 2010 Kicks into life at Cartagena for Motorpoint Yamaha
Hodgson quick in BSB Spanish test -Friday, March 05, 2010
The Motorpoint Yamaha team started their season preparations in the Spanish sunshine, a 7 day test incorporating two circuits will give the Yamaha duo of Neil Hodgson and Dan Linfoot plenty of track time ahead of the season opener at Brands Hatch (on April 5). Cartagena will be the first circuit before the teams move onto Guadix later in the week, both circuits are typical of the Spanish design, specifically built around smaller bikes they prove to be very physical which is ideal for getting the boy's back into bike shape and sharpening their focus!
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 WSB Round 1 Phillip Island 28-02-10
Haslam on top of the world after dominating down under
If Leon Haslam can keep the level of faultless performance he delivered at Phillip Island this weekend going, not only will he be World Superbike champion come October, he will be the next Brit to move up to MotoGP. The Pocket Rocket from Derbyshire looks like he is ready to take the factory Alstare Suzuki all the way, with only the Xerox Ducatis looking capable of keeping up over the season.
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Save Donington Event - 7 March 2010
Haslam Race School hopes to have answers
IT seems the motorsport community in the UK has not realised the gravity of the mess the Formula 1 balls up has left the Donington track in. As well as the spectator areas looking like a giant motorcross circuit, the track has large sections cut out of it. The estimates of what its going to cost to put right are varied, but £600,000 seems to be an agreed minimum figure.The first event to try and save Donington is on March 7th.
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 Yamaha MotoGP Teams complete a successful second day of testing in Malaysia 05-02-10
Valentino Rossi led the way for the second day running in Sepang today, concluding the first test of the year on top of the standings. His Fiat Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo was also on the pace today, finishing the test third fastest behind Casey Stoner. Rain this morning meant the track did not fully dry out until lunchtime and it was after one o'clock before Rossi left the garage on his 2010 YZR-M1. The World Champion, who turns 31 in ten days time, completed 32 laps and set a best time of 2'00.925, only half a second slower than the record pole time for the track, which he set last year.
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Steve Mercer - Road Racings Best Newcomer 2009
 2009 has been an up and down year for the 26 year old Maidstone based bike racer Steve Mercer. It started with a familiar tale of woe; the Superstock ride he thought he had in place for the season fell through, and he has been off the short circuit race scene all year as a result. But he also had a ride lined up on the roads with The Peoples Bike, a team funded by members of the public paying £50 to have their photo on the bike fairing. The idea worked remarkably well and funded a well sorted Superstock spec Suzuki GSXR1000 to go to Olivers Mount three times, as well as the Isle of Man TT, the Ulster GP and the Southern 100. Steve has paid them back with some excellent performances, winning the best newcomer award at the TT in the Superbike and Superstock races, and the Southern 100, where he finished 11th in a quality field.
DVDS to be won - AMA Motocross and TT2009 On-Board Laps as well as all the new releases reviewed
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 Yamaha Past Masters - Lydden Hill, Bemsee 311009/011109
Pat Herron takes the title!!!
An exciting season decider was marred by bad weather and a tragic accident at one of Lydden's notorious "zero run-off" corners. We have two exclusive reports from two of the series stalwarts
It was a rollercoaster weekend at Lydden, with close racing in difficult conditions, a shortened programme on Sunday thanks to mother natures best efforts to wash the circuit away, and tragedy on Saturday. The final round of the season was marked by the sad death of Roy Parbury, who was caught up in one of those horrible multi-bike first lap incidents where there's nearly zero in the way of margin of error. RIP Roy, YPM no.35, and deepest condolences to sons John and Mark, and the rest of the Parbury family. Mike Smith (YPVS350) came into the weekend looking like a certain champion, with a comfortable 31 point lead over Pat Herron (also YPVS350), but the tricky semi-dry turning decidedly more damp conditions proved to be a major test for the whole field in the Paul Hogan trophy race.
