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SBK08 : Virtual Reality or just Reality
4 Days ago
It’s Sunday morning and the glint from the sun outside bursts through your motorhome curtains. It’s a lovely sunny day, with a gentle breeze, perfect weather for popping down to the coast, but you can’t think about that today, no you’ve got work to do. You roll out of bed, and head for the shower. Half an hour later after a light high protein breakfast, you are pulling on your leathers and following your strict routine to make sure that you don’t incur any bad luck through the morning warm up.
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NW200 - 2008, My Roadtrip Diary
17 June 2008
48 hours ago I was at home contemplating cleaning my bike before a track-day. That was before londonbikers.com invited me to work along side the 2008 NW200 Ducati Team in a bid to promote the NW200 week events racing, and to get more people riding to the NothWest 200's 80th Anniversary next year in 2009. Each year the NW200's turn out gets bigger, but they want more families, more after race events, and most of all even more bikers to ride there and experience the high voltage atmosphere and the fabulous road racing.
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NW200 – The Ride, Race & Total Experience
05 June 2008
And So It All Began… The alarm on the clock sounded, and the display read 3:30am. It was that time to get up and ride the 287 miles to Holyhead, and all by 8:45am. I knew then that I was going to be on my way to the North West 200 Road-Race in Northern Ireland, man was I excited!! I met Clinton at the petrol station by the Ace Cafe; we filled up the bikes and set off at 4:30am on the long ride towards Wales. The TomTom told us we should arrive at 8:49am, so Clinton and I had to make up some time, the roads were clear, we opened our throttles, and why not!
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MotoGP The Season So Far - Pulling No Punches
03 June 2008
The say that sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind, well we’ve reached the 1/3 stage in the MotoGP championship and with silly season just around the corner, I’m going to be brutally honest in my report of the season so far and give my opinion on possible rumours and possible team changes for 2009. Yes I know we’re only six races in but believe me, there are already backstage murmurs of rider changes and contract negotiations taking place in the paddock.
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Michael Schumacher: Is there any Truth behind the Rumours?
19 May 2008
There has been ongoing speculation and rumours floating around the motorcycling fraternity for the last six months about the future of a certain seven times Formula one champion and his intentions towards the two wheeled sport. Schumacher has always been interested in motorbikes, and owns a large collection of bikes, including a Ducati 1098R and a Desmosedici RR. However he has always been quick to state that his appearance at the track has nothing to do with any plans to make a move into MotoGP. Instead it is merely Michael taking time out to enjoy his hobby of going fast on bikes.
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Simply Baylisstic
30 April 2008
I’d like to take some time to write about one of the greatest riders of the modern era. Troy Bayliss has proved to the world that your talent has nothing to do with your age. Bayliss has ridden against and beaten the best and he’s done it all with a cheeky smile and razor sharp wit. Troy, who is now 39 years old has decided to retire after the season is complete, hopefully with a third World Superbike title to his name, which he will have taken on three different generations of Ducati.
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World Supersport : Can it get any better than this?
29 April 2008
World Supersport has on numerous occasions provided the world with jaw dropping, edge of the seat racing and Sunday proved to be no exception. For the fans that travelled to the cathedral of speed at Assen in Holland they witnessed one of the truly great World Supersport races. Johnny Rea managed to grab the whole shot from his grid slot of second place leading the field into Assen’s tight first corner, which becomes even tighter when you’re trying to fit thirty six supersport machines through it. The Supersport class has affectionately been named the class of the axe murderers. This name has mainly come about because the class is made up of a mixture of up and coming stars and veterans who are trying to make a comeback, because of this no quarter is given between anyone, not even team mates, it’s quite normal to see team mates clashing fairings and elbows in an attempt to battle their way through to the front of this highly competitive field.
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BSB: Thruxton, Round 2 - Fast As You Like!
23 April 2008
Round two of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship took place at Thruxton in Hampshire last weekend with more than the usual sense of excitement and urgency than normal because it would be the first meeting of the season to see genuine racing due to the snowed off Brands Hatch round a fortnight ago.
