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Throwback Thursday | Moto Guzzi 8V Racer Test, Revisited
7 months ago

Throwback Thursday | Moto Guzzi 8V Racer Test, Revisited

Il Dottore leaving us will be felt not only in the USA, where the bikes he created were raced successfully to three AMA National titles in the 1980s by the …
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Two Stroke Tuesday: Sheene Tribute RG500
7 months ago

Two Stroke Tuesday: Sheene Tribute RG500

This RGB500 might have been built partly to pay homage to one of the most popular Grand Prix stars but it will not be sitting in silence for evermore. Paul …
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50 Years Today… Barry Sheene’s 1975 winning Suzuki RG500 XR14
8 months ago

50 Years Today… Barry Sheene’s 1975 winning Suzuki RG500 XR14

Fifty years ago the Suzuki RG500 made its competition debut, and in doing so raised the curtain on the modern era of 500cc Grand Prix racing, by making …
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Throwback Thursday: Britten Aero-D-One V1000, Racer Test
8 months ago

Throwback Thursday: Britten Aero-D-One V1000, Racer Test

John Britten was best known for his V1000 creation, which to this day is still one of the wildest motorcycles to grace the international road racing stages. Proving he was …
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Throwback Thursday | 1999 V&M Yamaha YZF-R1 David Jefferies
11 months ago

Throwback Thursday | 1999 V&M Yamaha YZF-R1 David Jefferies

The October 1997 debut of Yamaha’s YZF-R1 put the Japanese company at the leading edge of sportbike design – a position for which it’s been in contention ever …
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Custom Bike | Turbo’d Ducati Diavel, 225RWHP!
11 months ago

Custom Bike | Turbo’d Ducati Diavel, 225RWHP!

When Blake Saville realised he was never going to get comfortable on his YZF-R1, despite trying, he decided it was time to buy a cruiser. He didn’t want a Harley …
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Throwback Thursday | The Back Story of the Alex Criville 1989 JJ-Cobas TB5 125
1 year ago

Throwback Thursday | The Back Story of the Alex Criville 1989 JJ-Cobas TB5 125

Alex Criville’s story to becoming a MotoGP icon is a brilliant one. As a bike mad teenager, he basically made it all happen himself and with raw talent, sheer guts …
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Throwback Thursday | Racer Test, JJ-Cobas 1989 TB5 125
1 year ago

Throwback Thursday | Racer Test, JJ-Cobas 1989 TB5 125

Having tested Aspar’s 1988 World title-winning rotary-valve Derbi and Gianola’s runner-up reed-valve Honda RS125R in 1988, I figured before stepping aboard it at Jarama that I had a …
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Throwback Thursday | World’s Fastest Triumph Trident, Mellor Streamliner
1 year ago

Throwback Thursday | World’s Fastest Triumph Trident, Mellor Streamliner

It’s not every day you see a Rolls-Royce Silver Dawn limousine, for one thing they were only manufactured for a few years, during the height of Britain’s postwar …
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Throwback Thursday | Harley-Davidson RR500 GP bike
1 year ago

Throwback Thursday | Harley-Davidson RR500 GP bike

The chance to ride the one and only factory Harley-Davidson 500GP racer ever built came on a summer’s day at Pirelli’s Vizzola test track, in the shadow of …
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