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Throwback Thursday | 1985 British Superstock GSX-R750F

By  •  September 26, 2024

It’s hard to think of any new model as immediately dominant straight out of the box as the Suzuki GSX-R750F was in its debut 1985 racing season. Nothing demonstrated this …
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Throwback Thursday | Carlos Checa’s 2000 Yamaha YZR500 Test

By  •  August 22, 2024

Not since 1992, and the last of Wayne Rainey’s hat-trick of World titles, had the Japanese company with the tuning forks badge ruled the roost in Grand Prix racing’s premier …
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Throwback Thursday | Fogarty & Chilli’s Ducati 996 Superbike Test

By  •  August 1, 2024

Quite apart from its domination of MotoGP, the past two years have seen Ducati rule the World Superbike series once again with the Panigale V4 R, its MotoGP racer-with-lights ridden …
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Throwback Thursday: Ginger Molloy’s Kawasaki H1R Racer

By  •  July 25, 2024

50 years on from its season in the sun, the Ginger Molloy milestone Kawasaki H1R is alive and racing in Australia in completely original form, thanks to the son of …
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Throwback Thursday | Laverda 915 SFC Racer Test

By  •  June 27, 2024

Laverda used racing as a means of developing new models, and showing the finished product to be both fast and reliable. Hence the family-owned company’s proud record of success in …
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Throwback Thursday | Tuning Tips: Pommie’s Yamaha RD350LC

By  •  June 13, 2024

I was never really happy with the fuelling of my Yamaha RD350LC, which was featured earlier in the year, and the reason I never bothered too much with jetting, was …
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Throwback Thursday | Exactweld Yamaha TZ250 GP Racer

By  •  May 30, 2024

The current globalisation of road racing means that, in almost every country of the world, in every class, the same identikit array of Supersomethings line up on the grid to …
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1974 Maxton Dugdale Yamaha TZ385 racer test | Throwback Thursday

By  •  May 9, 2024

Back in the days before anyone dreamed Yamaha two-strokes would be venerated as prized collectables, the Dugdale Maxton Yamaha TZ385, that 50 years ago this year took Charlie Williams to …
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1974 Kawasaki H1 500 | Throwback Thursday, Classic

By  •  May 2, 2024

I’m used to riding the latest and greatest bikes all the time, so my idea was to buy something for myself that I was less likely to lose my licence …
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Bike Review | Used Ride 2014 Yamaha MT-07 | 10-Years On, Throwback Thursday

By  •  April 4, 2024

The Yamaha MT-07 arrived here 10-years ago. It’d originally been designed specifically for the Australian & NZ markets and like it’s larger sibling the MT-09, had been designed for rideability …
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