Posts By Alan Cathcart

Talking to the men who grappled on the racetrack with the 652cc Suzuki XR23 in its various guises, elicits a variety of reactions ranging from satisfaction to disgust. It is …
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2023 sees Harley-Davidson celebrating its 120th birthday – but the 81st running of the Daytona 200 on March 11 will also mark the 40th anniversary of one of the company’s …
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50 years on from its season in the sun, Ginger Molloy’s milestone Kawasaki H1R is alive and racing in Australia in completely original form, thanks to the son of the …
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Ironic, really. Despite creating the iconic H1R, alone out of the four Japanese manufacturers, Kawasaki firmly turned its back away from two-stroke GP racing at the end of 1982, in …
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It almost doesn’t seems possible that BMW Motorrad’s lineup-leading S 1000 RR sportbike actually made its official public debut a whole decade and a half ago in April 2008, with …
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Nothing succeeds like excess – and by concocting the M 1000 R, BMW is doing its best to confirm the truth of that axiom in a two-wheeled context. How else …
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In June 2022 Christian Gladwell, 48, was appointed CCO/Chief Commercial Officer of Norton Motorcycles, ready to relaunch the brand under new ownership and “building upon the brand’s heritage, delivering unique …
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Norton is in the process of being reinvented by the management team recruited by TVS, the Indian manufacturer which acquired the bankrupt company in 2020 from the ashes of former …
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ELF, a French oil giant, became one of the biggest names in endurance racing and motorcycle innovation of the ’80s. At the head of this strange collaboration was one of …
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The Ducati Monster opened up a whole new world for the Italian brand. Pulling them out of a financial slump to become one of the most popular machines the brand …
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