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@guserlandson MotoGP is going through the same story. From 1989 everyone had carbons. At first some tried 1 steel disc & 1 carbon 😱 cos full carbons were too grabby. Finally a couple of years ago Marquez started using carbons...

Posted: 42 minutes ago

Mat Oxley

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@guserlandson Steel brakes, but carbon-fibre Comstar wheels. Carbon brakes were first used in 1988, at Donington, by Wayne Rainey. He won first time out, after nearly crashing on the warm-up lap cos the brakes weren't up to temperature. Lighter front...

Posted: An hour ago

Mat Oxley

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@alyinrarotonga Thanks. Great to see Richard Scott, haven't seen him in 30 years! Also, Goodfellow, Stroud, Slight etc. Robert was a good guy - he rode with us in EWC a few times. Like you say, a great all-rounder. I...

Posted: An hour ago

Any Port In A Storm.

@alyinrarotonga

@matoxley Hi Mat, found this nice clip of some Kiwi legends talking about Robert Holden. He was the most versatile racer I've ever witnessed. Would get off a 250 and hop on a GSX1135. Proper proper fast too. Lost to... Mat Oxley Retweeted

Posted: 2 hours ago

Mat Oxley

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@lolp63 @greenbus666 @motorcyclesbl1 @diygolf If you're not crashing you're not going fast enough 😂

Posted: 2 hours ago

Mat Oxley

@matoxley

@DaveLane888 Factory Sinisalo gear 😉

Posted: 2 hours ago

Mat Oxley

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@Stavros6 👊👊

Posted: 14 hours ago

Mat Oxley

@matoxley

@Stavros6 @McComisky Not looking at previous replies cos that'd be cheating: you, Graziano, Reg, Martin Brookman and I can see George Beale. Imola, at a wild guess

Posted: 14 hours ago

Mat Oxley

@matoxley

Seems like a nice bloke https://t.co/Xd9ycajM5A

Posted: 16 hours ago

Mat Oxley

@matoxley

@motogpmart Darling, you should see the billiards room at the RAC 😂

Posted: 17 hours ago

Mat Oxley

@matoxley

@motogpmart 👊👊Thanks! But Pall Mall (the RAC) is a shorter rider on my scoot!

Posted: 17 hours ago

Mat Oxley

@matoxley

@captainjkv A few chapters (4/8/18/20/23/73) appear in my Rossi Files ebook, but some will seem familiar because Zen is an anthology of stories I wrote for magazines between 2008 and 2017, so you may have read a few of them...

Posted: 17 hours ago

Mat Oxley

@matoxley

@mgoodsell1959 'Fraid so. Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups

Posted: 17 hours ago

Tom Isitt

@masaccio60

It’s Anzac Day, so I’m having a biscuit. Not an Anzac biscuit, because eating desiccated coconut is like chewing someone else’s toenails, but a biscuit nonetheless. https://t.co/4IOqdH5X54 Mat Oxley Retweeted

Posted: 17 hours ago

Mat Oxley

@matoxley

@motogpmart On the other hand, this was brilliantly written 😂

Posted: 17 hours ago

Mat Oxley

@matoxley

@motogpmart Damn you, Doc! I just wrote a story about the 1949 season - took days of reading through old Motor Cycles and Motor Cyclings!

Posted: 20 hours ago

Mat Oxley

@matoxley

Nice infographic from @sepangracing re logistics of preseason testing and the first four MotoGP rounds https://t.co/36mEXH2qfQ

Posted: 21 hours ago

Mat Oxley

@matoxley

@ThomasBaujard Trying to summon some Cat in the Hat lines

Posted: 22 hours ago

Mat Oxley

@matoxley

I’m under constant attack. Apologies to any editors whose deadlines I miss https://t.co/dqdZZUpp7V

Posted: 22 hours ago

Mat Oxley

@matoxley

@mototwink112 The incredible thing is that they are uglier on the inside than on the outside

Posted: 22 hours ago

Mat Oxley

@matoxley

@armstrongracer @KeithOLeary20 @motomatters Exactly. All contrivances subtract from the game, not add to it; IMHO

Posted: 23 hours ago

Mat Oxley

@matoxley

@greenbus666 @motorcyclesbl1 @diygolf Guilty as charged

Posted: Yesterday

Ian Gilpin

@IanGilpin

Remembering William - Home | Facebook direct link to auction items. https://t.co/Q6gJF7hEgr Mat Oxley Retweeted

Posted: Yesterday

Gareth Bouch

@garethbouch

We’re on the lookout for new motorsport clients. If you want to be in good company, then give us a shout… 😉
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Posted: Yesterday

Ian Gilpin

@IanGilpin

Have a look on this website for some great auction items. Please everyone retweet this to get it seen. https://t.co/3Lu8xDTA2k Mat Oxley Retweeted

Posted: Yesterday

Mat Oxley

@matoxley

@zackcourts Hmm, how do I explain this... maybe the best way is to try it: find a big & unbusy roundabout: ride round at a decent speed in 2nd gear. Then try riding round at the same speed in 5th....

Posted: Yesterday

Mat Oxley

@matoxley

@greenbus666 @motorcyclesbl1 @diygolf Main claim to fame is being the first person in the UK to crash an RC30 (during a PB photo shoot - clipped the GSX-R750 I was riding with). Slightly embarrassing

Posted: Yesterday

The Poke

@ThePoke

Jay Rayner just killed Toby Young and Sarah Vine with one tweet and it’s glorious (via @jayrayner1)
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Posted: Yesterday

Mat Oxley

@matoxley

@david_pickworth @Motocourse1 100%

Posted: Yesterday

Mat Oxley

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@david_pickworth @Motocourse1 Not easy to make safe! We used to be climb up the mountain & hang over the Armco at the top of the 160mph back straight, opposite the mountainside; Gardner, Lawson etc coming past a few metres away,...

Posted: Yesterday

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