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Christian Iddon Interview
By Jon Urry on 30/03/2008 21:44:41
TWO meets Britain's greatest supermoto rider to find out if he's capable of keeping both wheels inline for once
the British 450 and Open Summer Championships as well as the Open Winter Championship. By 2005 Christian was racing for Husaberg in the World Championship, finishing 6th overall. Aprilia then signed him up in 2006 to team up with supermoto legend Thierry Van
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Carry On Doctor - Valentino Rossi interview
By Gordon Ritchie & Niall Mackenzie on 21/05/2009 16:13:23
Against the odds, Rossi took Yamaha's mediocre M1 to MotoGP victory in 2004. He talks to Mackenzie about riding, winning and shoe shopping...
of the great team efforts ever. We show how the balance of MotoGP power was shifted, as Yamaha brought the mountain to their own new Mohammed.Our man Niall Mac swept into the Valencia MotoGP with a mission in mind - cornering the King of Cornering, Valentino
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Looking through the window - a tour of the MV Agusta factory
By Ross Sharp on 16/07/2010 09:25:15
A guide through the wonders of how the stunning MV Agustas are born
that the very tightest of tolerances have been achieved. Once he is happy and the computer says yes, another team take over, inserting the valves, springs and camshafts all by hand, using proper hand tools.Read on for more of the magic from the factory of MV
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Sand Rovers: The Moroccan desert
By Oli Tennent on 09/08/2010 10:14:05
The vast Moroccan desert exerts an eerie, wholly other-worldly charm. Even for that notoriously unappreciative tourist Oli Tennent
riding holidays. Ian (the gaffer) has raided the toy chest and the giant vehicle shines out of the gloom festooned with spotlights, jerry cans, shovels and two Honda CRF450 enduro bikes on the back. Nice.The last member to make up our little team is Keith
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Racing heavyweights: Europe v Japan
By John Hogan on 01/04/2010 11:13:25
Since the middle of the last century motorcycle racing has been dominated by these two heavyweights. With the most explosive race seasons in living memory upon us, who’s top dog?
500 and Honda NSR500, for example – have been developed by a lead rider with whom the factory’s engineers developed a deep understanding; Giacomo Agostini and Mick Doohan in these cases. Sometimes other team riders could get on with the bike, sometimes
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Sticks and Stones - Red Bull Romaniacs
By Geoff Walker on 12/07/2011 11:09:58
Set in Dracula’s own backyard, Romaniacs is five days of sheer hell for bikes and riders as enduro racers from all over the world tackle the toughest race in the world
Freinadametz and his team. Martin is an ex-pro snowboarder from Austria. This man is a lunatic, so his concept for one of the toughest off-road races on earth using the carpathian mountain range just outside the city of Sibiu in mid-romania had to involve a
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The Pioneer Motorcycle Run
By Colin Goodwin on 14/10/2010 13:18:06
Toodle pip and chocks away, Ginger! Visordown's off on the oldest classic bike run in Blighty. Hurrah! Don't spare the horses, and last one home's a rotten egg
Drive. Motorways, of course, are not used. The bike I'm riding belongs to my good friend Vic Norman. Vic runs a stunt flying team using old Boeing Stearmans and puts on displays involving lycra-clad beauties wing walking. He has a nice life. And a very
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Fit for purpose: Diablo 666 Endurance ZX-10R
By Bertie Simmonds on 20/10/2010 10:03:37
The average road bike does a bit of everything. But there are machines in the biking world designed to do one job only. Pure specialists if you will. These are the bikes...
a lot of time on the competition if we get it right. It's a team game - if we do a pit-stop over 20 seconds we've had it, but then again if we're two seconds off the pace then we've really had it...Click here to find out more about the Diablo 666
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Christian Iddon: The Apprentice
By Jon Urry on 01/12/2010 15:14:53
You may not have heard of him but Christian Iddon is a World Supermoto racer. His raw riding talent is obvious. So, has he got what it takes to make an impact in road racing? Mackenzie passes his verdict.
as the Open Winter Championship. By 2005 Christian was racing for Husaberg in the World Championship, finishing 6th overall. Aprilia then signed him up in 2006 to team up with supermoto legend Thierry Van Den Bosch in a fully factory team. Christian finished
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Discuss: Everyone wants a 750
By Visordown on 01/06/2010 11:29:00
1000cc is now too much and the 600s too track orientated, do we need to see a return of the 750s?
the industry, public, teams, riders and media, so never rule anything out!"However, ask the importers and they'll predictably defend their current line-ups and cite no reason to change, saying no one wants 750s any more, and the 600s are plenty fast enough
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