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  1. New: 2015 Kawasaki Ninja H2 announced

    ... the spirit of the 750cc Mach IV H2 that, along with the 500cc three cylinder H1 and all-conquering 903cc Z1 Super Four, epitomised ...

    Visordown News - 10/05/2024 - 03:55 - 0 comments

  2. 1985 Championship double - Freddie Spencer

    ... achieved what many thought was impossible, taking both the 500cc and 250cc titles in the same year - 1985. In doing so he shone briefly ... Thus began his path to GP greatness. He'd win his first 500cc GP race aged 20 at Spa that year on his way to claiming two race wins and ...

    Bertie Simmonds - 10/05/2024 - 04:24 - 0 comments

  3. Kenny Roberts: MotoGP's never been better

    ... paddock during the recent Austin round at COTA. A triple 500cc champion during a premier-class career from 1978-1983, 'King Kenny' also oversaw titles for Wayne Rainey (3 x 500cc) and John Kocinski (250cc) as a Yamaha team owner. In 1997, Roberts ...

    anonymous - 23/04/2019 - 11:40 - 0 comments

  4. MotoGP to continue with CRTs

    ... bikes, competitive while not too expensive. Those were the 500cc years, but it can be done with MotoGP too." ...

    rgo - 10/05/2024 - 04:06 - 0 comments

  5. Top 10 MotoGP-winning nations

    ... entries coming from all over the globe in the 876 top-level (500cc/MotoGP) races until the end of 2018 only 18 nations can lay claim to ... little top-level racing success. It lays claim to just three 500cc GP wins. So which nations do make the top 10? Read on to find out… ...

    Simon Hancocks - 10/05/2024 - 03:38 - 0 comments

  6. Husqvarna to host 120th anniversary test ride day at Fowlers

    ... the 250cc class (then the lower of two classes, below the 500cc). Tibblin would race the 500cc class with Husqvarna the following year, in 1960, and finished third in ...

    Alex Whitworth - 04/07/2023 - 10:41 - 0 comments

  7. Loncin’s 500 twin

    ... Chinese firm Loncin was plotting a range of twin-cylinder 500cc models  and now the first of them has been officially revealed. The HR7 uses a Loncin-made 500cc twin that appears to be virtually identical to Honda’s CB500F ...

    Visordown - 23/09/2019 - 09:35 - 0 comments

  8. Graziano Rossi - The God's father

    ... 200mile race on. Tell me about your move to the 500cc class in 1980. I signed for the Nava Olio Fiat Suzuki team in 1980, ...

    Niall Mackenzie - 10/05/2024 - 04:16 - 0 comments

  9. Where Are They Now? John Kocinski

    ... to WSB having already won the GP250 world title and four 500cc GPs on a Cagiva competing with the likes of Lawson, Rainey and Schwantz. ... everyone in WSB Kocinski returned for two years to the 500cc class with the Honda-Pons-Movistar team in 1998 and team Kanemoto Honda ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 10/05/2024 - 04:24 - 0 comments

  10. Return of the 250cc four?

    ... sales approaching 8 million per year. Bikes from 250cc to 500cc face a 60% ‘luxury’ tax, rising to 75% above 500cc, meaning the sub-250cc market accounts for virtually all of those 8 ...

    Visordown News - 10/05/2024 - 03:58 - 0 comments

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