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Throwback Thursday: Riding The Original Ducati Monster M900
1 year ago

Throwback Thursday: Riding The Original Ducati Monster M900

The Ducati Monster opened up a whole new world for the Italian brand. Pulling them out of a financial slump to become one of the most popular machines the brand …
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Interview: How Miguel Angel Galluzzi Invented The Ducati Monster!
1 year ago

Interview: How Miguel Angel Galluzzi Invented The Ducati Monster!

There’s a valid case for stating that the Ducati Monster is the single most important motorcycle to be produced anywhere in the world since the original Honda Super Cub debuted …
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Throwback Thursday: 1975 Godier & Genound Kawasaki 1000 Endurance Racer
2 years ago

Throwback Thursday: 1975 Godier & Genound Kawasaki 1000 Endurance Racer

Before it evolved into the long-distance version of Superstock racing that it’s become today, Endurance racing showcased the most innovative motorcycles on the planet. No motorcycle better qualifies for that …
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Throwback Thursday: Eddie Lawson’s Cagiva V592, 30-Years On
2 years ago

Throwback Thursday: Eddie Lawson’s Cagiva V592, 30-Years On

On July 12th, 1992, a modern two-wheeled fairy-tale came true. In a brave and tactically brilliant display of wet-weather riding on a drying track, four-time World champion Eddie Lawson won …
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Feature: The History Of Japauto & The 950SS
2 years ago

Feature: The History Of Japauto & The 950SS

Legend has it that Dick Mann’s Daytona 200-miles win on a factory-built Honda Formula 750 racer in March 1970 represented when Japanese in-line fours first established their domination of production-based …
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Throwback Thursday: 1973 Japauto Honda 950SS Multiple Bol d’Or Winner, Racer Test
2 years ago

Throwback Thursday: 1973 Japauto Honda 950SS Multiple Bol d’Or Winner, Racer Test

Japauto went from zero to hero with essentially overnight as the Honda CB750 broke cover in France back in the 60s. Avid racing fan and excellent business man Christian Vilaséca …
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Two-stroke Tuesday: SuperSic World Champion Gilera RSA250 Test!
2 years ago

Two-stroke Tuesday: SuperSic World Champion Gilera RSA250 Test!

It hardly seems possible that it’s 10 years since super-talented Italian MotoGP ace Marco Simoncelli so sadly died aged just 24 in the Malaysian GP in Sepang on October 23, …
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Two-Stroke Tuesday: 1984 Chevallier Honda RS500 GP Racer
2 years ago

Two-Stroke Tuesday: 1984 Chevallier Honda RS500 GP Racer

To defeat the Japanese teams by winning GPs with bikes you built yourself in a workshop attached to your house, fuelled by your wife’s home cooking and cups of coffee …
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Claude Fior: The Motorcycling Musketeer
2 years ago

Claude Fior: The Motorcycling Musketeer

Just over twenty years ago, on December 13, 2001, the motorcycle world lost one of its greatest free thinkers and most innovative engineers, when 46-year old Frenchman Claude Fior was …
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Speed Triple Tech: Model history & RR’s Ohlins Electronic Suspension explained
2 years ago

Speed Triple Tech: Model history & RR’s Ohlins Electronic Suspension explained

The Triumph Speed Triple marks everything that the brand set out to achieve since its restart to production back in 1991. Topping the Triumph range for three decades, the Speed …
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