Most top-level racing bikes (including the fabulous new Aprilia RSV4 Factory APRC SE road bike) equipped with cutting-edge electronics packages will have some form of launch control. The very best of these systems will let you pin the throttle, dump the clutch and off you go with the perfect start. The electronics prevent the bike from bogging down or pulling ...
- Riding & Events
- Riding Skills
- 11 November 2010
We recently rode the Mavizen TTX02, the world¹s first production electric superbike. Here's what it taught us about future adjustments we'll need to make to our riding - and things we can keep doing the same. First and foremost, it's as simple to ride as a scooter; there's no clutch or gearbox - just twist the throttle and off you go. There ...
- Riding & Events
- Riding Skills
- 21 May 2010
There are lots of ways to go fast around a racetrack. Just look at Rossi and Doohan, or Biaggi and Bayliss - their riding styles are racing lines are wildly different but the awe-inspiring end result for these naturally-talented World Champions is just the same. Although there isn’t really a right or wrong way to ride a bike fast around ...
- Riding & Events
- Riding Skills
- 11 November 2009
There are lots of ways to go fast around a racetrack. Just look at Rossi and Doohan, or Biaggi and Bayliss - their riding styles are racing lines are wildly different but the awe-inspiring end result for these naturally-talented World Champions is just the same. Although there isn’t really a right or wrong way to ride a bike fast around ...
- Riding & Events
- Riding Skills
- 11 November 2009
There are lots of ways to go fast around a racetrack. Just look at Rossi and Doohan, or Biaggi and Bayliss - their riding styles are racing lines are wildly different but the awe-inspiring end result for these naturally-talented World Champions is just the same. Although there isn’t really a right or wrong way to ride a bike fast around ...
- Riding & Events
- Riding Skills
- 29 October 2009
There are lots of ways to go fast around a racetrack. Just look at Rossi and Doohan, or Biaggi and Bayliss - their riding styles are racing lines are wildly different but the awe-inspiring end result for these naturally-talented World Champions is just the same. Although there isn’t really a right or wrong way to ride a bike fast around ...
- Riding & Events
- Riding Skills
- 29 October 2009
MCN senior road tester Michael Neeves travelled to Outlon Park to meet California Superbike School Director Andy Ibbott in an attempt to get him running higher up the field in the R1 Cup and gives us his video guide on how the day went. Check out the video below to see how Neevesey managed to take three seconds off his ...
- Riding & Events
- Riding Skills
- 24 June 2008
I’ve just returned from two days in Wales with Paris Dakar legend Simon Pavey, at his off-road school, or the ‘Odd Road Skills, powered by World of BMW and Husqvarna’, to give it its full name. It was the best riding school I’ve ever been to. I’ll readily admit I’m an off-road numpty. I love the idea of riding in ...
- Motorcycle News
- First rides & tests
- 18 October 2011
MCN Senior Road Tester Michael Neeves has just been riding Ducati’s brand new 1098R superbike at its world launch at Jerez in southern Spain. This is what he has to say: “Ducati is back to its decadent best with this homologation special which is the closest a road going Ducati has ever been to a World Superbike. As well as ...
- Motorcycle News
- First rides & tests
- 28 January 2008
Today I learned the secret to the success of Aussie world champions like Mick Doohan, Casey Stoner, Troy Bayliss and Wayne Gardner. It’s dirt track racing. Brought up riding small-capacity motocross bikes on tracks that are like road-racing circuits, but are dirt instead of tarmac (so have left and right bends, not just an oval) as kids, they learned ...
- Motorcycle News
- First rides & tests
- 13 January 2010
