http://www.motomagazine.co.uk/features/ Features en http://www.motomagazine.co.uk/ Copyright 2008 2008-03-12T13:57:00+00:00 http://www.motomagazine.co.uk/features/is-motocross-that-dangerous Well let me tell you, after interviewing riders for our MOTO Magazine feature “Hospital Radio”, I’m pretty sure we all agree the riders are a pretty tough bunch and bounce back from injuries that would put other sportsman packing into retirement. 2008-03-12T12:57:00+00:00 http://www.motomagazine.co.uk/features/is-motocross-that-dangerous http://www.motomagazine.co.uk/features/brock-gets-snapped MOTO Magazine contributor Rob Grist spent the day with freestyler Kris Brock at his place taking some funky images of Kris after his long lay off with a frustrating back injury. 2008-03-12T10:59:00+00:00 http://www.motomagazine.co.uk/features/brock-gets-snapped http://www.motomagazine.co.uk/features/motocross-has-its-very-own-banksy A 19 year old Landscape Architecture student is taking motocross by storm with his etchings of some of the top riders in the world, Matthew Lofthouse has painted numerous riders in the last couple seasons with great success including Ricky Cramichael, Tyla Rattray and Josh Coppins. 2008-03-06T17:37:00+00:00 http://www.motomagazine.co.uk/features/motocross-has-its-very-own-banksy http://www.motomagazine.co.uk/features/part-one-retro-factory-bikes Ask yourself “Self, what was the worst thing about being a factory rider in 1986?” You’re probably having a hard time coming up with something however without doubt the worst thing about being a factory rider in 1986 was the fact that ’86 was the first year they bought in the production rule. 2008-01-24T09:50:00+00:00 http://www.motomagazine.co.uk/features/part-one-retro-factory-bikes http://www.motomagazine.co.uk/features/suzuki-450-test-with-dave-willet The Future is here fuel injection dirt bikes yes Suzuki is the first and won’t be the last believe me. Anyway as you can imagine I was looking forward to putting some laps in on the bike, also riding around the famous Valksward circuit where the first World championship was held. 2007-12-13T14:17:00+00:00 http://www.motomagazine.co.uk/features/suzuki-450-test-with-dave-willet http://www.motomagazine.co.uk/features/when-a-boy-became-a-man Way back in 1989 myself, my girlfriend at the time and my cousin decided to head to Birmingham for the 1989 World Masters of Supercross. I was spannering for my cousin and it was my birthday present so we had to go, to that point in time the only SX I’ve seen was on the TV and I couldn’t wait. 2007-12-12T22:54:00+00:00 http://www.motomagazine.co.uk/features/when-a-boy-became-a-man http://www.motomagazine.co.uk/features/cmx-centre-steps-up-to-the-mark With the continuous problems in the UK with tracks closing due to noise and environmental issues, it’s great to see the people of Cardiff are doing something positive for the sport. 2007-11-23T10:47:00+00:00 http://www.motomagazine.co.uk/features/cmx-centre-steps-up-to-the-mark http://www.motomagazine.co.uk/features/bryan-mackenzie Bryan MacKenzie is a mess, just look at his hair. At only twenty-one years old the Twisted 7 Kawasaki rider has battered himself in the pursuit of becoming a pro motocross rider. Bry got through his schoolboy career with only a reasonable amount of pain (well kind of) but since he’s been in the pro adult ranks it’s been a different story. Never question his commitment to the sport, he taken more hard knocks than Rocky Balboa. Here’s ‘Calcium Kid’s’ roll of physical abuse. 2007-04-19T09:32:00+00:00 http://www.motomagazine.co.uk/features/bryan-mackenzie http://www.motomagazine.co.uk/features/mark-jones Lunatic Welshman Mark Jones made the dizzy heights of twelfth in the world and picked up a few injuries along the way. Then he really started smashing himself up. Here is what ‘Brains’ has done to himself over the years. These are accidents, you should see what he does to himself that is self inflicted! 2007-04-18T12:17:01+00:00 http://www.motomagazine.co.uk/features/mark-jones http://www.motomagazine.co.uk/features/josh-coppins If ever there was a decent candidate for the motocross hard knock Oscar then Josh Coppins is one. Like Doug Henry, Josh has busted himself up pretty bad and even picked up a career threatening injury along his unfinished journey in the tough world of motocross. Unfinished because unlike the former AMA outdoor champion Henry he has yet to reach his goal of being the champion he has a burning desire to be. 2007-04-18T10:32:00+00:00 http://www.motomagazine.co.uk/features/josh-coppins http://www.motomagazine.co.uk/features/tommy-searle-issue-19 Normally I would just eat rice in between races at Gp’s and sometimes pasta. I try to eat as many carbs as possible before the next race and get as much fluids into me (normally Red Bull and lots of water) 2007-04-18T07:03:00+00:00 http://www.motomagazine.co.uk/features/tommy-searle-issue-19 