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Book: Slow Burn – The growth of Superbikes & Superbike racing 1970 to 1988

Posted on 1st March 2020 by Editor

In the ’70s and ’80s, motorcycle manufacturers such as Aprilia, Ducati, Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Yamaha used Superbike racing to test the technology that would find its way onto street bikes.

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Posted in News | Tagged book, racing, superbikes
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Yamaha “Speed Block” Graphics

Posted on 15th September 2015 by Editor

They are one of the most enduring motorcycle branding exercises of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century and have graced both race and road machines but when were the Yamaha “Speed Block” graphics first seen and where did they come from? Continue reading →

Posted in Motorcycles | Tagged branding, graphics, Kenny Roberts, racing, RD, Speed Block, Yamaha

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