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 BSB Round 5 Knockhill -19 June 2011
Tommy Hill reinvigorates his campaign with the double
Only BSB series leader Shane Byrne looked capable of living with Tommy Hill on the Swan Yamaha R1 this weekend. Having bagged Race 1 with ease, Hill was made to fight for the second victory. He repeatedly tried to hold it tight at the uphill hairpin leading on to the front straight, then gun it passed the HM Plant Honda along the bumpy straight. But time and again Byrne held him off, levelling him on the straight and sticking his nose in front on the brakes. But the pressure finally told and once Hill was passed, Byrne had his hands full holding on to second as Michael Laverty kept coming on the other Swan Yamaha. It was enough to keep Shakey well ahead in the title standings, but the battle to get into the top 6 shootout is most definitely on.
Highlands highs and lows for The Motorpoint Yamaha Team at Knockhill
WARREN CONQUERS KNOCKHILL FOR SETON INTERCEPTOR YAMAHA
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 BSB Round 4 Thruxton 30-05-11
Astounding performance by Hickman in the wet on last year's Fireblade, but Kiyo has yet another dire w/e on this year's Honda CBR1000RR
While last year's champion, Ryuichi Kiyonari struggled to get in the points on the latest factory Honda Fireblade, previously unlauded Peter Hickman tore around the old WW2 airfield as if a bit of wet on a 130mph corner was nothing much to worry about. He held third in race 1 until the last lap when he was nudged down to 4th, but put things right in race 2 by coming 2nd to a HM Plant Honda rider who looks decent in both wet and dry; Shane Byrne.
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 WSB Round 3 Monza 08-05-11
Magnificent double for Eugene Laverty as Italians sucumb to the pressure
Eugene Laverty took his first WSB win, and then followed it with another a few hours later at a hot and humid Monza. As he pointed out at the press conference afterwards, it was his first podium, so he was understandably delighted to bag the double. Most of us expected Biaggi to run away with it after he claimed pole on his super quick Aprillia. Laverty got away with Biaggi at the start of Race 1 and lap after lap they hammered down the main Tribunale straight together, Biaggi nudging close to 340kph in qualifying - the fastest SBK ever. But when Laverty pulled off an audacious move on the brakes, Biaggi lost his head as he had done at Donington.
www.2onTrack.co.uk - new URL and website coming soon
Rossi - Strippers, pole-dancers & transvestites
 A typical suave and gelatonous host was literally talking down to the world champ (standing while Rossi sat), at one point even ruffling his hair, treating Vale like a cheeky school boy. Between sections on his various career highlights ( there were no mentions of difficult times such as he is currently experiencing) other acts paraded around the champ, including a bizarre dance routine in which a beauty disrobed to her stockings and suspenders, and a drag act that reminded me of Divine in his/her heyday, shaking his thang more or less in poor Rossi's face. Rossi looked non-plus and faintly amused at appropriate times, which was good going because he must have been mortified, no doubt planning a phone call to sack his agent as soon as he could extricate himself from a tricky situation.
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 The Top 5 Worst Records Of All Time
The rules - no best ofs & no novelty records. Records - not downloads
Why have they got to be records, vinyl records ? Because without records, you are left in a limbo land of downloads, MP3s and the IPod world where the bands don't matter. The world has changed . But there was a time when owning a record was a statement. It could mean a kick up the arse, a knowing wink or in the worst world of wankdom, aka the early 70s, it meant you were from a superior plane and those poor fools of planet troglodyte could only wonder at the fabulous "caverns measurless to man " they knew of, while you dwealt on the beaches of a sunless sea. If only you could "see a world in a grain of sand, and infinity in the palm of my hand " like I can with this seventh wonder tucked under my arm.These were the times when all bets were off`, anything could, and did, happen in the weird and wild land of the album charts. Carl Douglas sold millions with Kung Fu Fighting, creepy acts like Peters and Lee and Brotherhood of Man would ceaselessly and mercilessly torture everyone under the age of 60 on a Thursday evening with monotonous regularity.
