John McGuinness
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John McGuinness opens up about concerns over Guy Martin’s TT ambitions this year: “I’m a bit worried about him. He needs a year or two back.”
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Legendary Isle of Man TT winner John McGuinness has spoken about his worry over Honda teammate Guy Martin in this year’s event on The Island. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Motor Sport magazine, out now, McGuinness says that he’s nervous that Martin is out of practice when it comes to racing. McGuinness said: “I’m a…
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Buy a 2017 Jurby T-shirt and help support the Manx Grand Prix injured riders and helicopter fund
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Over the past two years, Wemoto has raised over £26,000 for the Manx Grand Prix Supporters’ Club through that sale of its Festival of Jurby T-shirts. This year, it wants to raise more. 2017 marks the 60th anniversary of Bob McIntyre becoming the first person ever to lap the 37.73-mile Mountain Course on the…
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Video: Road to Race – the story of the new Honda CBR1000RR
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Honda Racing has just released the first episode of their brand new ‘Road to Race’ web series, which looks at just what’s involved when transforming a road-spec Fireblade into a race-ready Superbike. The first episode of the new series goes behind the scenes of the three Honda Racing teams, at their workshop in Louth in…
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Video: John McGuinness – A Life Behind The Bars. A must-watch for TT fans.
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Video: John McGuinness – A Life Behind The Bars. A must-watch for TT fans. An absolute legend on the roads, John McGuinness has scored 23 TT wins in his career and is still considered as one of the men to beat around the 37.75-mile Mountain course. And now Honda has made this video ‘A Life…
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Launch ride: 2017 Honda CBR1000RR / SP
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WORDS: John Milbank, Editor Motorcycle Sport & Leisure magazine PHOTOGRAPHY: Zep Gori, Francesc Montero, Felix Romero How hard could it be? Don’t lean over too far and don’t run on; the electronics will take care of the rest, surely? APS, ABS, HESD, TBW, HSTC… so many acronyms (I counted 14) that there must be enough…
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Guy Martin to RACE at the TT this year! CONFIRMED! Team-mate to John McGuinness on factory Fireblades
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Guy Martin to RACE at the TT this year! CONFIRMED! Team-mate to John McGuinness on factory Fireblades. Guy Martin IS going to race at the TT this year – and he’s doing it as the official Honda team-mate to John McGuinness! The TV star has signed to ride the new Honda Fireblade in both the…
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Video: MEGA onboard comparison TT laps – Superbike v Superstock v Supersport
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Video: MEGA onboard comparison TT laps – Superbike v Superstock v Supersport. We’re loving this video from the Isle of Man TT lads which pits John McGuinness on his Superbike Fireblade, Dean Harrison on his Kawasaki ZX-6R Supersport bike and Ian Hutchinson on his BMW S1000RR Superstocker. It’s excellent and really shows how the different…
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Video: When McGuinness met Shedden – BTCC and the TT come together
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When four wheels met two. See what happened when BTCC champion Gordon ‘Flash’ Shedden and TT legend John McGuinness swapped their racing machines for a day. Honda has released this official video from the day the pair strayed out on track for a day at Knockhill.
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TT 2016: Dunlop wins Senior TT race with a record-breaking 133.962mph lap
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Michael Dunlop took a superb victory in the Senior TT this afternoon. The Hawk BMW rider set a new absolute lap record – breaking his own marker only set last Saturday in the RST Superbike TT Race – at 133.962mph. He also set a new race record time for a six lap race on the…
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TT 2016: Bruce Anstey wins TT Zero for Mugen
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Bruce Anstey won a hectic TT Zero for Japanese tech-specialists Mugen with a lap speed of 118mph on Wednesday afternoon. The Flying Kiwi took the lead from team mate John McGuinness at Ballaugh as the Morecambe man suffered a temporary technical problem. William Dunlop on the Victory Brammo Power machine pushed Bruce hard, taking a…
