Kenny Roberts
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MotoGP: Misano this weekend – here’s the stats that matter
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This weekend sees the 20th time that Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli has hosted a motorcycle grand prix event and below are some facts and stats about MotoGP on the Riviera di Rimini: – The first grand prix event to take place at Misano was in 1980; the 500cc race was over 40 laps of…
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Video: Kenny vs Randy in the USA, 1985 – check out the wheelies!
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Seen this? We love this! We love the showboating. The wheelies. The people involved. The bikes. The place. The cornball music. The Japanese narrator. The whole shebang. Watch it all the way through. Happy Friday! https://youtu.be/J7_WAeCe8oE
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World GP Bike legends 2016 – full entry list announced
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Following the hugely successful first event at Jerez in 2015, World GP Bike Legends is back for 2016 and the iconic 500cc bikes and riders from the golden age of Grand Prix motorcycle racing will do battle at the challenging Sachsenring Circuit – home to the German round of the current MotoGP World Championship.…
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Roland Sands launches new clothing line with Yamaha ‘Faster Sons’ arm
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Roland Sands has built a reputation for himself by creating some funky motorcycles, a more recently an association with Yamaha through the ‘Faster Son’s arm of the custom-bike business. And now fans of Sands can get a range of stuff to wear from the new Capsule Collection. Here’s what Yamaha has to say about…
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VIDEO: Valentino Rossi’s first 500cc GP win – full race (Donington, 2000)
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As it’s Valentino Rossi’s 37th birthday today we figured it’d be a good time to bring you this – the Italian’s first ever 500cc GP win. The race is from 2000 and the race was the British 500GP from Donington Park. The track was damp at the start of the race and Rossi, at the…
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SCOOP: Awesome hi-res Suzuki 2016 GSX-RR MotoGP bike studio pics emerge
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Lovely pictures of the Suzuki MotoGP bike have been released by Suzuki. The 2016 bike has a more chunky (read: stiffer) frame and revised air intakes on the fairing, the exhaust is longer and more upswept and there’s some subtle cosmetic tweaking with the bodywork. Other than that, the rest of the changes are largely…
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Kenny Roberts confirmed to attend Motorcycle Live
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Kenny Roberts confirmed to attend Motorcycle Live Three-time 500cc World Champion Kenny Roberts has been added to the list of racing stars confirmed to attend Motorcycle Live, which kicks off at The NEC, Birmingham this Saturday (28 November). Roberts – who will appear at the UK’s biggest bike show on the opening day – joins…
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VIDEO: Yamaha ‘Faster Wasp’ flat-tracker
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Yamaha has released another video featuring the new Yard Build bike dubbed as ‘Faster Wasp’. The MT-09 powered bike from Californian custom builder Roland Sands is another chapter in Yamaha’s ‘Faster Sons’ story, and it looks pretty sweet. We expect to see the bike in action at the EICMA show in Milan next week, but for…
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Rossi takes top billing at Goodwood
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Valentino Rossi was the biggest draw of the Goodwood Festival of Speed on Sunday. After a stunning race at the TT Assen Circuit on Saturday, where Valentino Rossi won his third race this season, the Movistar Yamaha MotoGP rider made his first ever appearance at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, which carried a theme of nostalgia and pride…
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Take a look inside the Dainese archive
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The Dainese archive houses over 1000 gloves, suits and boots that have helped make motorcycling history over the past forty years and now you can see inside, thanks to Archived – the fourth episode of the Dainese Webseries. The four-minute video recounts how the work of Dainese has changed over the course of the…
