Throwback Thursday

Fifty years ago the Suzuki RG500 made its competition debut, and in doing so raised the curtain on the modern era of 500cc Grand Prix racing, by making …
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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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Joaquín Folch, Barcelona-born collector and racer, has built the extraordinary Colección Can Costa of preserved historic bikes and cars displayed in a stunning country estate. Beyond collecting, he’s …
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Exactly 10-years ago, Suzuki launched the GSX-S1000 nakedbike. Boasting power from the much loved and arguably best ever 1000cc GSX-R engine, the K5 powerplant, the GSX-S was an instant hit. …
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The return of Ducati to the MX and Enduro market dictates a look in the rear view mirror of history to back when the famous Italian sportbike manufacturer …
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The October 1997 debut of Yamaha’s YZF-R1 put the Japanese company at the leading edge of sportbike design – a position for which it’s been in contention ever …
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Even now when you can buy a racer-with-lights like a BMW M 1000 RR, Ducati V4R or Bimota KB 998, and ride it on the public highway in …
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Alex Criville’s story to becoming a MotoGP icon is a brilliant one. As a bike mad teenager, he basically made it all happen himself and with raw talent, sheer guts …
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Having tested Aspar’s 1988 World title-winning rotary-valve Derbi and Gianola’s runner-up reed-valve Honda RS125R in 1988, I figured before stepping aboard it at Jarama that I had a …
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It’s fitting that the 2015 Yamaha YZF-R1 was launched at a racetrack. For the third generation, Yamaha chose to conduct the World Press Test of a new R1 model at …
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