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  • Technological Trickery from Kenny Roberts..

    Technological Trickery from Kenny Roberts..

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    VJMC’s Steve Cooper looks back… As early as June 1977 rumours began to swirl around the GP paddock that Yamaha had a technical ace up its corporate sleeve and the mechanics helped ramp up the puzzlement by covering their bikes whenever they were parked up. Given the use of fuel injection on the prototype GL750…

  • MotoGP 2023: Kazakhstan GP cancelled!

    MotoGP 2023: Kazakhstan GP cancelled!

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    The Kazakhstan Grand Prix has been cancelled, leaving 20 races on the card for 2023. The homologation procedures remaining incomplete at the circuit, alongside ‘global challenges’, means that the organizers have pulled the Kazakhstan Grand Prix from their 2023 MotoGP agenda. FIM, IRTA and Dorna have declared the scrubbing of the Grand Prix of Kazakhstan…

  • Back to the beginning: Suzuki’s MotoGP story – Suzuki GSV-R test

    Back to the beginning: Suzuki’s MotoGP story – Suzuki GSV-R test

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    Words: Alan Cathcart Pics: Paul Barshon / Mortons Archive 20 years ago in MotoGP’s 2002 debut season, Suzuki was the leading member of the supporting cast to the Honda/Yamaha duopoly – a year that very much represented work-in-progress for the company’s new V4 four-stroke GSV-R prototype. Now, for the second time in two decades, the…

  • Yamaha ‘OW’ – Developing The Concept

    Yamaha ‘OW’ – Developing The Concept

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    Despite the changes made at both prototype and production levels it was now apparent to the Race Team its half-litre four was far from perfect. The OW20 was good but there was still a lot work needed if it was to win the 500 crown. A new bike, designated OW23, had been available midway through…

  • Yamaha switch was no fairytale for Agostini

    Yamaha switch was no fairytale for Agostini

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    Tempting a certain suave World Champion to make the move from MV Agusta should have been enough to help Yamaha dominate the top flight of racing. But there was still work to be done to make its 500cc Grand Prix machine seriously competitive. VJMC’s Steve Cooper explains… Following the triumphant first and third at the 1973…

  • SHEENE – BT Sport Films Pays Homage to Barry Sheene

    SHEENE – BT Sport Films Pays Homage to Barry Sheene

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    Sheene, the latest documentary from the award-winning BT Sport Films series, will premiere on BT Sport 2 at 10pm on March 26. The documentary celebrates the life of two-time world champion biker Barry Sheene, paying homage to his trailblazing career. Sheene charts his remarkable journey, from humble beginnings to a legendary status that transcended the…

  • Mooney VR46 Racing Team: Season 10!

    Mooney VR46 Racing Team: Season 10!

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    The Valentino Rossi team have a momentous year ahead, with both Luca Marini and Marco Bezzecchi aiming for success in the MotoGP. It’s time: the Mooney VR46 Racing Team is here with their 10th season in the Championship and their second in MotoGP™ with Ducati. Since 2014, they have been growing, rising in status from…

  • Fuel of the Future? (And it’s not electric)

    Fuel of the Future? (And it’s not electric)

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    Race-ready ethanol fuels could be coming to the road British firm Triumph has announced that it’s looking at ways to run its Grand Prix race engines on more sustainable fuels. Following the news that MotoGP bosses plan to run ethanol-rich E40 fuel in Moto2 by 2024, Triumph has set up a dedicated testing programme for…

  • Return of the screamer

    Return of the screamer

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    The VJMC’s Steve Cooper remembers… If the 1996 season had been anything it had been prophetic and 1997’s was going to be the true validation of HRC’s relentless pursuit of Grand Prix domination. The top five places were all Honda’s with two more inside the top 10. Neither Yamaha nor Suzuki had anything or anyone…

  • Tangerine Dream

    Tangerine Dream

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    More power, less weight, upgraded electronics … and the first 30 buyers get to play with it on track in Valencia too. The Austrian factory’s Moto2-inspired track bike is back for 2023, with another 200 models going into production. Revealed last year, the first generation RC 8C (which was inspired by KTM’s now defunct Moto2…

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