http://www.motomagazine.co.uk/features/tommy-searle-issue-181 Yeah it was good but nothing special, I enjoyed it though. The first night I got a second and was feeling good going into the second night but then I crashed early on. After I crashed it hurt pretty badly and I two dead legs, 2007-04-17T09:46:00+00:00 http://www.motomagazine.co.uk/features/tommy-searle-issue-181 http://www.motomagazine.co.uk/features/tommy-searle-issue-17 I was a bit beaten up yeah, but it was just a racing crash, it wasn’t my fault. I went down and there was nothing I could have done about it so there was no point beating myself up over it. I was disappointed for myself as much as you guys. I just went out and gave it my best shot in the second race, that’s all I could do after that. I was a little dazed but I did what I could. Yeah in the crash my helmet did get a bit beat up but that’s what it’s there for! 2007-04-16T10:00:00+00:00 http://www.motomagazine.co.uk/features/tommy-searle-issue-17 http://www.motomagazine.co.uk/features/you-didnt-know-about-british-supercross The Birmingham NEC was the venue for the greatest night in British SX in 1989, when a young Brit by the name of Warren Edwards lead American superstar Rick Johnson for most of the race – the crowd was on their feet and Warren certainly didn’t disappoint. 2007-04-04T13:49:00+00:00 http://www.motomagazine.co.uk/features/you-didnt-know-about-british-supercross http://www.motomagazine.co.uk/features/that-make-you-feel-strangely-uncomfortable OK, you know some Neanderthal is just going to make sure your brakes work and little else. You know your bike is fine-tuned to perfection and won’t fall apart. And that your helmet is in good nick, with all the right approved stickers on it. And by carefully observing the primitive marking system to say your bike has been passed, you know you can fake it... by using the weaponry of felt-tip pens, cable ties and multi-coloured stickers you’ve collected over the years. But there’s still those pangs of guilt when you do it. And precisely how tight are your spokes? 2007-04-04T13:00:00+00:00 http://www.motomagazine.co.uk/features/that-make-you-feel-strangely-uncomfortable http://www.motomagazine.co.uk/features/paul-malins-1991-kawasaki-kx500sr The Kawasaki factory teams have always had some of the trickest bikes available and with the European team being run from the Kawasaki UK headquarters in Bourne End for a decade, there was a high factory presence in the British scene from the early eighties through to the early nineties when the godfather of the Kawasaki racing effort Alec Wright retired and handed the gauntlet over to the European-based Jan de Groot. 2007-04-04T12:50:00+00:00 http://www.motomagazine.co.uk/features/paul-malins-1991-kawasaki-kx500sr http://www.motomagazine.co.uk/features/the-1987-yamaha-yzm500 As you may know (or not, as the case maybe) the biggest influence on me deciding to become a motocross mechanic was seeing Dave Thorpe’s Full Works Honda when as a GP virgin I went to Farleigh Castle in 1984. I know that I speak for a lot of riders and mechanics when I talk about being influenced by certain bikes which leave psychic tattoos in the brain, that when thought about again just bring about a waterfall of emotions which results in an instant grin on one’s chops from ear to ear, along with a funny warm feeling around the heart area. 2007-04-02T13:34:01+00:00 http://www.motomagazine.co.uk/features/the-1987-yamaha-yzm500 http://www.motomagazine.co.uk/features/david-thorpes-1986-honda-hrc500 The mighty factory Honda team is widely regarded as the Holy Grail of factory teams – be it trials, motocross or road racing, they have an unprecedented record as far as success goes and it’s not by accident, the teams are always well funded and they do their homework and the letters HRC (Honda Racing Corporation) have graced the trickest bikes ever made. 2007-04-02T13:19:00+00:00 http://www.motomagazine.co.uk/features/david-thorpes-1986-honda-hrc500 http://www.motomagazine.co.uk/features/steven-clarke Becoming World Champion is no mean feet; to become Great Britain’s only World Champion in 2005 is saying something. 15-year-old Stephen Clarke has already achieved that goal that so many racers strive to do in their whole lifetime, to be world champion. 2007-04-02T13:03:00+00:00 http://www.motomagazine.co.uk/features/steven-clarke http://www.motomagazine.co.uk/features/sam-davies I’m not sure what’s in the water down in Marshfield but they seem to breed fast Motocrossers. The next rocketship to shoot out of the ‘Marsh’ comes in the form of wee Sam Davis. Continuing a successful schoolboy career next year looks to be as rewarding as the rest. Slight in frame, the polite kid looks like he is simmering on the edge of becoming one of the UK’s brightest motocross stars. 2007-04-02T12:49:00+00:00 http://www.motomagazine.co.uk/features/sam-davies