Mad Max - Rangi goes Beyond Thunderdome at the ulltimate up and down weekend on the notorious Kent hill
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 WSB Portimao Final Round Portugal 25-10-09
Spies takes title as Xerox Ducati team work fails Nori Haga
Poor old Nori. Everyone likes the Japanese enigma, for his fabulous riding style if nothing else. That outrageous move at Hockenheim on the R7 is reason enough to love him, but Nori has always been up there, bar one or two seasons- the Aprilia year wasn't great, nor was the MotoGP entry in 2001. But for years he rode a Yamaha two inches from the rear wheel of Bayliss' Ducati, consistently battling for the race win on Sunday. So many of us Nori fans felt this was the year, the best chance since Y2K and the slimming supplement scandal that robbed of him of 45 points and a deserved WSB title. He looked rigid with tension before the first race, as they baked in the Portuguese heat on the grid. Spies was by contrast looking cool, relaxed and in command of the task at hand. With a 10 point deficit and massive advantage in wins, equal points would suffice should they have needed to count back, the title would be Spies.
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 BSB Final Round Oulton Park 10/11-10-09
Eurosport miss Saturdays race of the year
They've had a hard time keeping the excitement levels up this season, but Eurosport really pushed the boat out this weekend, with very little reward. Seeing as it was the last meeting of the year and we were being treated to an extra Sbk race on Saturday, the French broadcaster devoted a few hours on Saturday, and then 5 hours uninterrupted coverage on Sunday to live BSB. Which is always a perilous gamble. Having given us the extra treat of qualifying on Saturday, we were well installed come 3.15 when the first Sbk race proper was due to begin. Off they went with Tommy Hill and Stuart Easton taking the battle to the Airwaves Yamahas, with feeling. Tommy looked really quick and hungry, and the top five broke away in no time. Gowland went down and his bike went hurtling over the barriers, inches from an unflappable photographers head. Just as we were settling in for a barnstormer, Hill took the lead and ran wide at Shell Oils, and in so doing clipped Karl Harris, who was having his best race of the year. He crashed into the tyre wall hard, out came the red flag and the excitement balloon went flat with a horrible raspberry noise.
Sam Lowes takes Supersport Cup Crown for Co-ordit
Solid finish to season for Centurion Racing at Oulton
Webb in the points for Linxcel-Seton Tuning Yamaha
Brignola wins Italian SBK Title for Guandolini Ducati at Mugello
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 BSB Round 11 Silverstone 27-09-09
Camier takes BSB title with 4 races to go
Try as he might, Camier could not make a pass stick in Race2, running up Ellison's inside three times on the brakes into Abbey, and each time running wide as the bumps unsettled the back end. He does look like the finished article now, any misfortune like running off track being little impediment as he rushed through the pack to the sharp end, much like Shakey did last year on a few occasions on the Ducati. There was encouragement for some of the pack, particularly Tommy Hill who bagged two fifths on his first time out on the Hydrex Honda. But Guintoli was disappointing, clearly still feeling the broken leg and visibly limping. He should take the fight to Ellison next year, along with the two Hydrex men, Simon Andrews has been getting quicker all year on the Kawasaki, and there may well be some returning heroes like Hodgson and possibly Shakey and Tom Sykes to spice things up.
Co-ordits Cooper goes well again in Superstock
Solid results for Centurion at Silverstone
Webb gives Linxcel Seton tuning decent w/e at Silverstone
Top 20 for Langford in National Superstocks
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Gold Cup - Olivers Mount Scarborough Sunday 20th September
Clear blue skies greeted everyone at Oliver's Mount for the second days racing at the 59th Steve Henshaw International Gold Cup. Practice was completed in bright sunshine and the first of the day's races got underway at 12.30 an hour later than planned, due the vast queues of enthusiasts waiting to enter the Mount. The lunch break was taken early to allow the change in the schedule. The opening event of the day was the Solo Non Finalists race run over eight laps of the 2.43-mile hillside course.
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 Bemsee MZ250s - Cadwell Park 22/23-08-09
2onTrack's Phil Brunt goes racing with the Renta Z scheme - and loves it
Having got my novice licence, bib, entry forms and race date I had months to start regretting it. At the back of my mind i knew that to race I would have to improve my riding in every way. So set about my trackdays this year with a different outlook, trying to improve body position and generally trying much harder. Well all this resulted in me taking a couple of falls, on at Mallory and one at Cadwell and my confidence as a result slumped. Before I knew it the months had flown by and the race weekend at Cadwell was upon me.
