NW 200 Practice 2011

Here's a link to the North West 200 Tuesday 2011 practice by BBC NI http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/northern_ireland/13446350.stm

There's no footage for Thursday practice yet :( Roll on the weekend!!

Update:
Here's the Thursday practice: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/northern_ireland/13455884.stm

On-Track Off-Road OTOR

Came across this nifty free monthly webzine called On-track Off-Road. Shall be keeping an eye on that one :)

Cookstown 100 2011

The TT had great coverage last year by the ITV4 and the Beeb. The Cookstown 100 was aired by the Beeb last year too (albeit on Northern Ireland regional only - but I watched it on iPlayer). Needless to say, this year it went missed (as far as I can see). So here's some on-board footage of Andrew Courtney completing the full race...

Update!

The Cookstown 100 will be on BBC NI at 10:45 tonight (18th May 2011). Thanks @MariaCostello for the tweet!

How to Transport a Surfboard on a Motorbike

So you're a motorcycle fan and need to transport your precious surfboard around with you? Well, this guy has the perfect idea...

Genius!

Hellcat

There's lots of different art about these days and this Confederate Hellcat is beautiful!

Pictures of Rossi on a Ducati - Valencia 2010 Testing

I thought I'd kill a bit of time this morning and watch the Valencia testing. So far, not a lot has really happened. But what everybody was waiting for has just happened! After 7 years with the Yamaha MotoGP racing team, Rossi has finally ridden the Ducati!

Here's a couple of screen grabs courtesy of the BBC (in no particular order):

And of course a quick one of Cal ;)

Electirc Motorbikes

Electric bikes have been around for ages, but let's be honest, they've been pretty naff! I'm not 100% convinced with the idea of electric bikes, but they really do seem to be coming of age recently. They were successfully run at the TT this year and Brammo are releasing the Empulse hitting around 100mph. This is their promo video for it...

So here are the top 10 bad ass electric/hybrid bikes (according to who I don't know, but they are pretty sweet!). This EV-o bike deserves a worthy mention, but it is a little bit spenny!!

Cock O The North, Oliver's Mount - 2010

A great 10 minute documentary of the 2010 racing at Scarborough.

Isle of Man TT 2010

Picture courtesy of http://www.iomtt.com

Loving a bit if the TT again this year! ITV4 are giving it the usual excellent coverage, although they do seem to be reducing it a little this year - something to do some football rubbish going on :(

Was gutted for Guy Martin after making his way to up to 2nd, after McGuinness had early problems. Will ever get that elusive win?

Roll on the rest of the week!!

Round 2 2010 British Superbikes at Oulton Park

Quite often on a bank holiday we don't do anything - too many people about - you know how it is...

But not this time! Before Christmas we entered a competition with the good guys at Fuchs Lubricants who make Silkolene (a top grade motorbike oil) and who sponsor the British Supersports races. The prize was two VIP tickets to a BSB race of our choice - we only won :)

So off we trotted, first thing, yesterday morning to Oulton Park for our VIP day. And what a day it was! Everything was laid on for us including VIP parking in-field. We were in the Fogarty Moss building and had a great view over that part of the circuit.

The racing, as always, was great although the change in weather did bring up some tyre selection issues for the BSS and second BSB race.

Nic managed to get a photo with Big Ed which she was totally made up with! And we were lucky enough to get a grid walk before the BSS race! That was ace. I even got me ugly mug on Eurosport - I did the obligatory look like a bell-end pose ;)

The photo with top tea drinking man Guy Martin didn't come out too good (Nic had her eyes closed while she was laughing with him), so we're going to have to go the NW200 now to try again ;)

Skeleton Chop Shop in the Mags

Good work on getting ya bike in a mag Big Al!

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