Carl Fogarty
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WSB Aragon – the stats, facts and figures you need to know for this weekend
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WSB Aragon – the stats, facts and figures you need to know for this weekend. Want to pretend that you’re a WSB expert? Then here’s all you need to know! This is the facts and figures crib sheet that the telly people rely on – and you can have it too. This is how the…
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Triumph Thruxton R world launch review
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WORDS: MSL Editor, John Milbank PHOTOGRAPHY: Alessio Barbanti, Matteo Cavadini, Paul Barshon and Friedemann Kirn We rode the Thruxton R, which starting at £11,700 is the pinnacle of the new Bonneville range; the Thruxton is a similar machine, though at £10,400 has more classically–styled right-way-up forks, and the same Nissin two-piston calipers and fixed…
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WSB in Asia – the facts ahead of this weekend’s round in Thailand
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WorldSBK has a long history of racing in Asia, with more than a tenth of the races in the history of the Championship having taken place in the continent: 70 out of the 696 run to date. Asia also hosted a WorldSBK race weekend in the first season of the Championship in 1988, that beginning…
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New SHARK helmets at Motorcycle Live
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SHARK Helmets will be presenting its 2016 range of helmets at this year’s Motorcycle Live. The helmet manufacturer will be showcasing the latest models at The NEC in Hall 3, and this is what they say will be on offer: The brand new Evo-One is the latest innovation in the Evo range with an ‘Auto-up…
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Rea wins World Superbike crown
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The Pirelli Spanish Round has gone down in history as the WorldSBK race meeting at which Jonathan Rea was crowned World Champion of 2015. The British rider, standard bearer of the Kawasaki Racing Team, clinched the ultimate goal in Race 1 courtesy of his fourth position. He has been pursuing the title since his first full…
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National Motorcycle Museum announces “Live” Open Day
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The National Motorcycle Museum has announced 31st October as the date for their second annual free open day. Carl Fogarty and James Whitham will be on hand, hosting two one-hour chat shows as well as running some of the museum’s most iconic race bikes. The afternoon culminates in a handover to Fogarty of one of…
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VIDEO 1989 OWO1 Yamaha full-on at the Classic TT
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Watch this video of a 1989 OWO1 Yamaha full-on at the Classic TT Races, this year. The bike Manxman Dan Kneen is riding is the late ’80s bike in Valvoline Padgett’s colours. Make sure you turn the volume up loud for this one, the majority of the video has the bike on the ragged edge,…
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SCOOP Great British Bake Off Hollywood starting Bikes n Bakes festival!
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British Bake Off star Paul Hollywood is setting up a motorcycle and baking festival. No, we didn’t believe it either when we first heard about it – but it’s true. The brilliant lazer-eyed barn owl of baking is a life-long motorcycle fan and owns a few bikes including a Kawasaki H2. He’s trying to…
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Foggy to be VIP guest at TT races
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Carl Fogarty, who recently added the ITV ‘I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here’ title to his TT Races and World Superbike Championship wins, will be the guest of honour in the TT VIP Club for race day on Wednesday 10th June. Carl, the most successful World Superbike rider of all time with…
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A day of motorcycle fun at Prescott Bike Festival in aid of Blood Bikes
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The Prescott Bike Festival will take place on Sunday, April 12 at the home of the prestigious Bugatti Owners Club in Cheltenham (GL52 9RD). Advanced tickets are £12 and cost £15 on the gate – all event proceeds go to the Nationwide Association of Blood Bikes and Severn Freewheelers. The 2015 Festival will feature large displays…
