Posts By Alan Cathcart

Down the years I’ve been privileged to track-test a vast array of different road racers, from dozens of factory MotoGP and 500GP bikes, through countless World Superbike contenders, to numerous …
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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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Indian Motorcycle recently announced a limited edition 300-off 2024 version of its FTR 1200 model, inspired by its success in winning MotoAmerica’s Super Hooligan racing series in both …
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More than 70 years ago the Vincent Black Shadow delivered the most performance from a street legal series production vehicle that money could buy – on two wheels, or four. …
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The French hearted and Japanese boned Moto Martin Suzuki GSX1100 has found it’s home down-under racing in the heavily competitive Post-Classic Unlimited Period 5 class. I was lucky enough to …
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Ducati’s reassertion of its WorldSBK supremacy in 2022-23, with double title wins for Bautista after the Italian factory went a decade without any championship success, prompts a look in the …
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Tearing himself away from the beach for a couple of hours to watch my flawed efforts to imitate his impressive performance during the 2003 season aboard the Ducati 999 F03, …
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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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The words ‘genius’ and tragedy’ are often overstated, but it is beyond question that John Britten was an engineering genius, and that his death from skin cancer in September 1995, …
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Britain’s 1970s short circuit racing scene saw fans enthralled by the no-prisoners warfare in the 501-1000cc Unlimited class races between a huge variety of different motorcycles. How can we forget …
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