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Feature: The Career Of Mat Mladin, Part Two, Winning Seven AMA Titles
2 years ago

Feature: The Career Of Mat Mladin, Part Two, Winning Seven AMA Titles

After the surprise call from Suzuki race boss legend Masayuki Itoh offering Mladin a spot on the factory Yoshimura AMA Superbike Team for the 1996 season, it seemed as if …
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Feature: The Career Of Mat Mladin, Part One, MX to Tarmac
2 years ago

Feature: The Career Of Mat Mladin, Part One, MX to Tarmac

On March 10 1972, Carol & Mate Mladin welcomed Mat Mladin into the world at Camden Hospital, NSW, Australia. The proud parents didn’t know it at the time but their …
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Video: Why Arai Helmets? Jonathan Rea tells you why!
3 years ago

Video: Why Arai Helmets? Jonathan Rea tells you why!

There are reasons that Six-Time WorldSBK Champion Jonathan Rea chooses Arai helmets, and has done for his whole career. In the short video that Arai have put together, they say …
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Speed Triple Tech: Model history & RR’s Ohlins Electronic Suspension explained
3 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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Interview: Bob Rosenthal on the Team Avon Yamaha XS1100
3 years ago

Interview: Bob Rosenthal on the Team Avon Yamaha XS1100

Melbourne-based Bob Rosenthal was a prominent member of the army of recruits turned out by the mythical Australian rider factory, that in the 1970s produced the gifted riders of the …
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Interview: Kevin Magee on the Bob Brown Ducati
3 years ago

Interview: Kevin Magee on the Bob Brown Ducati

Victorian Kevin Magee lays valid claim to being “the world’s most versatile road racer of the modern era”, as the only man to have won World Championship rounds in the …
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Feature: The Million Dollar Bogan, Danny Hayes Tells His Motorcycling Story
4 years ago

Feature: The Million Dollar Bogan, Danny Hayes Tells His Motorcycling Story

You may or may not be a fan of Danny Hayes, he is one of those polarising characters, which is probably why he is currently starring on Big Brother. But …
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Tribute: Rider and Engineering mastermind, the late Peter Williams
4 years ago

Tribute: Rider and Engineering mastermind, the late Peter Williams

Peter Williams or “Pee Jay”, as he was known after his initials PJW, was 81 years old, and will be revered for his unique combined talents as an innovative designer, …
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Feature: Racer and Engineer, Harald Bartol
4 years ago

Feature: Racer and Engineer, Harald Bartol

For 1972 Harald Bartol acquired the ex-works Suzuki RZ64 twin on which Germany’s Dieter Braun had won the 1970 125cc World title, and Barry Sheene had finished a close runner-up …
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Throwback Interview: Alan Cathcart Chats With Nori Haga, 2000 season and YZF-R7
4 years ago

Throwback Interview: Alan Cathcart Chats With Nori Haga, 2000 season and YZF-R7

The trackside banner displayed at Brands Hatch in front of 102,000 spectators in August 2000 said it all: “Nori-chan = Foggy #.2”! The massive British crowd had taken the Sultan …
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