The Top 7 Best Records of All time
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 WSB, Round 3 Assen, Netherlands, 17-04- 2011
Rea takes win but Checa and Biaggi look like only realistic title contenders
Despite an excellent weekend for Jonathan Rea on the Castrol Honda, the two older statesmen of WSB look like they will soon be uncatchable in the title race. Checa changed tyres after a disappointing first Race, and beat Biaggi in a close Race 2. Biaggi followed the Ducati mounted Spaniard for most of the 22 laps, then made his move down the front straight with 4 laps to go. But Checa soon realized the race was not over, and barged through going into the chicane for the penultimate time. Biaggi looked unnerved by the move and was unable to mount a challenge on the last lap to stop Carlos taking another win.
WSS Assen - Davies wins after Scassa crashes out - Brilliant Broc Parkes claims podium
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 Positive final test for the Motorpoint Yamaha team - 15 -04-2011
James Westmoreland and Loris Baz completed their pre season testing with another faultless day on track at the new Snetterton 300 circuit. The investment from MSV for the development of the new circuit at Snetterton was welcomed by all the riders and teams, a fantastic new layout has turned a pretty straight forward high speed circuit into a real riders technical track and one that really suited both James and Loris.
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 Oxford Boss Alarm Disc Lock & Rainex Cover - Bike Security Set Up
Consider these facts provided by Scotland Yard - 77 bikes are stolen every 24 hours in the UK. 50% of stolen bikes are stolen in London. 61% of bikes are not secured in any way. Motorcycle theft is on the increase again, in contrast to auto theft which is still dropping. I live in South London, and as you can see from the pic of my parking arrangements, I don't have a garage to tuck my pride 'n joy up in at night. Its not much to look at, but that's the idea. For under £250, you would be very hard pressed to improve on this arrangement. It is worth it.
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 WSB Round 2 Donington Park 27-03-11
Melandri the only challenger to Checas smooth Sbk progress
Chilly winds greeted the international race circus that is WSB to the Midlands, after an embarrassing debacle lead to a messed up track and no racing for a year. The track has been patched up, but the bikes were bouncing over the filling that crossed the tarmac approaching Goddards, already bumpy from cars and trucks braking before the hairpin. No-one seemed to mind and most were delighted to be racing on this great circuit again, and liked the new, faster Foggys Esses layout . Carlos Checa was way faster than the field in qualifying, but fluffed the start in Race 1, and finished lap1 in 11th.
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 Mercer to ride for Sondel Kawasaki SBK in 2011
Merc to race TT along with American Jeremy Toye
American star Jeremy Toye is all set for a sensational return to the 2011 Isle of Man TT Races, fuelled by Monster Energy, with the news that he will line up on Kawasaki machinery for British Superbike team Sondel Sport Racing He will compete in the Dainese Superbike, Royal London 360 Superstock and PokerStars Senior TT races.The 35-year old from San Diego, who was the fastest newcomer at the 2006 TT Races, will be joined in a two-man squad by Steve Mercer - the second fastest newcomer at TT2009 - and the duo will form one of the most exciting teams at the 2011 TT
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 BMCRC / MRO Round 1 Brands Hatch Indy - 05/06-03-11
Baker keeps Map Triumphs Hill and Caygill honest on a bitter March weekend in West Kent
After a long and cold winter, it was finally time for the 2011 BMCRC and MRO championships to get underway, and as normal the season's opener was at the Kentish circuit of Brands Hatch Indy. Jimmy Hill and Josh Caygill (MAP Triumph 675) were out in the MRO Supersport and Stocksport 600 races, and qualified first and second respectively. Both current champions were absent; Supersport champion Daniel Fowler has stepped up to the MRO Stock 1000s, while Stocksport champion Tony Coombs has stepped up to the National championship.Hill took the win on Saturday, four seconds ahead of his teammate Caygill in second.
