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Battling Boxers, The Butler & Smith R90S Superbikes Story

Alan Cathcart — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 01:13:37 +0000

BMW’s success in the 2024–25 WorldSBK Championship with Toprak Razgatlioglu was the culmination of a strategy set in motion back in 2009 when BMW began reshaping its once-conservative

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Two-Stroke Tuesday | Harc Pro Honda RS125R, 25 Years On!

Jeff Ware — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 19:30:25 +0000

When you climb aboard a Grand Prix RS125R, you immediately realise that time itself bends, particularly when you are exactly double the age of the bike. The GP

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Throwback Thursday | Olivier Jacque’s 2000 YZR250 Racer Test

Alan Cathcart — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 05:56:44 +0000

Exactly 25 years ago in 2000, Yamaha enjoyed an especially stellar race season. In the five road racing categories it contested that year, Yamaha won five out of

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Throwback Thursday | Moto Guzzi 8V Racer Test, Revisited

Alan Cathcart — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 20:30:32 +0000

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

Alan Cathcart — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 20:00:39 +0000

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 | Harley-Davidson RR500 GP bike

Alan Cathcart — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 23:30:42 +0000

The chance to ride the one and only factory Harley-Davidson 500GP racer ever built came on a summer’s day at Pirelli’s Vizzola test track, in the shadow of

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Throwback Thursday | 1985 British Superstock GSX-R750F

Alan Cathcart — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 06:43:52 +0000

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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Two-Stroke Tuesday | The Maxton Dugdale TZ385 Story

Alan Cathcart — Mon, 13 May 2024 20:30:27 +0000

Fifty years ago this year, 1974, saw a momentous transition in 500GP racing, marking the last time a four-stroke – meaning MV Agusta, courtesy of the late Phil Read –

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Indian Challenger Racer Review | King of the Baggers Test

Alan Cathcart — Sat, 13 Apr 2024 23:47:13 +0000

Down the years I’ve been privileged to track-test a vast array of different road racers, from dozens of factory MotoGP and 500GP bikes, through countless World Superbike contenders, to numerous

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Indian Super Hooligan Review | Cathcart Tests The Indian FTR Racer

Alan Cathcart — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 21:32:07 +0000

Indian Motorcycle recently announced a limited edition 300-off 2024 version of its FTR 1200 model, inspired by its success in winning MotoAmerica’s Super Hooligan racing series in both

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