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2017 Broadford Bike Bonanza entries open

By  •  November 30, 2016

Entries to the 2017 Broadford Bike Bonanza are now open, so dust off the leathers, get the bike running and confirm your entry and attendance now!

As the themed Bonanza …
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Thousands turn out for 2016 Penrite Broadford Bike Bonanza

By  •  March 29, 2016

The 2016 Penrite Broadford Bike Bonanza (BBB) has wrapped up after a weekend of capacity crowds, rider friendly weather, and a wonderfully diverse range of bikes on show and on track.


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Looking Back: 2014 Broadford Bike Bonanza

By  •  March 4, 2016

The sixth annual Broadford Bike Bonanza was a spectacle like never before, with thousands turning out to celebrate classic motorcycling and honour the Castrol 6 Hour production road race and …
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Throwback Thursday | The Back Story of the Alex Criville 1989 JJ-Cobas TB5 125

By  •  February 6, 2025

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

By  •  January 30, 2025

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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Throwback Thursday | 1984 JJ-COBAS BMW K100R RACER TEST

By  •  October 24, 2024

So you thought the WorldSBK title winning BMW M 1000 RR that Toprak Razgatlioglu just won on, 15 years after the debut of the S 1000 RR, was the German …
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Tech Feature TBT: Development of the Suzuki GSX-R750F, 40 Years On

By  •  October 3, 2024

Exactly 40 years ago on September 20, 1984, the unveiling of the ground-shattering Suzuki GSX-R750F at the IFMA Motorcycle Show in Cologne, Germany, saw the first streetlegal Superbike of the …
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Throwback Thursday | 1985 British Superstock GSX-R750F

By  •  September 26, 2024

It’s hard to think of any new model as immediately dominant straight out of the box as the Suzuki GSX-R750F was in its debut 1985 racing season. Nothing demonstrated this …
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Throwback Thursday | Carlos Checa’s 2000 Yamaha YZR500 Test

By  •  August 22, 2024

Not since 1992, and the last of Wayne Rainey’s hat-trick of World titles, had the Japanese company with the tuning forks badge ruled the roost in Grand Prix racing’s premier …
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The History Of Ginger Molloy’s Legendary Kawasaki H1R

By  •  July 28, 2024

Ironic, really. Despite creating the iconic H1R, alone out of the four Japanese manufacturers, Kawasaki firmly turned its back away from two-stroke GP racing at the end of 1982, in …
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