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 WSB Round 1 Phillip Island 27-02-11
Cracking Supersport race indicates a classic season in the making
It was great to see some Superbike action once again after our freezing European winter, but the fact that the Supersport race was an all time classic was a fabulous bonus. This season promises to be a real treat. There are fast class veterans like Foret and Brock Parkes on quick bikes, up against fast new kids like Sam Lowes, Gino Rea and David Salom. Luca Scassa is another WSS rookie but he's been about and is on the two year old R6 which is still the quickest bike of the lot. Scassa took it to the field, sweeping past the pack up the Gardiner Straight into Doohans, with Motocard Kawasakis of Parkes and the impressive Salom in pursuit. But it was ultimately left to the brilliant Sam Lowes on the Parkalagar Honda to battle for the win with the tall Italian.
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 BRITISH SUPERCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP 2011
Ashley too Greedy for Church on Saturday (Feb5)
An action packed evening of hard fought motorcycle racing was on the programme for The Future West promotion held at the impressive O2 arena on Saturday 5th February. 2000 tonnes of specially selected earth was spread over the boards that covered the floor of the arena, which was sculpted into a shape to form the very tight but challenging track for the riders to play on. Dirt Wurx, the American based company, were commissioned to do the work and provided a course that kept the riders on their pegs (and sometimes off) throughout the evening. The whoops and rhythm sections were complemented by the many banked curves and the fearsome triple jump that was situated just under the finish gantry, where some of the rider were clearing over sixty feet of ground at a height of thirty plus
Star Line Up confirmed for O2 Supercross this w/e 5-02-2011
Road Racing Calendar 2011 MGP WSB BSB MRO
Rea racing in WSS for Elias Crimea sponsor
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New DVDs from Duke - 2010 MotoGP Season Review, Moto 2 & 125cc 2010 Season Review, WSB 2010 Season Review
 Of the three new season reviews just released by Duke , we recommend the WSB package as it's a double disc and delivers all the best bits of the many races involved in a season. You may think the wrong man won, but theres plenty of terrific racing to enjoy, during the early part of the season in particular if you are a Leon Haslam fan. He looked a certainty to take the title on the Alstare Suzuki GSXR1000, podiuming with rare regularity, he made it look easy. But something went wrong mid-season, an off most probably that dented the teak-tough confidence, and he just drifted away as the Roman Emperor, Max Biaggi, turned up the wick on the blazingly quick Aprillia RSV-4. Watch it all unfold on this superbly put together double DVD set.
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 Spada Matt Black Open Face Helmet
Whats it like to let the wind blow onto your face like you are Steve McQueen riding his Triumph round the streets of Britain ?
Come on own up - we've all done it. Practically everyone who is into two-wheeled powered vehicles has looked up Steve McQueen at one time or another. After getting past that iconic, failed, "escape attempt" you discover that in real life he was actually a fine racer and all-round bike nut. The net is plastered with photos/ clips of him tearing through the desert on his Husky, riding his Triumph Trophy for the USA team in the six-day trials in Germany or zooming around the Californian landscape with his mates on a custom-built Matisse.
Avon VP2 Sports - On my first proper run to scrub in the new VP2s, I got a huge nail right in the middle of the rear. Thanks to Avon's incomparably brilliant replacement policy, I had a new tyre fitted by FWR the next day, free.
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 BSB Final Round Oulton Park 10-10-10
Hill's title dreams fall apart to leave Kiyo King again
The BSB title has been Worx Suzuki's Tommy Hill's to lose for the second half of the season. He came to Cheshire with the championship within his grasp, but with the knowledge that title rival Kiyonari was super quick at this particular track. Any mistake would probably be punished, so the pressure was well and truly on. Although he lost the Saturday race, second place had put him in a decent position come Sunday's crucial races.
