Triumph’s all-new Thunderbird cruiser has been awarded the title of ‘Cruiser of the Year’ by an influential American motorcycle magazine.
Cycle World, the world’s biggest selling monthly motorcycle publication, declared the 1600cc parallel twin as best in class in its annual awards issue.
Thunderbird, the British company’s first offering in the mainstream cruiser market, has been enthusiastically received since its introduction to the media at last month’s world press launch in Barcelona. It was universally praised for its combination of outstanding dynamics and classic cruiser style… Details
Round 8 of the Victorian off-road championship finds it’s way to the historic venue of Broadford on Sunday the 12th of July.
A place surnonimous with the Mr Motocross series of the 70’s and 80,s, legendry names have been forged around the “Reg Hunt†circuit. Names like “Leiskâ€, “Dack†and the “Floods†all have left their knobby prints at this fantastic venue.
In the late 90’s the Motorcycle Racing Club of Victoria turned the venue into a tough and challenging cross-country racetrack, it once again attracted huge names this time from the offroad world.
World enduro champ Shane Watts and multy Australian off-road champion Frankâ€the bomberâ€Bonfadini put on a titanic struggle on for race honors that saw the fastest lap of race done on the very last lap of the 3hour… Details
Valentino Rossi – who took a landmark 100th GP win in Saturday’s Dutch TT at Assen – could still break motorcycle racing legend Giacomo Agostini’s record for the most GP wins.
Who says so? Agostini, that’s who.
The boy from Bergamo – known to the tifosi simply as “Ago” – won 123 races from 1965-76, although some pundits say one race was void and his record is 122. Agostini believes that mark is well within Rossi’s reach.