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Racing – 1999: The New World Order
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VJMC’s Steve Cooper takes a look back: 1999 saw a change in what had been the established order of things – Mick Doohan retired. A crash during a wet practice session at the Jerez circuit ahead of the Spanish GP saw the five-times world champion with more serious leg injuries ending his career. No one…
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RETRO RIDE: Honda Fireblade (1998)
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How was the ‘Blade? Over to our Maja… In the 30th anniversary year of the Honda Fireblade it only seemed appropriate I finally got to ride one. It happened that I had the opportunity to take a 1998 RRW or Sc33 Fireblade out for a spin. I was a little bit apprehensive, to say the…
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Update on Gino Rea!
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Fantastic news from the family of Racer Gino Rea, who was badly injured in an horrific accident at the recent Suzuka 8 Hours race in Japan. We’re delighted to hear this announcement! “On Monday 5th September, after a long-anticipated wait, we were finally able to get Gino back to the UK by a specialist air…
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31 Speedway Motorcycles to be auctioned at Stafford this October
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This October’s Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show features an extraordinary collection of 31 Speedway Motorcycles, reflecting the glory years of a sport, once the second most popular in the UK. The Forshaw Speedway Collection represents 60 years of speedway history from its beginnings in the 1920s. Led by an exemplary pre-war American duo of a Crocker…
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Naked BMW class to replace Ducati TriOptions Cup
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BMW launches new one-make British Superbike support series with its £11,000 F900R. Racing is expensive. Bikes, spare parts, tyres and travel all add up, and it’s a struggle for all but the most deep-pocketed of racers to be competitive. To help level the playing field at the sharp end of motorcycle competition BMW has revealed…
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Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK Completes Summer Test in Barcelona
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Defending FIM Superbike World Champion Toprak Razgatlıoğlu and teammate Andrea Locatelli completed 1.5 days with the Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK squad for a mid-season summer test at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya at the weekend. The main objective for both riders was to work on the set-ups of their Yamaha R1 WorldSBKs in the hot conditions…
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Electronic updates for the Ducati Panigale V4
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The Italian factory has just revealed a range of updates for its range of Panigale V4s for 2023. It’s only been a year since Ducati released the third generation of its 213bhp rockets, so the list of changes isn’t extensive, but there’s enough stuff going on to get excited about. The headline news is an…
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Gino Rea: Huge (good) news…
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There has been some more excellent news filtering through from Japan via the family of Gino Rea, the Honda rider who is in hospital after a serious crash during free practice at the recent Suzuka 8-Hours race. Firstly, we understand that Gino is off the ventilator and breathing by himself. But there’s more good news,…
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Gino Rea: More good news!
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The family of racer Gino Rea, hospitalised in a crash during free practice at the Suzuka 8-hours, have provided some more encouraging news from Japan. Here’s what they had to say: “Had a good message from the Doctor this morning,” the family statement on Saturday reads. “His condition in the morning was stable. Once we…
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Latest update from the family of Gino Rea
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An encouraging update from the Rea and Berdini families on racer Gino Rea, who crashed during the second free practice session of the 2022 Suzuka 8 Hours at the weekend. “We would like to send a quick update in regards to Gino’s current condition,” reads the Instagram caption. “The results of the CT-Scan showed signs…
