February 2017

February 2017

© 2016, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc. By Project: Suzuki SV650 Superbike, Part One; Historic Racebike Illustration: Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R750; Intro: 2017 Kawasaki Z650; Intro: 2017 BMW G310R; MotoGP Analysis: How MotoGP Stars Crave The On-Track Battle; Why Agent Carlo Pernat Is The Last Wild Man; Project: Yamaha YZF-R3 Superstock, Part One; Interview: American James Rispoli’s British Superbike Adventure; Product Intro: AGV Pista GP R and Corsa R Helmets; Racing History: How The First Suzuka 8-Hours Made Yoshimura Famous; How The First American Stars Conquered The World; Back In The Day: Editor’s Scrapbook Shops: AF1 Racing; Racer Artist: Shandra Crawford;A Racer Builds An Aprilia SVX550-Engined Suzuki RGV250 Track Bike; Racer Profile: Ralph Staropoli Gets Back To Having Fun; The Kids’ Page: Dylan Deutschlander; The Crash Page: Jenny Tinmouth; ASRA/CCS Newsletter; Chris Ulrich: Adventures Of An Ex-Racer.

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On The Front Cover: Marc Marquez battles Cal Crutchlow and Valentino Rossi at Silverstone. In MotoGP Analysis, Mat Oxley explores how star racers crave the battle — and which ones like fighting the most. 

Photo by Studio Milagro/DPPI Media.

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In This Issue:

FEATURES

Inside Info

Project: Suzuki SV650 Superbike, Part One

Historic Racebike Illustration: Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R750

Intro: 2017 Kawasaki Z650

Intro: 2017 BMW G310R

MotoGP Analysis:

How MotoGP Stars Crave The On-Track Battle

Why Agent Carlo Pernat Is The Last Wild Man

Project: Yamaha YZF-R3 Superstock, Part One

Interview: American James Rispoli’s British Superbike Adventure

Product Intro: AGV Pista GP R and Corsa R Helmets

Racing History:

How The First Suzuka 8-Hours Made Yoshimura Famous

How The First American Stars Conquered The World

Back In The Day: Editor’s Scrapbook

Shops: AF1 Racing

SEMI-PRO AND CLUB RACING

Racer Artist: Shandra Crawford

A Racer Builds An Aprilia SVX550-Engined Suzuki RGV250 Track Bike

Racer Profile: Ralph Staropoli Gets Back To Having Fun

COLUMNS

Letters To The Editor

10 Years Ago

Josh Hayes: Mississippi Madman

Melissa Paris: Just A Girl Who Likes To Go Fast

Kyle Wyman: Where’s Wyman?

The Kids’ Page: Dylan Deutschlander

New Products

Racing, School, & Track Day Calendar

High Performance Parts & Services Directory

The Crash Page: Jenny Tinmouth

ASRA/CCS Newsletter

Classified Ads

Advertisers Index

MotoGP Trivia & Numbers

Chris Ulrich: Adventures Of An EX-Racer  

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