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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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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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Return of the King : Valentino Rossi
22 May 2008
No wins in eight races, it doesn’t sound like a lot, well unless your name is Valentino Rossi. It’s fair to say in true Hollywood style that the King has returned and he’s looking just a devastating as he’s ever been. The last two and a half years of Rossi’s life would make the perfect script for any Hollywood wannabe writers, with a slice of despair, a touch of joy, a huge slab of disbelief, not forgetting sheer ecstasy and a heavy dose of pain to pad out the script. Then just when you think your hero is down and out and you have the bad guy about the make the telling blow, there is the classic Hollywood happy ending as our hero rises from the jaws of defeat, to ride off into the sunset and live another day.
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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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A Star is Born : Jorge Lorenzo
21 April 2008
Every once in a while there is a buzz in the paddock, people hear murmurs and chit chat in the garages that someone has seen the next great champion, someone who will take the sport to the next level, who will be the next golden boy of the crowd and who will leave his opponents crushed and defeated. Obviously like all rumours, most of the time they prove to be inaccurate and untrue, but every now and again someone will step up to the hype and prove that people’s belief in them is well founded.
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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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MotoGP's Latest Rivalry
31 March 2008
Over the last few seasons the premier class of Motorbike racing has all been a bit too nice. What it has been missing is a thrilling and gripping rivalry, something that can add that special ingredient that adds a little extra spice to the event. It happens in football when Arsenal play Manchester United, or in Rugby when London Wasp’s play Bath. A good rivalry is something that has really been missing from MotoGP for a while now. A good rivalry can turn a good race into a great race.
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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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Yamaha R-Series - 10th Anniversary
15 March 2008
This year Yamaha celebrates ten years of the R-Series – that’s a decade of supersport quality. When they unleashed the very first YZF-R1 in 1998 the bike didn’t just rewrite the rules for supersport performance, it tore them up and wrote its own.
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The Rebirth Of The Yamaha Tenere
11 December 2007
The name Tenere has been synonymous with Yamaha’s rugged Adventure Sport dual-purpose models since the original machine was first launched in the early 1980’s. Developed from Yamaha’s highly successful Dakar race-winning factory bikes, the original Tenere models built up a huge following of loyal owners during the 1980s and 90s. With an unrivalled reputation for durability, strong on and off road performance, high levels of long-distance comfort, and the ability to handle hostile off road terrain, the machine was one of Yamaha’s best-selling models throughout Europe.
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The Most Extreme Yamaha YZF-R6 Supersport Yet
03 December 2007
When Yamaha launched the new-generation YZF-R6 for the 2006 season, the machine became an overnight sensation. Equipped with the most advanced technology, and featuring aggressive minimalist bodywork, as well as a phenomenally quick engine and an ultra-compact race-bred chassis for a bike of it's class, the R6 represented a massive leap for high-performance motorcycle design.
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Chasing the Black
29 October 2007
It was a tip off from a friend of a friend, which gave me the breakthrough I was looking for. I have been searching unsuccessfully for some time now for the perfect road-trip and, after quite a few previous trips to Croatia for work; I thought I might be onto something. Normally I’d settle for a car or catch the bus, but a random meeting at a mates wedding, hooked me up with a bike shop in Zadar where they had real bikes available for hire and not just 50cc & 125cc scooters.
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2008 Yamaha Motorcycle Range Revealed
10 September 2007
London Bikers are proud to be one of the first to show off the new range from Yamaha, the leading motorcycle manufacture. Although not all of the model lines have been released we are sure that any motorcycle enthusiast will be very impressed with what is on offer so far.
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Flatout's Day With Virgin Media Optoma Loans Yamaha
25 May 2007
The year was 1976, the month was November and the date was the 9th; the birthday was Flatout's... Thirty years on and a party was thrown to celebrate. The guests arrived at the venue, as did half of londonbikers.com armed with a gift contributed by members past and present. The gift, a VIP day with the Virgin Media Optoma Loans Yamaha BSB race team... So, I booked the day Sunday the 20th at Snetterton and accompanied by my gorgeous fair maiden we made our way to the travel lodge in Cringleford some 16 miles away to avoid a long drive and an early start in the morning.
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All-New Fifth-Generation Yamaha YZF-R1 Shaped by Yamaha’s Art of Engineering
09 November 2006
From the time when Yamaha introduced their first generation YZF back in 1998, the R1 has relentlessly surpassed the expectations of Supersport riders from around the globe. They have continuously worked on and applied their legendary ‘Art of Engineering’ concept, to the chassis, new engine, and bodywork, Yamaha have once again created a remarkable new machine to compete in the world market, which is ready to add force to Yamaha’s status as one of the leading manufacturers of high-performance motorbikes.
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There's Nothing Virgin About Tommy Hill
11 October 2006
British Superbike Virgin Mobile Yamaha rider Tommy Hill has already accomplished a lot in his 21 years on this planet. He started out competing in motocross at just aged six and survived a near fatal MX crash at 14; nothing seems to stand in head-strong Tommy’s way.
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Jason DiSalvo
01 September 2006
New Yorker Jason DiSalvo is just 22, and is already one of the most popular and talented racers in the AMA Superbike and Formula Xtreme paddock. Having started riding motorcycles at the age of two and taking part in his first dirt track race at aged four, Jason quickly found his way into road racing and made his first UK debut in 1999, aged 15 on a 125 GP bike at Oulton Park. DiSalvo has been credited as being the youngest American to ever compete in World 125cc and 250cc GP championships.
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