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Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday | Moto Guzzi 8V Racer Test, Revisited
8 hours ago

Throwback Thursday | Moto Guzzi 8V Racer Test, Revisited

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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50 Years Today… Barry Sheene’s 1975 winning Suzuki RG500 XR14
3 weeks ago

50 Years Today… Barry Sheene’s 1975 winning Suzuki RG500 XR14

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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Throwback Thursday: Britten Aero-D-One V1000, Racer Test
3 weeks ago

Throwback Thursday: Britten Aero-D-One V1000, Racer Test

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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Throwback Thursday | Special Feature, Folch Collection, Can Costa
2 months ago

Throwback Thursday | Special Feature, Folch Collection, Can Costa

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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Throwback Thursday: The Suzuki GSX-S1000 Turns 10!
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3 months ago

Throwback Thursday: The Suzuki GSX-S1000 Turns 10!

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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Throwback Thursday | The Ducati 125 Regolarità Enduro
3 months ago

Throwback Thursday | The Ducati 125 Regolarità Enduro

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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Throwback Thursday | 1999 V&M Yamaha YZF-R1 David Jefferies
4 months ago

Throwback Thursday | 1999 V&M Yamaha YZF-R1 David Jefferies

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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Throwback Thursday | Vincent-HRD Rapide Series A Test
5 months ago

Throwback Thursday | Vincent-HRD Rapide Series A Test

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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Throwback Thursday | The Back Story of the Alex Criville 1989 JJ-Cobas TB5 125
5 months ago

Throwback Thursday | The Back Story of the Alex Criville 1989 JJ-Cobas TB5 125

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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Throwback Thursday | Racer Test, JJ-Cobas 1989 TB5 125
6 months ago

Throwback Thursday | Racer Test, JJ-Cobas 1989 TB5 125

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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