Australian Motorcycle News — January 03, 2018

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1 IfyouexitAsparandcontinueto

Doohan corner you would be riding at

which circuit? (8)

8 Doug Polen and Troy Corser both

wonAMASuperbiketitlesridinga

Ducati prepared by Eraldo ________

(8)

10 Twin cylinder sportsbike Honda

firstproducedin1997notedforits

side mounted radiators and the engine

as a stressed member (9)

11 HowDucatireferstoitsbikesthat

are capable of carrying a pillion (7)

12 Abbreviation for Federation

Internationale de Motocyclisme (3)

13 Suzuki’scruisermodelsareknown

by this name (9)

14 AcornerontheIOMTT

course sometimes referred to as

‘Ballascarey’! (10)

15 TheSuperduke,Z1000,GSX-S1000

andtheCB1000Rareallexamplesof

this style of motorcycle (5)

16 This Victorian raceway will host

the sixth round of the 2018 ASBK

championship (6)

17 After supplying Marc Marquez

with his Moto2 title winning chassis in

2012, this Swiss firm almost left the

category but will now supply Forward

Racing in 2018 (5)

21 Boutique Italian marque whose

namewasderivedfromthefirsttwo

lettersofitsfoundersnames-Valerio

Bianchi, Giuseppe Morri, and Massimo

Ta m b u ri ni (6)

23 Aussie daredevil who recently rode

around Cockle Bay during the Sydney

Motorcycle Show, Robbie ________

(8)

24 Picture clue - whose special

edition helmet is this? (5,7)

2 BMW’sHP4Racehasaframethat

weighs less than eight kilograms

andismadefromwhatmaterial?

(6,5)

3 Pictureclue-firstnameofBritish

Speedway GP rider (3)

4 Recently resigned as HRC team

principal, Livio _____ (5)

5 Pictureclue,surnameofriderin

3down(9)

6 Picture clue, Pop star Prince rode

a Honda CM400A in this movie (6,4)

7 Exotic Aussie 750 and 1000cc V8

motorcycles which used parts from

Yamaha production models (8)

8 Intheearly1980sKawasaki

released the KZ1000 Classic. What

was the main leap in technology on

this bike? (4,8)

9 Legendary Aussie Superbike

racerfromTasmaniaandriderof

the Hunwick Hallam X-1R...Malcolm

________ (8)

11 Surname of Spanish trials legend

with22worldtitlestohisname,

Toni ___ (3)

17 Nickname of BSB Champion

Shane Byrne (6)

18 He broke Evel Knievel’s jump

record, Doug Senecal is better

knownbyhisnicknameDoug

______ (6)

19 One of the original Crusty

Demons is Seth ______ (6)

20 Iconic Suzuki model named

after a Japanese Samurai sword (6)

21 Ducatis designed by Ing Taglioni

formerly used this type of gear to

drive the camshafts (5)

22 Anthony Gobert shot to fame in

World Superbikes riding Kawasakis

prepared by this team (5)

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