving tricks. First up in Honda's quest to make the most from the least is its single intake port. The air intake branch manifold has one inlet for the throttle body and this feeds both inlet ports. Honda have
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Creche Course - They start 'em young these days
By Mark Forsyth on 17/06/2008 14:51:06
MF goes racing with the fastest 8-year olds in the country as we go looking for the next generation of MotoGP talent
editor, every programme producer and station controller understands the desirability of British winners at world level. Get a winner on international television and space will be devoted, air time increased and up-up-up goes the value. It isn't rocket
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