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Revolving Racer - Jeremy McWilliams
The development race
Suzuki rethinks the motorcycle
Just cos it’s the way it’s always been done, the modern and accepted way we currently package a motorcycle may not necessarily be the best and only way
The name of the game
The season hasn’t even started yet Triumph is so confident the 2019 Moto2 class will be a winner, powered by its 765cc triple, that it is testing a road version. As we revealed last issue, its Moto2-spec engine has been bolted into an old Daytona 675 frame in a proof-of-concept
BMW Type 255 RS 500 Kompressor
Eighty years ago Georg Meier won the 1939 Senior TT on the Isle of Man on what’s regarded today as a rather extraordinary motorcycle
Reader Rides Competition
This issue’s six finalists have won themselves an Oxford Cable Lock and Fred’s fave picks up an IPONE Care Kit, all thanks to the team at Ficeda Accessories!
TECH HEADS - Variable vale timing
Variable valve timing is motorcycling’s new technological battlefield
MR PERFECT - Jorge Lorenzo
We catch up Lorenzo to find out how he’s really feeling about his switch to Honda
Grid Talk - Timur Sardarov
MV Agusta’s new owner, London-based Russian investor Timur Sardarov, 36, talks about his passion for the brand and its racing plans Bring us up to date on MV’s ownership? Our investment company Black Ocean has purchased a majority shareholding. I’ve become CEO and Chairma
Remembering Eric Geboers
When Eric Geboers lofted the 1988 500cc MX GP world title trophy, he became the first rider ever to celebrate world championship success in all three classes of top-level motocross
They did what? Girls just wanna have fun
Swimming, flying and motorbiking. There wasn’t much that Pat and Nan didn’t excel at
Where are they now? Geoff Crocott
Teddy Preston’s death at the Sydney Royale Speedway towards the end of the 1965/66 season was the final straw for Geoff Grocott. His beloved Vincent outfit was put on the block, his speedway days at an end. Besides, he needed more time with his family. And to keep a closer eye
VR46 Headquarters
One hundred metres before you pass the heavily graffitied sign that tells you you’re entering the town of Tavullia there’s a big building on the left, mostly painted yellow and with a curved, mirror-glassed entrance block. It’s a flamboyant construction which looks somewhat