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16 Phillip Island Australia 2012 MotoGP
13 Phillip Island Australia 2012 MotoGP
1 Aragon 2011 MotoGP
28 Misano Circuit San Marino 2011 MotoGP
15 Indianapolis 2010 MotoGP
7 Sepang Circuit Malaysia 2009 MotoGP
14 Jerez Spain 2009 MotoGP
7 Indianapolis 2008 MotoGP
11 Catalunya 2008 MotoGP
8 Phillip Island Australia 2007 MotoGP
17 Estoril Circuit Portugal 2007 MotoGP
13 Misano Circuit San Marino 2007 MotoGP
12 Laguna Seca United States 2007 MotoGP
59 Jerez Spain 2007 MotoGP
31 Losail Circuit Qatar 2007 MotoGP
13 Valencia 2006 MotoGP
17 Estoril Circuit Portugal 2006 MotoGP
2 Estoril Circuit Portugal 2006 MotoGP
13 Sepang Circuit Malaysia 2006 MotoGP
16 Sachsenring Germany 2006 MotoGP
16 Donington Park Great Britain 2006 MotoGP
31 Donington Park Great Britain 2005 MotoGP
36 Nelson Piquet Rio 2004 MotoGP
34 Mugello Italy 2004 MotoGP
 

ASK KEVIN: Why Do My Exhaust Headers Have Crossover Tubes?

ASK KEVIN: Why Do My Exhaust Headers Have Crossover Tubes?

QUESTION: I just bought a Yamaha FJ-09. It's a great bike and I love its three-cylinder engine. When I look down to admire the three individual exhaust headers, I see they are connected by short lengths of pipe (see photo below). Why does Yamaha do this? Buck Strickland La Puente, CA ANSWER:...

Published on June 27 2015, 18:49
Source: www.cycleworld.com
 
 

Why Are you Crying? I'm Fine. by dean adams Wednesday, June 18, 2014 The 1988 Grand Prix season featured a tremendously challenging mid-season run, starting at Imola at the end of May and finishing at Spa in Belgium on July 3. Between those bookends were the notoriously wet Nurburgring on May 29... 

Have I died and gone to motorcycle heaven? Pretty much. EICMA is the world's biggest motorcycle trade show; anyone and everyone who has anything to do with motorcycling is there. From all the OEMs, to aftermarket performance parts manufacturers to riding gear and apparel companies – it's all... 

You see, there is an interesting intersection between the skateboarding and motorcycle subcultures — something about the desire to go one's own way, to engage in some activity of questionable safety, and to enjoy life in the present, much to the chagrin of everyone else. The crossover may no be... 

"These things don't belong on the street!"This has become the cry of the rational motorcyclist when the subject of modern literbikes comes up. But what if you could have virtually all of the same performance-driven componentry and research and development that go into most superbikes in a... 

The new Indian Thunder Stroke 111 engine is running and I have seen it. Polaris Industries, a $3-billion-a-year corporation, bought the King's Mountain Indian business in April, 2011. What I have seen is an entirely new, free-standing design, sharing nothing with previous Indian revivals or... 

What we have in these five bikes: BMW S1000R, Ducati Monster 1200S, Kawasaki Z1000 ABS, KTM Super Duke R, MV Agusta Brutale 1090RR, is an assemblage of pretenders to the throne. What throne? The literbike streetfighter throne upon which Aprilia's Tuono V4R APRC ABS has comfortably resided since... 

Now that 2013 is upon us, we here at Motorcycle.com have been stewing over all the new models with great anticipation, just as we do every year. Adventure bikes are the headliners this year, but whether you like cruisers or sportbikes, are new to the sport or have plenty of miles in the saddle,...