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Did You Know, 2...

Dark Angel

Still kickin' it!
? When Valentino Rossi was five, his dad Graziano built him a go-cart to discourage him from getting into bikes

? Slick tyres offer more grip in the wet than treaded tyres up to the point at which they aquaplane

? In 10,000 miles, the average four-cylinder bike engine will have done 100,000,000 revs

? After he saw Honda NR750, Massimo Tamburini tore up his design for the Ducati 916 and copied all the Honda?s main styling cues

? Under its own power, Triumph?s rocket III can accelerate 0-60mph at almost exactly the same rate as it would when dropped out of a plane

? Mike Duff, the Canadian rider who won the Belgian 250cc GP in 1964 and the Dutch 125cc in 1965 is now Michelle Dufff, following a sex change

? Honda Super Blackbird riders crash, on average, once every 10 years

? ?If anyone can go faster on that Aprillia, I?ll give them a blow job" Colin Edwards :eek:

Find more interesting facts at http://www.datacraftsystems.co.uk/techniques/techniques_left/index.html
 
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