Tag: Superbikes

Built to race – Aermacchi

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The Aermacchi Harley Davidson Ala d’Oro is something of an enigma. It’s an Italian bike with an American name that was honed to perfection by a British importer. It’s also a bike out of its time; one built with a highly-developed 350cc air-cooled single-cylinder engine at a time when Japanese multi-cylinder bikes were beginning to […]

Ron Haslam Experience

Whether you’re a newbie rider or consider yourself to be a pretty well-seasoned one, there’s always learning scope. And one way to do that is by visiting a motorbike tuition school. There are a number of schools up and down the UK that offer two-wheel tuition of some sort so I thought I’d put one […]

The growth of Ducati’s superbikes

The company’s first endeavour was in producing radio equipment before switching to kitting out bicycles with tiny engines to create what was called the Ducati Cucciolo. Strong sales encouraged the company to go on to produce more motorcycles and following much success on the track, Ducati’s road bikes quickly became more sought after. While the […]

Peter Hickman Interview

Hicky doing a burn out at Thruxton to celebrate his first BSB win for Smith's Racing (of Gloucestershire) credit Bob Annakin

As it’s a superbike special this month, we thought what better way to celebrate that than to interview one of the British Superbike Championship’s (BSB) rising super stars Peter Hickman. The guy is on an upward spiral. Last week he won the Thruxton BSB Championship, then the Dundred 150 on Thursday, as well as two […]

Foggy – king of superbikers

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Carl Fogarty is currently a household name as much for appearances on “I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here!” which he won in 2014, as much as his incredible motorsport success, but to us he’s very much the epitome of the superbike rider. Having won races on some of the most challenging circuits in […]

True Heroes

They say you should never meet your heroes.

But what happens if you’re introduced to a group of people who go on to become your heroes within minutes of exchanging pleasantries? Surely that’s fine. Right? Even if it’s not, that’s exactly what happened when we rubbed shoulders with the team with the most apt name in sport.

British Superbike’s True Heroes Racing – made up solely of serving, injured or veteran members of the forces – entertained us on Friday June 30 as we focused on their exploits for our third Influx film of the year. And it’s an experience myself and our two talented cameramen will never forget…