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Halliday Clinches 2018 Kawasaki Supersport Title at Winton
Cru Halliday (Yamaha Factory Racing, Yamaha YZF-R6) has taken out the 2018 Kawasaki Supersport Championship here at the Spokes.com.au presents Round 6 at Winton Motor Raceway. Halliday also collected the overall round win with a second in race one and a win in race two, to wrap i
Troy Herfoss Secures 2018 YMI Superbike Championship!
Troy Herfoss (Penrite Honda Racing, CBR1000SP) has captured the 2018 YMI Superbike Championship, in what was an epic showdown at the Spokes.com.au presents Round 6 of the Yamaha Motor Finance Australian Superbike Championship presented by Motul Pirelli (ASBK). He managed to wrap
The 2018 Handbuilt Show, Austin
From a chopped-up KTM 950 Supermoto to super 1950s Panhead choppers, the Handbuilt Motorcycle Show has something for everyone
Brough Superior Pendine Sand Racer
Anglo-French collaboration turns out a gloriously unique V-twin sportsbike. This is the Entente Cordiale 2.0
Valentino Rossi presents 2018 Misano helmet
Rossi kept up his tradition of a special helmet for home GPs, with his AGV lid sporting words and pictures based on the “Back to the Future II” movie, with Rossi as time traveller Marty McFly and crew chief Silvano Galbusera as mad scientist Doc. The “Back to Misano” t
Marquez crash
Marc Marquez’s sprint from gravel trap to pit box (which included a ride on a photographer’s scooter in between the leg work), and his subsequent narrow escape from another crash on his final run, were even more heroic than was obvious. It was all accomplished with a small
Misano MotoGP qualifying
Jorge Lorenzo claimed his third pole of the season and his second in a row with an new all-out record at the Misano World Circuit today. The factory Ducati rider dominated a dramatic session in which title leader Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda) hit the ground running after a dramatic
Kevin Cass Racebike
In AMCN issue Vol68 No03, Peter Whitaker's Not Forgotten feature profiled one of Wollongong's favourite motorcycling sons, Kevin Cass Like many great characters of Australian motorcycle racing, Kevin’s story is interwoven with other great names of the era. Kevin’s Wollongong
Bradley Smith To Aprilia Test Role
Bradley Smith’s MotoGP career has been saved, at least in part, after the British rider inked a deal to join Aprilia as test rider in the Italian factory’s upgraded test team next year. The job will also offer “several wild card rides”, according to an official statement
Silverstone Under Fire
Discontented rumblings about the Silverstone resurfacing debacle continued, with Marc Marquez saying that the track needs a complete resurfacing, “but in a good way”, before it will be possible to hold a MotoGP race there. “Now we know, but only after the race, that they h
2019 MotoGP Calendar Released
The provisional 2019 calendar was released in the days before the Misano GP, with little changed from this year. There are again 19 races – the threat of a 20th round in Mexico having been averted.
Rossi refuses a handshake
The simmering feud at the top of the premier class was renewed at Misano, when Valentino Rossi openly snubbed Marc Marquez’s proffered handshake at the pre-event press conference.