Posts By Alan Cathcart

Norton is in the process of being reinvented by the management team recruited by TVS, the Indian manufacturer which acquired the bankrupt company in 2020 from the ashes of former …
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ELF, a French oil giant, became one of the biggest names in endurance racing and motorcycle innovation of the ’80s. At the head of this strange collaboration was one of …
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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