Isle of Man TT 2009 & NW2009 DVDs
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 Musee De La Moto et Du Velo - collection Maurice Chapleur
This incredible collection of bicycles and motorcycles from the earliest days was all put together by one man. Maurice Chapleur was a Citroen mechanic at the original factory. He went on to set up his own business in Luneville, just south of Nancy in Lorraine, France. The collection is now housed in the grounds of an entertainment park in Amneville, near Metz - called Le Centre Thermal et Touristique d'Amneville les Thermes.
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 BMCRC / MRO Brands GP July 25/26 09
Weymouth returns to take the Vince Bennett Trophy
The massed Bemsee competitors and spectators at Brands would have hoped to be bathed in bright sunshine for the season highlight, mid-summer on the GP circuit. But the sun barely came out all weekend, the overcast skies just spat drips and drops all Sunday.
YPM Mid Season Review - after Brands GP meet
Just breaking the halfway point bring us to back to Brands Hatch but this time for the full GP circuit with the fast and furious Hawthorn's and the infamous Sheene Curve makes the tack a must try for any racer and I'm yet to hear any racer talk bad of this track.
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 Ipswich Transport Museum Ipswich to Felixstowe Classic Motor Parade - 03-05-09
The Annual Parade, organised by Ipswich Transport Museum, for pre 1975 motors of all types, set off from Christchurch Park at 11.30am. After a 12 mile trip to the coast, the bikes, cars, lorries, buses and tank, all lined up along the promenade for the afternoon. All except the tank, which was deemed too heavy and kept to the road outside the Fludyers pub.
NEW 2onTrack Design - we hope you like it - has cut off the last 2 months content from the Home page - and it is NOT still there on Racing 09 section either! We are trying to restore it but it may be lost ! still to come - how the ed binned one of Ron Haslams CBR600RRs at Donington...! New DVDs - TT09/NW2009
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 BSB Round 2 Oulton Park 04-05-09
DOUBLE PODIUM FOR GUINTOLI AT OULTON PARK
Sylvain Guintoli served notice today that he is very much a real contender for the BSB championship crown. While placing third twice and losing his championship lead to rival Leon Camier (who took two wins) may seem a less than ideal outcome, the underlying message is Guintoli has the skills and aptitude to deal with the toughest of British tracks as well as the toughest of British racers.Today's races proved the only things holding back the Worx Crescent Suzuki ace are his starts.
Silkolene British Supersport - Copper bags first win for Centurion
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 WSB Round 3 Assen 26-04-09
Spies highside gifts Haga 60 point lead in championship
Assen delivered two great races on a warm spring day, but a mistake by Ben Spies in Race 2 led to a boring procession, with Haga way out in front and in full control. It was a great shame; if Spies hadn't highsided on lap 2, having run fractionally wide onto the astorturf, we would probably have had 3 great races to remember. Race 1 was superb with Spies looking beaten at half distance, but he rallied and forced his way back past Leon Haslam and Haga at the fastest spot on the track. Seeing as Haga looked untouchable through the fifth gear approach to the final chicane throughout the race, this really was a mind-blowingly bold maneuver.
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 29TH ANNUAL CLASSIC MOTORCYCLE SHOW, STAFFORD 25TH APRIL 2009
Stew Johnstone battles the elements for 2onT at Stafford
I'd never been to a classic motorcycle show before, and after a somewhat sodden and wet start to the day, (which incidentally didn't seem to dampen people's spirits, even if it did put my shiny new Nikon out of action!). I can honestly say, I will be back. Not only did I find a huge range of classic machines dating back to 1911, and probably earlier, in varying stages of restoration, but also a really friendly atmosphere and no shortage of people quite happy to answer any questions or just chat about classics in general. Every so often the loud speaker would bark into life with some new information as to the starting of some classic racing bikes or to remind us not to miss the wall of death
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 Olivers Mount - Ian Watson Spring Cup - Auto 66 - 19-04-09
Irish raider Farquhar defeats Olis Mount king Guy Martin at Spring Cup
It was a great day of racing in the sunshine as the season got under way at Scarborough's OLIVERS MOUNT. The mainland's only dedicated road racing circuit once again hosted the annual Ian Watson Spring Cup and on a fine spring day, thousands turned out to see some of the biggest names in road racing.W ith the likes of Ian Lougher, Guy Martin, Ryan Farquhar and Chris Palmer amongst others, the racing was always going to be of a high standard, the positions hotly contested with every grid filled.
