125: Bradley Smith signs for 2010.
Crash.Net (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Bradley Smith is aiming to become Britain s first grand prix world champion since Barry Sheene in 1977, after signing to stay in 125cc World Championship next season.
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Dominant Simón set for Valencian sign off
MotoGP EN (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
The 2009 125cc World Champion Julián Simón will be looking to finish his season with a result to remember at Valencia.
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Valentino Rossi statistics following his ninth World Champions title
Valentino Rossi - MotoGP 2007 (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
Rossi’s ninth In 2010 Valentino Rossi has continued to grow his legend and cement his place in the history of Grand Prix Motorcycle Racing. The Italian’s ninth career title is his seventh in the premier-class and his fourth since joining Yamaha in 2004. Here are some more statistics from the fourteenth season of his career: • Rossi [...]
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Falmouth shop makes a move
Falmouth Packet | News (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
Halloween is a spooky time of year but Angi Hurst and Kenny Roberts from Ribticklers are not terrified of what lies ahead as they move into their brand new building in the centre of Falmouth.
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Ben Spies replica Yamaha R1 prepared by UK dealer
Faster and Faster (Free subscription) | 21/09/2009
Ben Spies replica R1 from UK dealer, CMC Via MCN For those who think a Rossi-rep R1 might be too common, CMC , a Yamaha dealer in the UK, has readied a Ben Spies replica R1. The bike is painted in Ben’s World Superbikes colours and the exhaust system gets Akrapovic carbon end cans. The bike costs £12,499 OTR. Spies and Rossi replica R1s are all fine but what we’d really love to see...
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Roberts Yam for Sale
The Motorcycle Blog Aggregator (Free subscription) | 08/09/2009
From Sideblog - There are always lots of great bikes for sale on VFT.org, but these are our two faves at the moment. Al McQ told us about the Roberts Yam. he says it looks kosher.GIKenny Roberts 750 flat tracker Early 70s model Yamaha flat track bike. Acquired from Kenny Roberts in 1976.Kenny Roberts' TT Practice Bike with pipes for half mile racing and foot pegs.Last started 6 months ago. New stainless...
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MOTOGP: Rossi: 'King Kenny Is The Man'
SPEED (Free subscription) | 05/09/2009
Kenny Roberts' stunning demonstration laps at the Indy Mile left a huge mark on MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi who now has the dirt track bug himself.
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Gresini Team Homeward Bound as Misano Beckons MotoGP
londonbikers.com (Free subscription) | 02/09/2009
The MotoGP World Championship paddock jets back across the Atlantic this week in a 7,700km dash back to Europe for the San Marino Grand Prix, which gets underway on Friday at the Misano Adriatico circuit.
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The Indy Mile - Unforgettable Photos By Scott Jones
MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 02/09/2009
One of the highlights of the Indianapolis GP weekend off the track was the Indy Mile. At 6pm on Saturday night there was a mass exodus from the paddock, as a lot of giddy Europeans headed down for what was to be there first experience of a flat track mile, and everyone was just completely blown away. There's a story on the mile to follow, but to get you started, here's a selection of Scott Jones'...
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King Kenny rides again…
Faster and Faster (Free subscription) | 01/09/2009
Would you ride a two-stroke, 750cc, 125-horsepower dirt-tracker around the Indy Mile at 57 years of age? Flat-out, sideways, full throttle, no mercy. King Kenny would. He did. Some things never change... Kenny Roberts, who won 500cc motorcycle GP racing world championships with Yamaha in 1978, 1979 and 1980, was back in action last weekend, during the USGP at Indianapolis. No, not aboard an old YZR500,...
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Song Of The Day #119
The Westerner (Free subscription) | 28/08/2009
I've had several folks ask if I had today's selection. They don't remember the artist or the title of the song, but they do remember what it is about. The song is I'm Tying The Leaves (So They Won't Come Down) . The song was written by E.S.S. Huntingdon & J. Fred Helf and was first recorded in 1907 by Byron G. Harlan. If you want the original 1907 recording you can download it for free here . In...
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Kenny Roberts: The King Rides Again
Motorsports Journal (Free subscription) | 26/08/2009
AMA Pro Racing DAYTONA BEACH , Fla. (August 26, 2009) AMA Pro Racing and Yamaha Motor Corporation will honor Kenny Roberts in recognition of the historic last lap win at the 1975 Indy mile on the Yamaha TZ750 that ultimately proved to be one of the most famous wins in American Dirt Track history.
- Kenny Roberts: The King Rides Again - Motorsports Blog
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Honda Against MotoGP Engine Leasing Proposal
MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 17/08/2009
The press conference given by HRC President Tetsuo Suzuki was remarkable in many more ways than one. The announcement that Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso had been signed to new contracts, subsequently denied by Alberto Puig, then clarified as a "basic agreement" was the most striking news to come out of that press conference, but the press conference contained more than just the rider...
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Tootsie's Orchid Podcast
WFMU's Beware of the Blog (Free subscription) | 16/08/2009
As some regular followers of my posts know, I often slap together a podcast here in Vancouver for CITR-FM consisting of various audio bric-a-brac. The station also does an annual "show swap" in which programmer's take over another programmer's show,...
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2009 MotoGP Donington Preview - Wave Goodbye
MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 24/07/2009
Saying goodbye is one of the hardest things to do. At the end of a relationship, no matter how badly it ends, it is all too easy to look back at the good things, the happy memories, and gloss over the cracks and flaws that caused it all to end. So it goes with Donington, which hosts the MotoGP series for the last time this year, for at least five years and probably longer. The track, located on the...