Motorpoint Yamaha Oulton Park 10-10-10-More mixed results for Rob Mac Racing
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 WSB Imola 26-09-10
Biaggi takes his first SBK title on Aprilia's RSV-4
Max Biaggi is World SBK champion at the end of a difficult and exciting weekend on the Imola track. Thanks to the fifth place earned in race 2, Biaggi brought the point gap to 63 points between him and Leon Haslam (Suzuki), who was the last rider in contention for the title (413 to 350). A gap impossible to fill with only the French round at Magny Cours to go until the end of the season. Max Biaggi - with his fifth title after four consecutive world championships, from 1994 to 1997 in the 250 class - is the first Italian World Superbike champion
BSB Silverstone 26-09-10 - Hill still in charge after season's first wet races
British Supersport - O'Halloran takes spectacular 3rd
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 2onTrack Competition - WIN the new Duke DVD - The Official review of the 2010 NW200
Also recently released - Road Racing Great Races Vol2, The Right Line, The Island - The Story of the 1980 TT, and Motorcycle Sport 1956
A few years ago I was asked at an interview at MCN what the best race I'd ever seen was. "Choose any from Suzuka in the late 80s or early 90s" I ventured. "Greats like Schwantz, Rainey, Doohan and Lawson hammering round the world's best track, inches apart or banging into each other, the action was breath taking, often for most of the laps". You couldn't say you've seen many top class races like that recently. Unless you were at this year's NW200. What an incredible meeting. The Superbike races were both dramatic, different star riders contesting the win at the last corner each time; genuine racing for the glory. In between were two unforgettable Supersport races.
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 Isle of Man TT 2010 DVD
Would you like to win the new Duke DVD? Read on...
The Official Review of the 2010 Isle of Man TT released on Blu-ray and DVD. The 2010 Isle of Man TT was a spectacular festival of speed and stunning racing - now fans can enjoy it all over again in breathtaking high definition. Duke is once again releasing the Official Review on the Blu-ray format alongside the standard DVD format, offering an exceptional viewing experience which is almost good as standing at the side of the course as the bikes flash past at more than 190mph! The Blu-ray format makes full use of North One Television's critically-acclaimed coverage.
COMING SOON - Pix & Report from MRO/Bemsee Brands Meeting, Trackday club & more
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 BSB Round 6 Knockhill 04-07-10
THE BLADE REIGNS IN THE WET
Michael Rutter riding The RidersMotorcycles.Com Ducati notched up his second victory in two seasons at an incident packed first race at the BSB meeting held last weekend at Knockhill in Scotland. As race one got away, pole-man Josh Brookes on his HM Plant Honda shot into the lead ahead of James Ellison's Swan Honda in second place who was almost immediately passed by Michael Rutter at Leslie's. Brookes forged ahead to take a 1 sec lead but by the end of the second lap the rain became so heavy that the race was red flagged due to the dangerous conditions
Seton Interceptor Yamaha improve at Knockhill
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 BSB Round 5 Mallory Park 27-06-10
Tommy Hills crash in qualifying was just the beginning of a horrible weekend for the title leader...
Double Win And One/Two For HM Plant Honda At Mallory
The HM Plant Honda team celebrated its best results of the season so far at the fifth round of the British Superbike Championship at Mallory Park today, as Ryuichi Kiyonari doubled up on race wins, just ahead of team-mate Josh Brookes who took two second places. Ryuichi Kiyonari put his bid for the British Superbike crown firmly back on track as the Japanese rider put on an impressive performance to head off his team mate Josh, as well as the following pack.
Seton Interceptor Yamaha at Mallory
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 Ian Hutchinson wins the PokerStars Superbike TT after McGuiness and Cummins drop out
Ian Hutchinson won a drama-filled and heavily delayed PokerStars Superbike race today. The Padgetts Honda rider came home over 33 seconds clear of Michael Dunlop with Cameron Donald clawing his way back from 13th to claim third. Manxman Conor Cummins seemingly had the race in the bag and, after a stunning opening lap of 131.511mph, just a whisker outside the outright lap record, had a commanding 21 second lead at the end of the fourth lap but problems at the second pit stop saw that whittled down to four seconds and he was soon reported as a retirement at Laurel Bank.
