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The Motorcycle Industry Association have good reason to try to encourage more people onto bikes. So does the Government, though they don't seem to see it. But this is something special. Get On is an opportunity for non bikers to get a taster of what's on offer. Free, and without obligation. And better yet, if you introduce them then you're in with a shout at some serious prizes... |
A major victory has been won in London recently, as Mayor Boris Johnson announced that the eighteen month trial period allowing bikes in bus lanes has been an ovewhelming success and that we will now be allowed in permanently. All that remains is to work out how to get the boroughs who aren't supporting it at the moment to get on board... |
Ducati is the brand which everyone thinks of when they hear of SBK. Ducati is the brand that SBK success, particularly in the hands of Carl Fogarty, rescued from probable extinction. Ducati is the company for whom the SBK rules have been massaged to keep the playing field level. And now Ducati is the brand which has announced it will not be fielding a factory team in 2011... |
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Indianapolis is the second round of MotoGP to take place in the USA, and it's an unpredictable place, with a track surface that changes with the weather, bumps and a technical layout which catches out even the best. And this time there were a few surprises and the confirmation that next year is going to be good... |
Jonathan Rea is one of the nicest, most easygoing people you'll ever meet in a race paddock. He's a genuinely nice guy and goes a long way to disprove the suggestion that nice guys can't win. Because he most certainly can. We caught up with him in the paddock at Monza to see what makes him tick... |
Silverstone has changed, and for the better. As it's the only round we Brits get at home at present, that's a Good Thing. And so, happily, was the racing. Some truly epic battles made this one of the most entertaining meets we've had this year, I'd say. It was all there - tantrums, trials and triumphs. And tea, of course... |
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Suzuki are best known for the sublime GSX-R series these days. But they were also one of the first to bring a super scooter to the European marketplace, and the current incarnation, the Burgman 650 shows how time can improve the breed... |
BMW have broken away from their staid image recently. And with this latest model, the S1000RR, the transformation is complete. here we have a bike that takes on the Japanese factories head to head, and it acquits itself beautifully... |
It's a scooter, Jim, but not as we know it. Because it's electric. And it's also really quite good. Both of these are unusual indeed. The Sprint is, we think, the first credible electric scooter to be offered for sale in the UK and as such we figured it worth testing... |
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James Toseland is a man with something to prove. We all think we know him, because he's one of the most approachable, media friendly guys out there. But he's had a couple of years in the wilderness, loitering around the back of the pack in MotoGP, and now he's back in SBK. We're glad to see him, but has he changed? Only one way to find out - we had a chat in Misano... |
Bulletproof. An ambitious name for a clothing company, but perhaps not one intended to be taken entirely seriously. Stabproof might be considered poor taste, despite the fact that it's pretty accurate. Kevlar jeans and jackets are good at resisting knives as well as gravel and the other things we come to expect. And Bulletproof stuff is also rather good... |
Berthold Hauser is the man behind the astonishing BMW S1000RR race bike. Perhaps behind the road bike, too, though he's too modest to say. As one of the key players in the SBK championship, we were keen to see what motivates him, and the factory, to take the direction they have. We wondered what's in the future, and what the man is like. And now you can find out... |
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