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What’s MotoGP ever done for us?
By Bertie Simmonds on 30/04/2010 12:21:11
How comparable is a £3 million MotoGP weapon to your sportsbike? Since 2002 technology has filtered down from the best teams in the world, more so than you might imagine
When MotoGP arrived in 2002, the official line was that the old two-strokes were dinosaurs: anachronisms in titanium and carbon-fibre with little bearing on what we rode on the street. ‘Win on Sunday, sell on Monday’ was a popular marketing slogan of the time, but I wonder if any...
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The GSX-R Factor
By Bertie Simmonds on 26/05/2010 12:03:29
GSX-R. No other machine has had the impact on motorcycling in the last 30 years than those four letters have. But what has made the GSX-R so great?
It’s the bike that’s launched a thousand race careers. It single-handedly began the sportsbike revolution that we know and love. It gave us Schwantz, Slingshot carbs, the streetfighter sub-culture and gaudy shell-suit graphics. It gave us a million
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What's MotoGP ever done for us? Pt.2
By Bertie Simmonds on 05/05/2010 12:52:33
Following on from looking into how Grand Prix racing has revolutionised the very bikes we ride, here’s how the riding kit the fastest racers on the planet wear has shaped what we use today
we had to) and whatever gloves we could find. Goal-keeper gloves were a favourite in summer. But as bikes improved and our tastes turned to sportsbikes, our penchant for clothing has gone that way too. And leading the way in terms of development
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Tyre launch: Bridgestone Battlax BT-016
By Bertie Simmonds on 22/10/2008 11:25:39
With its first MotoGP title, not to mention the services of a fast Italian, Bridgestone is on a high
the launch at Jerez technical features such as HTSPC, MS Belt and 3 and 5 layer compounds were bandied about. Apparently all you need to know is that they have progressive grip performance, sporty handling, good longevity and excellent high and low
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The rise of the 2002 Yamaha YZF-R1
By Bertie Simmonds on 22/04/2002 15:24:57
After the original 1998 R1, this version had a tough act to follow. So how did they go about developing and improving the previous model
with the YZF-R1, a bike which was to do something that the Thunderace never did - knock the FireBlade from its perch as king of the sportsbikes.For 2002, the R1 has a new project leader - Yoshikazu Koike - and it's his job to keep the bike true to Miwa
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