Images editorial credit: Abdul Razak Latif / Shutterstock.com & Shutterstock.com In my corner of the world, a Sunday morning might as well be race day at Aragon, with hundreds of standard (and not-so-standard) motorcycles beating their way over the mountain pass nearby and along the winding road past my home. Judging by the scream of […]
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Image: Shutterstock.com Ground clearance on a standard road motorcycle is not great, particularly on the so-called ‘crotch rockets’ designed for high-speed acceleration and swift cornering. Dirt bikes have a much greater ground clearance, which is vital for the riders to clear the jumps and obstacles, but what about MotoGP bikes? Are they lowered in some
Image editorial credit: Hafiz Johari / Shutterstock.com Anyone who has experienced riding a motorcycle on the road with other vehicles or people in the vicinity knows the value of mirrors when it comes to safety. Overtaking, turning, and even stopping becomes a coin-flip if you cannot see behind you to tell if it’s safe to
Image: Shutterstock.com I’m sitting outside a café in Barcelona, and since the city planners have this curious way of cutting off the corners of all blocks in the city, I have a great view of the traffic. On my third macchiato of the morning, I got to wondering if any of the scores of bikers
Image editorial credit: Abdul Razak Latif / Shutterstock.com Since ABS or Anti-Lock Braking System, now comes standard on most modern vehicles. As it is a proven safety system (and has been for 40 years), race fans may expect that it would be fitted by the manufacturers to all high-speed vehicles, without exception. I mean, safety
Image editorial credit: Rainer Herhaus / Shutterstock.com From Late March to October each year, millions of race fans worldwide set time aside on a Sunday afternoon – local time, though many will be up at midnight wherever they are – to savor the cacophony of noise that heralds the start of a MotoGP race. Is
Image editorial credit: Francesc Juan / Shutterstock.com If you pose this question to Dani Pedrosa, formerly of Repsol Honda and a leading contender for the World Championship title since he joined the class until the day he retired in 2018, he would certainly scoff at the idea, pointing out that despite being the shortest rider
Image editorial credit: Ivan Garcia / Shutterstock.com For most new riders and many of the millions of MotoGP fans around the world, the issue of counter-steering a bike around a potentially dangerous bend or a stationary object in the road is counter-intuitive and just sounds dangerous at best. We’ve all seen cars counter-steering as they hit
Image editorial credit: worawuth.treesoon / Shutterstock.com MotoGP bikes are instruments of precision, topping out at over 200mph and decelerating with the force of almost 2gs. As such, these bikes have been designed with the sole purpose of going as fast as possible. Furthermore, there is no stopping and starting in MotoGP, so is the gear