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Motorcycle Wallpapers...

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Yet another post of my favorite wallpapers. To get the full size image click on the thumbnail. Ducati 1098 on the track. Valentino Rossi on board the Honda NSR 500 Mick Dohhan sliding the Honda NSR 500 MV Augusta F4 Kevin Schwantz on the Lucky Strike Suzuki Barry Sheene leads the way. Barry Sheene painting. Nori Haga on the Yamaha world super bike. Kenny Roberts on board the Yamaha 500cc Shelby Mustang Shelby Mustang Shelby Mustang.

Moto GP season build up begins...

A new generation of riders will take to the tarmac when the new season of moto gp starts next month in sunny Qatar and to all intents and purposes it promises to be a season to remember if form is anything to go by. World champion Casey Stoner is still the man to beat but fans favourite Valentino Rossi has shown his intention in the latest pre season test in Sepang by posting the fastest laptime with an impressive 2:00.300, albeit on qualifying tyres. Nicky Hayden and Dani Pedrosa continue the factory Honda attack with an updated version of the HRC RC 212V but look to be struggling after Nicky Hayden complained the engine is down on horsepower, due to it being designed around the lighter and smaller Dani Pedrosa, and was unable to better last years laptime in Sepang. New boy Jorge Lorenzo, team mate to Valentino Rossi, has shown promise in pre season tests posting the second fastest laptime on the final lap of three days of testing in Sepang despite chronic front end problems that pre...

Just for Crimbo...

Here's a little video of some spectacular crashes from the world of Motorcycle racing. In the words of a wise man; Pain is temporary, humiliation lasts forever.

For race fans...

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It's all in the name of...

Comparative science. The F1 season kicks off during the night in Australia and in the name of science I'll be staying up to watch it. I say science because, as regular readers of this blog know, I'm a big fan of Moto Gp (which is the premier class of motorcycle racing and the two-wheeled version of F1 but with more excitement, closer racing and a hell of a lot more overtaking.) and would like to be able to compare the two on a level keel. Due to a lack of TV coverage of Moto GP during the late eighties/early nineties there are people in the world... Strange lonely people who wear Kappa shell suits over Manchester United tops and think Carl Fogarty was the best motorcyclist ever to sling a leg over a bike... Who think that World Superbikes is the premier class of racing when it comes to Motorcycle racing. They're wrong. Very wrong. The difference between a World Superbike and a GP bike is light years apart. For example I could walk into a motorcycle dealership tomorrow and b...