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Yamaha’s first YZF-M1 MotoGP racer produced back in 2002 had measured 920cc, because the company’s original concept for the bike was to make it narrow and small, with a good …
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Scotland is perhaps my favourite place to ride a motorcycle. Replying to Suzuki’s invitation to ride its new 2022 GSX-S1000GT sports tourer around this fantastic part of the world was …
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An illustrious MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship career will come to an end at the close of season 2021 with Chaz Davies (Team GoEleven) announcing his retirement from WorldSBK ahead …
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Earlier this year I showed you the RZV500R and my RG500 resto jobs. Well, I also had the pleasure of doing up a mate’s TZR250. Now, this was no ordinary …
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At a time when Ducati and Aprilia have now been joined by fellow-Eurobrand KTM in taking the fight for MotoGP supremacy to the three Japanese factories in 2021, it’s timely …
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Overnight Yamaha have released a mid-range sportsbike using the CP2 engine and paying homage to the famous inline-four YZF-R7 of the late 1990s and early 2000s, have named it the …
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Castrol is a name we all grew up hearing and trusting. POWER1 Racing 4T is their top line engine oil and is fully synthetic for modern, high performance four-stroke sportsbikes …
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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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The mighty Yamaha RD400 was first released in 1975 and was the first production Japanese bike with mag wheels. The twin-cylinder two-stroke ran the quarter-mile in 14-seconds, making it just …
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