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Tyre Wars - Michelin vs Bridgestone
16 April 2008
Michelin has been resurgent over the first three races of the 2008 season. It’s hard to believe that this is the company that had many of the top riders and teams scrambling around for an alternate solution at the end of 2007.
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WSB Round 3 @ Valencia : Review
14 April 2008
Round three of the World Superbike series has recently passed at the Southern Spain circuit of Valencia. Our racing reporter, Neil Everett gives us a report on the nail-biting moments that race-day held!
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MotoGP Round 3 Estoril : Preview
08 April 2008
This weekend sees the third round of the MotoGP championship with many of the teams battling to catch up to the two teams who have dominated the season so far Yamaha and Honda.
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World Superbike Preview Round 3 Valencia
26 March 2008
The World Superbike championship has always managed to provide cutting edge, close racing and this season appears like it will be no different. The first two rounds of the championship have provided us with an interesting insight of what we can expect to see at Valencia on April 6th.
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The Ducati 1098 R - Breaking The Litre Limit
09 March 2008
The lightest, most powerful twin-cylinder bike ever and true competition-level traction control system supplied as standard for maximum track performance. The 1098 R is the ultimate Superbike. The most advanced, most powerful twin-cylinder motorcycle ever built, with the highest torque-to-weight ratio in the sport bike category. It is the product of a team of designers and engineers focussed on one objective only – to win.
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The New Ducati Monster 696
30 November 2007
The brand new Ducati Monster 696 is the next generation of naked motorcycle and according to Ducat,i the final word in urban excitement. Ducati have designed the Monster 696 so that you can ride it around your favourite downtown streets in a relaxed style or, when the moment takes you, unleash its darkside on your most testing twisties to deliver an even more naked performance than ever before.
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The Turbulent Season of Brendan Roberts
24 August 2007
Since we last spoke to 22 year old Australian Brendan Robert’s, a lot has changed in his racing life. Just thirteen months ago, Brendan was leading the BSB Metzeler National Superstock Series on his Gixxer and had just taken his fifth win of the season, broke a lap record and got pole position at Oulton Park. He went on the secure the championship with 216 points, six race wins and eight podium finishes, not bad for a seasons racing eh!
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OnFire sponsors the Three Amigos and the Burning Road to Assen
10 July 2007
In an effort to utterly humiliate the stag, Slasher Mines-a-Pint and Toby-1-Kenobi used every trick in their power to get Con McCopMagnet into trouble. The time last weekend, the place Assen MotoGP, the reason...cos we're his mates. We needn't have bothered cos he managed all by himself.
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The New Ducati Hypermotard
10 May 2007
Ducati release details of their new motorcycle, the Hypermotard. The Hypermotard takes on urban canyons and mountain curves with total abandon. Its purpose is single-minded – to thrill. The aggressive ‘motard’ styling and stance combine with Ducati ‘sportbike’ technology to deliver the best of both worlds. With a riding position that ensures total control, the exceptionally slim and incredibly light Hypermotard is ready to dominate every inch of asphalt with big-bore acceleration and road holding that redefines the street experience.
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Ducati's New 1098 and 1098S Superbike!
28 November 2006
The all new and extremely sexy Ducati 1098 immediately strikes you with its purposeful, no-nonsense attitude and style. Performance is first and foremost in every detail.
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Neil Hodgson Speaks Up
25 August 2006
Last Friday, we managed to catch up with Brit Neil Hodgson at the AMA Superbike Suzuki Big Kahuna Nationals held at Virginia International Raceway. The Parts Unlimited Ducati rider took time out of his busy days practice and qualifying schedule to speak to LB for an exclusive interview about his time in the States and what his plans are for the future. LB was also privileged enough to have Neil’s team mate Ben Bostrom grace us with his presence during the interview.
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An Interview with Troy Bayliss
10 August 2006
Championship leader, former WSB and BSB champion Troy Bayliss has just returned to World Superbikes this season after a very testing three years away riding in MotoGP. The 37 year old Australian racer’s return with Xerox Ducati was greatly anticipated by his fans (including LB’s Foxy), and thousands of them turned up last weekend at Brands Hatch to see him kick some serious butt.
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