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Team Hates: Eight intense team-mate rivalries
By Bertie Simmonds on 11/11/2010 11:36:45
It's a rule of thumb in racing that you have to beat your team-mate. And to beat him, you must employ every method at your disposal. Delve into the world of when the team-mate system goes wrong
-mate, whether at running, tennis or racing bikes. In his book 'Wayne Rainey - His Own Story', he recalls his approach when teamed up with four-time World Champ Eddie Lawson during Wayne's first Championship-winning season of 1990. " I liked having team-mates. I
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The White Helmets motorcycle display team
By John Hogan on 22/10/2010 11:37:08
The White Helmets display team have been entertaining kids at military tattoos for over 90 years. But in this day of psycho freestylers aren’t they just relics, a total anachronism?
’s for sure. When you take a place in the troop you undertake the kind of rider training most bikers can only dream about: compulsory wheelie training from 08:30 until 13:00, then backwards riding ‘til knock off isn’t an uncommon occurrence. Imagine that! New
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Weird Weekends: BSB with the Rizla squad
By Luke Ponsford on 29/12/2006 14:29:26
There is no 'i' in 'team', but there are four in 'freeloading, indolent bike journalist'. Ponsford joins the Rizla Suzuki BSB squad for the 2006 championship's last hurrah
, not the last. But now I know what it'll take to win the title next year." No doubts there, then.When I ask Shakey if highsiding at 130mph and landing on his head will affect his confidence when it comes to getting on a bike again, he affixes me with a 1000-yard
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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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MotoGP 2010: Who's going where?
By Visordown News on 13/08/2009 16:32:25
Visordown rider guide to the 2010 MotoGP season
Repsol Honda TeamDani Pedrosa – confirmed for 2010Andrea Dovizioso –confirmed for 2010 Fiat Yamaha TeamValentino Rossi - confirmed for 2010Jorge Lorenzo - looks set to stay with Yamaha in 2010 but could the reported 7million euro offer from Ducati
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Dirty Work
By Tom Higham on 28/01/2011 12:19:23
On a trip to the South Coast this week I was invited to meet the team behind a bright pink bike cleaner
they give to the Rizla Suzuki MotoGp team, the Dixon Yamaha MX team and also as an official supplier to the Force India F1 team, ensuring they all keep shining for the cameras.The company also supports the local bike meets at Poole Quay, which take place
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Comparing Champions - Toseland and Spies
By Robin Goodwin on 22/06/2010 13:39:19
How James Toseland compares to Ben Spies over the first five races following the team exchange
points tally. Obviously outside elements would change the above but it goes to show that 2010 has not been a walk in the park for James Toseland.ResultsPoints after five races:1st: Toseland 2007: 196,2nd: Toseland 2004: 1573rd Spies 2009: 1464th Toseland
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Cold Play - Staying in
By Visordown Team on 20/10/2007 18:46:04
The team get together for a long night of beers, pizzas and DVDs to review what's hot on the box
the rumour goes. Harry H Corbett from Steptoe & Son is in it too. 6/10.10.30 Faster. Bloody hell, this is awesome. Filmed behind the MotoGP scenes during the 2001/2002 seasons, and featuring candid interviews with Rossi, Roberts, Schwantz, Doohan, Checa
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Discuss: Do 1000cc superbikes need traction control?
By Ben Cope on 21/06/2011 09:28:00
...or is it all in your wrist?
The 2012 Yamaha YZF-R1 joins the growing list of 1000cc superbikes with traction control, but do we need it?Superbikes with traction control:Aprilia RSV4 APRC SEBMW S1000RRDucati 1198MV Agusta F4 1000Kawasaki ZX-10RClearly, it's a charge lead
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Face Off - Mackenzie V Hislop
By Stuart Barker on 23/04/2010 09:45:54
In 1998 the fiercest battle between two team-mates took place in British Superbikes. Niall Mackenzie and Steve Hislop set the racing scene alight with their increasingly vicious clashes
returning to Britain in 1996 while Hizzy had spent the early part of his career dominating the pure road racing scene, racking up 11 Isle of Man TT victories in the process. “I didn’t know Steve very well when he joined the team and I never really knew where
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