Interviews Archives - Bike Review https://bikereview.com.au/category/feature-articles/interviews/ Motorcycle reviews, Product reviews, News, Features, by leading experts. Thu, 14 Dec 2023 01:53:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://bikereview.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/cropped-favico.fw_-32x32.png Interviews Archives - Bike Review https://bikereview.com.au/category/feature-articles/interviews/ 32 32 Interview: Neil Hodgson Chats About His WorldSBK Ducati 999 F03 https://bikereview.com.au/interview-neil-hodgson-chats-about-his-worldsbk-ducati-999-f03/ https://bikereview.com.au/interview-neil-hodgson-chats-about-his-worldsbk-ducati-999-f03/#respond Thu, 14 Dec 2023 01:41:03 +0000 https://bikereview.com.au/?p=130049 Tearing himself away from the beach for a couple of hours to watch my flawed efforts to imitate his impressive performance during the 2003 season aboard the Ducati 999 F03,

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]]> https://bikereview.com.au/interview-neil-hodgson-chats-about-his-worldsbk-ducati-999-f03/feed/ 0 Legends: The Career Of Rob Phillis, Part Two The ’80s & WSBK https://bikereview.com.au/legends-the-career-of-rob-phillis-part-two-the-80s-wsbk/ https://bikereview.com.au/legends-the-career-of-rob-phillis-part-two-the-80s-wsbk/#respond Thu, 07 Dec 2023 05:04:57 +0000 https://bikereview.com.au/?p=129452 Rob Phillis’ sublime road racing talent was never in question, but he required a stabilising force to consistently bring his brilliance to the fore. Enter Melbourne motorcycle dealer Mick Hone

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]]> https://bikereview.com.au/legends-the-career-of-rob-phillis-part-two-the-80s-wsbk/feed/ 0 Legends: The Career Of Kevin Magee, Part Two, Getting Recognised https://bikereview.com.au/legends-the-career-of-kevin-magee-part-two-getting-recognised/ https://bikereview.com.au/legends-the-career-of-kevin-magee-part-two-getting-recognised/#respond Tue, 08 Aug 2023 02:47:52 +0000 https://bikereview.com.au/?p=123289 When Ducati tuning guru Bob Brown approached Kevin Magee in 1982, neither of the larger than life personalities had any idea what their meeting would lead to. The tuning skills

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]]> https://bikereview.com.au/legends-the-career-of-kevin-magee-part-two-getting-recognised/feed/ 0 Legends: The Career Of Kevin Magee, Part One, Early Life https://bikereview.com.au/legends-the-career-of-kevin-magee-part-one-early-life/ https://bikereview.com.au/legends-the-career-of-kevin-magee-part-one-early-life/#respond Thu, 03 Aug 2023 03:26:08 +0000 https://bikereview.com.au/?p=123284 It was a picture of Kenny Roberts Snr on the black and yellow Yamaha. I don’t reckon I ever walked past that poster without stopping to look at it. Nobody

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]]> https://bikereview.com.au/legends-the-career-of-kevin-magee-part-one-early-life/feed/ 0 MV Agusta & KTM: The Facts & Future https://bikereview.com.au/mv-agusta-ktm-the-facts-future/ https://bikereview.com.au/mv-agusta-ktm-the-facts-future/#respond Thu, 27 Jul 2023 23:00:20 +0000 https://bikereview.com.au/?p=122763 It was a show-stopping sensation when last year on the eve of the annual EICMA Milan Show, it was revealed that MV Agusta, wholly owned since 2019 by Russian investor

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]]> https://bikereview.com.au/mv-agusta-ktm-the-facts-future/feed/ 0 Interview: Sardarov & Pierer On The MV Agusta/KTM Partnership https://bikereview.com.au/interview-sardarov-pierer-on-the-mv-agusta-ktm-partnership/ https://bikereview.com.au/interview-sardarov-pierer-on-the-mv-agusta-ktm-partnership/#respond Thu, 27 Jul 2023 22:59:55 +0000 https://bikereview.com.au/?p=122946 Up until 2023, MV Agusta has been entirely Russian-owned since Timur Sardarov, 40, completed his family’s acquisition of the historic Italian brand in September 2019, with a further injection of

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]]> https://bikereview.com.au/interview-sardarov-pierer-on-the-mv-agusta-ktm-partnership/feed/ 0 Legends: The Career Of Rob Phillis, Part One, Breaking Out Of Hume Weir https://bikereview.com.au/legends-the-career-of-rob-phillis-part-one-breaking-out-of-hume-weir/ https://bikereview.com.au/legends-the-career-of-rob-phillis-part-one-breaking-out-of-hume-weir/#comments Tue, 23 May 2023 23:27:51 +0000 https://bikereview.com.au/?p=118214 Aussie motorcycle racing has produced its fair share of inimitable characters, but there aren’t too many with the enormously endearing features of ‘Mr Superbike’ himself, Rob Phillis. We take a

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]]> https://bikereview.com.au/legends-the-career-of-rob-phillis-part-one-breaking-out-of-hume-weir/feed/ 2 Laverda 3C 1000: Starting Marco Lucchinelli’s Career, Where Are The Spaceframes Now? https://bikereview.com.au/laverda-3c-1000-starting-marco-lucchinellis-career-where-are-the-spaceframes-now/ https://bikereview.com.au/laverda-3c-1000-starting-marco-lucchinellis-career-where-are-the-spaceframes-now/#respond Thu, 11 May 2023 07:20:06 +0000 https://bikereview.com.au/?p=120070 Future 500GP World Champion Marco Lucchinelli began racing internationally on the Laverda 3C 1000 at just 20 years old in 1975 – an arrangement that happened almost by accident… Laverda

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]]> https://bikereview.com.au/laverda-3c-1000-starting-marco-lucchinellis-career-where-are-the-spaceframes-now/feed/ 0 The Suzuki XR23: What Sheene, Mamola & Parrish Thought… https://bikereview.com.au/the-suzuki-xr23-what-sheene-mamola-parrish-thought/ https://bikereview.com.au/the-suzuki-xr23-what-sheene-mamola-parrish-thought/#respond Thu, 06 Apr 2023 03:14:26 +0000 https://bikereview.com.au/?p=118466 Talking to the men who grappled on the racetrack with the 652cc Suzuki XR23 in its various guises, elicits a variety of reactions ranging from satisfaction to disgust. It is

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]]> https://bikereview.com.au/the-suzuki-xr23-what-sheene-mamola-parrish-thought/feed/ 0 Interview: Christian Gladwell Chats About The Future Of Norton Motorcycles https://bikereview.com.au/interview-christian-gladwell-chats-about-the-future-of-norton-motorcycles/ https://bikereview.com.au/interview-christian-gladwell-chats-about-the-future-of-norton-motorcycles/#respond Thu, 01 Dec 2022 05:20:07 +0000 https://bikereview.com.au/?p=112251 In June 2022 Christian Gladwell, 48, was appointed CCO/Chief Commercial Officer of Norton Motorcycles, ready to relaunch the brand under new ownership and “building upon the brand’s heritage, delivering unique

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