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 BSB Round 5 Cadwell Park 23-05-10
HM Plant riders share the spoils at their local track
The HM Plant Honda team celebrated a double victory at today's British Superbike Championship races at Cadwell Park, with Ryuichi Kiyonari and Josh Brookes taking one race a piece and their first victories at the Lincolnshire circuit whilst producing exciting racing action. Kiyonari, sporting a new 'shaved' hair cut for the weekend, started from fourth on the grid in the opening race of the day to take the hole shot off the line and edge out a lead over his chasing rivals but, with three laps remaining he ran wide onto the grass and Hall Bend.
Rob Mac takes encouragement from Cadwell
O'Halloran top ten at Cadwell
DUKE 1992 WSB SEASON REVIEW - 2 DVDS TO BE WON
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 MRO / BMCRC Brands GP 15/16-05-10
Weymouth and Mercer serve up a classic at lap record pace
The British Motorcycle Racing Club put on another exciting, well-organised, action packed race meeting on The Brands Hatch GP Circuit last weekend. The classes were well supported with many new faces and some not so new. By far the most interesting racing was always going to be The MRO Morello Powerbike Class where the more established and experienced riders were in competition for honours. Regulars such as Peter Baker, Barry Chapman, Steve Mercer and Andy Weymouth all very capable racers plus newcomers to The Powerbike scene such as current Stock leader and last seasons Rookie 600 Champion Dan Johnson were all going to be looking for race wins. And so it turned out.
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 WSB Round 6 Kyalami 15-05-10
Haslam hangs on to title lead as Biaggi increases the pressure
If there is any doubt about Leon Haslam's capability of dealing with the pressure of leading the World SBK Championship by a few points, his cheerful demeanour is a good indicator. Biaggi is four times 250cc world champ,he has not only beaten Valentino Rossi in MotoGP races,he almost took the premier biking championship from Mick Doohan in his rookie year (1998). Experience of racing at the top he has plenty of. Haslam had not won a world level event before this year. Yet here he is, holding off the hard charging Italian, and behaving as if it's all no big deal. This maturity is transferring to his performances on the race track.
Leon Camier 6th in Race 1 for Alitalia Aprillia at Kyalami
New DVD competition will be launched May 25
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 WSB Round 3 Assen 25-04-10
Rea looms large in Haslam's rear view mirror in race for title
Jonny Rea completed a classy double on Ten Kate Honda's home track in Northern Holland, and went from also ran to title contender in the space of a warm Dutch afternoon. Alstare Suzuki's Leon Haslam had a horrible first race with a deflating front tyre making life nigh on impossible. The fact that Haslam brought it home in 11th says it all about the caliber of the man. How many other riders would have carried on to the end, let alone beat race winners like Fabrizio and Guintoli on a flat ? He brought it home in a safe 2nd in race 2 to make sure he left Assen with a respectable points haul, still 20 points ahead of nearest rival Biaggi in the championship.
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 Neil Hodgson Retires from Racing
Rob Mac Racing Press Release April 22, 2010
This decision has not come easy and it was only yesterday Wednesday 21st that an examination in Manchester by a leading shoulder specialist made clear the amount of damage done and the time scale needed to recover. The 2000 BSB Champion and 2003 World Superbike Champion started the 2010 BSB season as one of the favourites, with the Motorpoint Yamaha Neil had a successful winter test and was relishing the challenge of returning to his old hunting ground and battling with some of the new names in the most competitive domestic superbike series in the world. A crash at the first round aggravated the shoulder injury and set back all the hard work he had done. For the last three weeks Neil has undergone a series of tests and seen several specialists hoping for a positive direction, but after yesterday's results the reality hit and he has had to make the difficult decision to retire from the sport.
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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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 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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