Avon VP2 Supersport Tyres
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 Snetterton Trackday - No Limits - 30-03-09
Snetterton is lots of fun. The section between the chicane at the end of the long Revett straight (max speed 135 mph on my ZX6-R ) and the Russels chicane is a hoot. The chicane is technical in that if you fly into the first left hand part, you are too fast for the tight second right hander, which you need to power out of, towards the Bomb Hole. Then Corams Curve is a lovely long sweeper, where I made a few super satisfying passes round the outside before anchoring up for Russells. Unfortunatley someone dropped a sump of oil all over Riches (at the top of the main straight) at the start of the afternoon, and very few were brave enough to go through the dust that covered it for the remainder of the day. Shame, because that is another lovely fast corner
X-Lite X602 Helmet- Speed N-COM 7
Colchester Companies join forces for the championship - Linxcel-Seton Tuning Press Release 07-04-09
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 MCN Scottish Motorcycle Show 2009
Rob Rochester reports for 2onT
The new BMW S1000R stole the limelight at the 2009 Scottish Motorcycle show. With the event giving manufacturers the opportunity to showcase their latest models, the machine Troy Corser and Ruben Xaus are racing in this year's World Superbikes was proudly on display for the Scottish public, shod with carbon fibre bodywork. Also at the stand was the revised 175bhp K1300R, and their ever popular GS series.Highlights at the Ducati stand included their latest Streetfighter and the stunning Troy Bayliss 1098R, the latter hosting a list of top quality components with its £29995 price tag. (gulp ! ed )
How to launch a motorcycle -2009 Suzuki GSXR1000
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 Max Biaggi - A Complete One Off !
Heres some choice quotes from Italian magazine Riders interview with Mad Max - on why Rossi owes him it all, the errors of Melandri & Schumachers ways and more ...
What do you think of Michael Schumacher on a motorcycle:
It's his damn business, but if he wants to bust his ass at 40, he's free to do so. It's like what Jean Alesi says:"Motorcycle racing is a dangerous hobby for those who've never done it."
Many say that your rivalry with Valentino began in 1997 in the Campanella restaurant in Singapore. He was sitting at a table with some journalists and you entered and told him that "he should wash his mouth before talking about you. You still have to prove that you're worth what I am." Is this true?
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 The MZ Experience 2009 with Bemsee
Fancy going racing but havent got a pot of gold in the attic...the Renta scheme with the Mzs might be the way to go ....
With the BMCRC (Bemsee) racing season due to kick off on the 7th of March, the hugely popular Mz class would like to announce the rebranding of their 'renta' program as 'The Mz Experience'. To be honest not a great deal has changed with the format as the 'if it's not broken don't try to fix it' seemed to apply but the name 'renta' did not do the scheme justice, what we provide to the fan of motorcycle racing/riding is the opportunity to turn up at some of the best tracks in the country and leave having obtained their racing licence and experienced racing in a national one make series.
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IXON REVOLUTION FEVER JACKET
The new Ixon Revolution Fever jacket is without doubt the nicest jacket Ive ever tried on. It is pure quality. The black and white colour scheme is so tasteful I cant see anyone disliking it. Black isn't great for being seen in the dark, but no colour will show up in pitch darkness, its reflective materials that make the difference. It comes with multi-removable layers inside, so its super warm for winter , but can be transformed into a summer jacket. What we loved were the zips going up both arms, which when opened act as vents, allowing a lovely refreshing flow of air onto the wearers back, arms and front.
IXON RS RACE GLOVES
IXON FAMOUS TWO-PIECE LEATHERS
FALCO ESO 305 TT BOOTS
Hottrax Endurance Racing - Snetterton 03-08-08
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