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Bad Boy No.5: Mike Goodwin
By Stuart Barker on 07/12/2010 15:05:56
A business deal between the inventor of Supercross and Mickey Thompson turned sour ending in the assassination of Thompson
as more than 70,000 people attended what Goodwin called the ‘Superbowl of Motocross’ at the Los Angeles Coliseum in 1972. Goodwin brought in hundreds of tons of dirt to build spectacular jumps and motocross fans thrilled at the idea of watching their sport
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History of the Superbike: 1969 - 2001
By Stuart Barker on 15/09/2001 11:53:56
Detailing the history of the superbike from the Honda CB750 in 1969 to 2001's ground-breaking Suzuki GSX-R1000
.superbike n. a standard production motorcycle with a designated engine capacity of 750cc or above and which offers ground-breaking sports performance.Okay, now we've established that, you'll understand why there's no Yamaha RD500s or Kawasaki H1s in here so
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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
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Bad Boy No.4: Mick Doohan
By Stuart Barker on 06/12/2010 16:29:16
Doohan was a hardman even when the Arai came off, here is a chronicle of his brush with the law
won five consecutive world titles on NSR500 Hondas between 1994 and 1998. Doohan’s dominance of the premier class was so complete, and his rivals so far out of his league, that he once claimed racing was ‘boring as shit.’As well as his ultra
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The trials & tribulations of Foggy Petronas
By Stuart Barker on 09/01/2008 14:57:49
At the end of this season Team Foggy Petronas will be no more. After five years the team still hasn't won a WSB race and the FP1 road bike has yet to go on general sale. So what went wrong?
July. The following week, Foggy, Corser and Haydon all performed demo laps at Brands Hatch and received a rapturous welcome from the 125,000 spectators. The winter of 2002/2003 was planned to be a hectic schedule of testing. Although the FP1's first
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John Reynolds - Retirement Plans
By Stuart Barker on 22/09/2006 16:28:36
After 20 years of racing, John Reynolds is now watching bike racing from the safe side of the fence. We ask the BSB legend about his career-ending crash, retirement, his plans for the future and what it's like not to be racing bikes for a living
with the sport again and thought there's no way I'm packing it in. On the way to Brands for the final race of the year I agreed a deal with Rizla Suzuki to race again in 2006. I was elated. Then I had my big crash."Reynolds has practically no memory of his
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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
North West 200 pure roads race, he was given some advice by a local before the 1993 event. It was to prove invaluable. "You need a bit o' Irish luck Carl. Wear something green." Whether at that point he believed in Leprechauns or not, Fogarty
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Fast Masters
By Stuart Barker on 02/11/2008 14:02:20
Why are some riders faster than others? Is it fear that stops us, a lack of technique or a state of mind? TWO examines what being fast really means and uncovers the secrets of going faster
kph is really easy. The concentration required to do about 140kph in the desert is about the same as you would need to do 200kph on the road.JAMIE DOBB was World 125cc Motocross champ in 2001 and the youngest ever British 125 motocross champion. He has
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Bike Icon: Yamaha RD400
By Stuart Barker on 26/10/2010 17:23:27
Post RD350 and pre RD350LC there was the RD400. Cool doesn't even come close
been no more fitting successor.Yamaha RD400 History (1976-1979)1976: Yamaha capitalise on the success of their 200, 250 and 350cc RD range by launching the big boy RD4001977: For the Queen's Jubilee year (not that the Japanese cared), Yamaha fitted
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Bad Boy No.6: Jason Lawrence
By Stuart Barker on 07/12/2010 15:17:27
Top AMA Supercross racer sentenced to one year in prison during 2009 for two counts of assault with a deadly weapon, one count of battery with serious bodily injury, and one count of mayhem
on June 12, 2008, and now found himself missing two crucial rounds of the AMA Supercross Lites West Championship. Lawrence was penalized under the FIM and AMA ruling that forbids ‘An attack on a racing official and/or engaging in a fight. This includes any
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