will probably never return to the sales heights of 2008.THESE days we’re focussing on our strengths Which means delivering the best possible off-road sport motorcycle to the core community. On the other hand we started up a strategic partnership with Bajaj

When the chequered flag drops at the end of the MotoGP race at Valencia on November 11th, Casey Stoner will walk away from the sport.Announcing his retirement in the pre-race press conference at Le Mans, the two-time MotoGP champion cited that a

If you don't know who Nina Sebastiane is, that's because you're not into speedway. She presented Channel Four's GP speedway coverage, is mad on bikes and any sport that is either dangerous, glamorous or preferably both. We collared the girl in her

generic audience, a sports audience. They’re there to cheer on Spain as much as they’re there to cheer on motorbike riders. Donington’s a more specialist group of people, they’re making a pilgrimage. In Spain the sport’s just so popular, it’s up

being a sport and a business enterprise have become more blurred over the years?Why pick on Formula One? Virtually every sport has become a business enterprise, MotoGP certainly has.But bikers often say that F1 has become boring. what can be done about

to come out fighting.Pain is my guide through each and every dayMy physio is Dr Gee, he’s awesome, based down in Newport, California. He works with Kelly Slater and pretty much everyone in action sports – he puts us all together on a pretty regular basis

at riding dirt bikes, so I tried to adapt but nothing seemed to work. We had a final meeting to discuss what could be done to improve things but there wasn’t anything we could do so I made the decision to quit. I’m not in the sport for the money, it

would you own if money were no object?CCM retro range, cafe racer and flat tracker, and I'd make myself the fastest, trickest sports bike12. What's the maddest thing you've done on a bike?An end-of-season race with the lads on Ainsdale Beach, Southport

700, low range high torque is important. Why not adopt this strategy for a sports 1000 roadbike like new Fireblade?At 6,800 revs that engine is all over - it's reached its top power and top speed. With what, 38kw top power? Having that kind of peak

for the sport and the will to be out there. If you've got that the rest follows and you rapidly acquire a good sense of what's going on. We work as a team so we all have our strengths and weaknesses. One marshall can't pick up bikes because he has a bad back