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Racer Test: YZ450F based Yamaha YZ450GP racer
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5 months ago

Racer Test: YZ450F based Yamaha YZ450GP racer

I’m a fan of small racebikes like this YZ450GP. I love 250 two-strokes, 125 two-strokes – even though I don’t fit on them – and loved my own little RSX550 …
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Feature: Tour Of The New Norton Factory In Solihull, U.K.
6 months ago

Feature: Tour Of The New Norton Factory In Solihull, U.K.

Norton’s recent history has been an extremely rocky one for the British marque. Essentially revived from the rubble by Indian motorcycle giant TVS, they’re on the road to recovery. I …
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Bear Tracks: Getting Out Of Melbourne
6 months ago

Bear Tracks: Getting Out Of Melbourne

No, I do not subscribe to the idea that the best thing about Melbourne is the Hume Highway leading north to Sydney. In fact, the eight years I spent living …
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Bear Tracks: Staying Safe Riding In The Summer Heat
7 months ago

Bear Tracks: Staying Safe Riding In The Summer Heat

Yes, summer is coming… and who would have thought that phrase would ever acquire the such a threatening tone. Australian riders have it tough when it comes to riding in …
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Bear Tracks: USA’s Scenic Byways
8 months ago

Bear Tracks: USA’s Scenic Byways

I headed out to check out the famous National Parks in the USA. For motorcyclists, the ideal way to enjoy these parks as well as a lot of other wonderful …
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Throwback Thursday: Record Breaking Brough Superior Baby Pendine 750
8 months ago

Throwback Thursday: Record Breaking Brough Superior Baby Pendine 750

Brough Superior, founded in 1919, was the so-called Rolls-Royce of Motorcycles, the manufacturer of the world’s fastest, most desirable and exclusive motorcycles in the pre-WW2 era. Just days after the …
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MIRA Files: Putting The Motorcycles Of 1973 To The Test
8 months ago

MIRA Files: Putting The Motorcycles Of 1973 To The Test

Europe was going through dramatic changes with their motorcycle manufacturing in 1973, Japan had well and truly proved that they could match and best the bikes of the Western world. …
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Legends: The Career Of Kevin Magee, Part Two, Getting Recognised
9 months ago

Legends: The Career Of Kevin Magee, Part Two, Getting Recognised

When Ducati tuning guru Bob Brown approached Kevin Magee in 1982, neither of the larger than life personalities had any idea what their meeting would lead to. The tuning skills …
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Legends: The Career Of Kevin Magee, Part One, Early Life
9 months ago

Legends: The Career Of Kevin Magee, Part One, Early Life

It was a picture of Kenny Roberts Snr on the black and yellow Yamaha. I don’t reckon I ever walked past that poster without stopping to look at it. Nobody …
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Feature: The Business History Of MV Agusta
9 months ago

Feature: The Business History Of MV Agusta

Though absent from Grand Prix racing’s premier class for the past 47 years, MV Agusta is still Europe’s most historic and successful racing marque. MV have changed owners a few …
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