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EXCLUSIVEs
Shane Byrne braves the weather to meet fans

37 Chris Walker
The Stalker with his monthly out-take on life, including the infamous vomiting family…

46 Shane Byrne
Shakey twiddles his thumbs and also some knobs as he reveals that fatherhood is in the offing…

60 Dangerous Bruce
Bruce finds his true vocation in life, Shakey Byrne’s personal taxi rider…

78 Brownie’s Beat
‘Ace’ takes us back in time to recall the day Ago made his TT debut…

85 Neil Hodgson
The felonious LA Hodge on how to get off a speeding charge…

96 Paul Bird
He’s mellowing in his old age, is this the lull before the storm …?

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Contents

6 Big Picture
The whiteout at Brands and Casey’s dangler. All rather significant in their own way…

12 Paddock Patter
All the latest news and happenings from around the racing world…

26 Techno Topics
Our regular look behind the scenes and under the skin of racing. This month we take a look at the role that single make tyres play in racing and how they work.

42 Subscriptions
Nothing could be easier and you’re guaranteed to read your favourite mag first…

48 Meet the Team
An insight into Airwaves Ducati’s BSB Hospitality operation…

72 Legends
Robert Steven Hislop was probably the greatest all rounder in the world. Hizzy was a true but often troubled genius…

80 Inbox
Another selection from the postbag (well, the computer screen), keep ‘em coming…!

90 Young Guns
Scott Redding is the talk o’the town as well as the GP Paddock. He’s even on Facebook as you’d expect…

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MotoGP

15 Julian Ryder
Could this really be the year
of the Brits in MotoGP…?

16 ‘Aspar’ Martinez

The man behind the current two-stroke kings wasn’t a
half bad rider himself…

20 The American Nightmare
Has it all gone wrong for Nicky Hayden and Colin Edwards…?

WSB

Carl Fogarty
31 Carl Fogarty

Now here’s someone who CAN comment on rider rivalry…

32 Waiting in the Wings
We take a look at the new manufacturers about to
enter WSB and what are
their expectations, and the implications…

38 Carlos Checa
The latest rider to switch from MotoGP to WSB is making quite an impression…

BSB

45 Stuart Higgs
The BSB boss tells us why the series should NOT be the proving ground for stars…

50 Michael Rutter
50 Stuart Easton
A protégé of Hizzy, the diminutive Scot’s career has gone a little off track in recent years, and he knows it…

56 Green Flag
We profile Britain’s newest race series; the Henderson Yamaha R1 Cup…

Road

63 Malc Wheeler
So when is a newcomer really a newcomer at the TT…?

64 The Great TT Money Debate
See what happens when we have a million pounds to spend…

68 Between The Hedges
Ian Lougher on why this year may just be his year on the Yamaha…

AMA

83 Norm de Witt
Just what makes
Yoshimura Suzuki the dominant force in AMA…?

86 Miller Motorsports Park
So just what is this place like that they are sending the World Superbikes to race at…?

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