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Claude Fior: The Motorcycling Musketeer
3 years ago

Claude Fior: The Motorcycling Musketeer

Just over twenty years ago, on December 13, 2001, the motorcycle world lost one of its greatest free thinkers and most innovative engineers, when 46-year old Frenchman Claude Fior was …
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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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Tech History: The Swissauto ELF 500 GP Racer
3 years ago

Tech History: The Swissauto ELF 500 GP Racer

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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Moto Guzzi has celebrated their 100 years of history on March 15!

Moto Guzzi has celebrated their 100 years of history on March 15!

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March 15th marked a century of history, splendid motorcycles, triumphs, adventures and extraordinary personalities, who together built the legendary Eagle Brand. Moto Guzzi has celebrated this exceptional milestone at a …
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New Book: History of the Ducati Monster
4 years ago

New Book: History of the Ducati Monster

On October 24th, 1992 the first-ever Ducati Monster was launched to the public at the IFMA Show in Germany – the first of 350,000 such bikes built so far, in …
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Vale Peter Molloy, motorsport magician, 1934 – 2019
5 years ago

Vale Peter Molloy, motorsport magician, 1934 – 2019

Legendary motorsports engineer and team manager, Peter Molloy, has passed away peacefully in Gosford, NSW, aged 84. Peter, who was a long-time columnist and contributor of ours in Rapid Bikes, …
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