Last weekend, Taylor Bayne became the youngest driver to win the Daytona 500. At just 20-years-old, Bayne beat out Carl Edwards, David Gilliland, and Bobby Labonte to take a historic win at Daytona. In light of Bayne’s spectacular feat, here is a look at some of the youngest motorcycle champions in the history of racing. [...]
We ran across a list of track tips attributed to Kevin Schwantz to make your first track day better. We trimmed down the list and will be looking at a few of the items in detail. We are focusing on tips for setting up for a turn and getting through the turn. The list of [...]
Looking at the final point standings of the 2010 MotoGP season, it would be hard to tell that Valentino Rossi had injured his shoulder and broken his leg, forcing him to miss four rounds in 2010. That’s because Valentino Rossi still found a way to get onto the podium at the end of the season. [...]
The Isle of Man has seen some legendary races, but only one can be named the greatest race of all time. Thousands of fans voted, and the greatest race in the history of the Isle of Man was the 1992 battle between Carl Fogarty and Steve Hislop in the Senior TT. So what made this [...]
Prior to the first official testing session for the 2011 MotoGP season, Valentino Rossi and the Ducati team headed to Misano for a few laps. Since it was an unofficial test, Rossi rode the Ducati 1198 instead of the GP11 that he’ll be riding during the season. Rossi hopped on the Ducati 1198 just 73 [...]
1 – The neat, tidy, knees-to-tank, stretched-out style, eye to muscle memory, as the path of least resistance: the natural style of riding 2 – Knee comes off the tank credited to Mike Hailwood. Paul Smart 3 – Butt off the seat credited to Jarno Saarinen 4 – Knee-down, hang-off Kenny Roberts Sr. get the [...]
Race Retro 2011 is scheduled to take place from 25 to 27 February at its usual location, Stoneleigh Park, Coventry, UK. The 2010 version celebrated 60 years of Norton Motorcycles, but 2011 will be a bit broader and will be all about machines produced in Italy. In fact, both the motorcycle and the automobile portions [...]
“Nitro” Noriyuki Haga didn’t have the best season of his career in 2010, but Haga has a new bike and a new team this year, and is hoping to claim his 1st World Superbike championship. Haga will be the sole rider for the Pata Aprilia team. Haga is a veteran around the WSBK circuit. He [...]
The 2011 AMA Pro Racing package will be diminished compared even to recent years as the economy throughout much of the US is still in dire straights – no matter what the TV pundits are telling us, people are still suffering. And, those people are not buying many motorcycles either. This leaves the AMA Pro [...]
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