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Buy Harley's test track
By Visordown News on 23/08/2011 12:16:35
Yes, they actually develop them on a circuit!
HARLEY'S old test track in the alligator-infested Florida Everglades is up for sale for a piffling $7.5 million.The circuit, owned by Harley and formerly used by Ford to develop cars, is spread over a massive 531 acres of 'Big Cyprus Swamp' near
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Triumph Speed Triple track tested
By Andy Stevens on 29/09/2011 10:45:00
Having survived its final test during the Bennetts Ultimate trackday at Snetterton 300, it’s time to hand the keys back to Triumph
Every year UK bikers get a chance to win a place on the exclusive Bennetts Ultimate track day, this year it was hosted at the new Snetterton 300 circuit with racing gods Cal Crutchlow, James Toseland, James Whitham and Scott Redding.I took the Speed
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The Mille Family - RSV & Tuono track test
By Jon Urry on 16/09/2010 16:50:29
With more inbreeding than a small Welsh village Aprilia's Mille engine comes in many guises. We took five of the best to Donington Park to put 'em through their paces
to get the five best Aprilias we could find together and then let Aprilia MotoGP rider Colin Edwards loose on the track with them. Well, best laid plans and all that, this idea was scuppered when Aprilia arranged a last minute test for the Cube in Brno
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Ducati 1098 Bayliss Mallory Park track test
By Mark Forsyth on 24/06/2010 14:45:43
Angry, stiff, unforgiving and verging on the unmanageable in inexperienced hands. BUT with a super-strong engine, amazing brakes and a soundtrack to savour. Hard work
’s the noise. From the clatter of clutch to the painfully loud induction noise and booming tailpipes it’s a fabulous bit of professional dramatics. Few neighbours would agree though.Mallory Park Track DataThe Ducati posted the third fastest time of the four
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2010 BMW S1000RR Niall Mackenzie track test
By Niall Mackenzie on 03/06/2010 16:56:00
Visordown’s road test editor is also a three times British Superbike Champion. So who better to sample the most eagerly awaited bike from BMW? Niall Mackenzie takes the S1000RR to the edge
of pared down weight is just as evident when you’re hustling the S1000 RR round a track. It’s really easy to flick from one bank angle to another – handy at this circuit because one corner just flows into another and high speed direction changes are crucial
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2010 BMW S1000RR Mallory Park track test
By Mark Forsyth on 24/06/2010 15:50:52
Technically superior to the opposition, kind and considerate to all grades of rider and ridiculously fast. A bike so well-behaved it makes ultra-scary speeds things of joy
look and feel even shoddier. The BMW will just flatter you. Really, it will.Mallory Park Track Data56.33 seconds is the BMW’s best theoretical lap time based on all its best sector times. As we were attending a Focused Event track day we had to do
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2010 Aprilia RSV4 Factory Mallory Park track test
By Mark Forsyth on 24/06/2010 15:17:54
Small, feisty and peaky, but raw, basic and flawed in some respects. Aside from all that, a beautiful creation and a most lusted after machine. And very, very fast too
game but it more than makes up for it with a massive amount of controllable, progressive delivery. Just a shame the slipper clutch doesn’t deliver the goods.Mallory Park Track DataThe Aprila RSV4 Factory is top dog down Mallory’s main start
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2010 MV Agusta F4 1000 Mallory Park track test
By Mark Forsyth on 24/06/2010 12:07:49
Categorically better than its predecessor and properly in contention in the exalted company of the other European exotics. It filled Whit with confidence – and that is quite some recommendation
, we think is a significant achievement as it’s always the torque a rider feels, not the peak power figure.Mallory Track dataAround a sub-minute lap (with Whitham at the controls, obviously) the MV was nearly a whole second off the BMW’s best time
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Test ride a Ducati on track, for nowt
By Visordown News on 04/05/2007 16:13:58
Ducati team up with trackday organiser
IF RED IS your colour and you fancy test riding a brand-new Ducati and paying nothing for it, then readon on.Ducati UK have joined forces with MotorSport Vision and have confirmed two track days at Brands Hatch on the 29 May and Cadwell Park
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Dunlop Sportmax GP Racers track tested
By mark forsyth on 30/09/2011 14:53:13
Grip? Oh my life...
Insurance companies giving something back to their customers? Eh? Come again?Yes, it’s true.Nipped along to Snetterton on Tuesday where Bennetts Insurance had 100 competition winners along for a free track day. And judging by the hand show when
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