Texas Tornado Boot Camp TT-R’ing on the brink with Colin Edwards.

Colin E., Merle Scherb and Shea Fouchek are like Blue Angels on dirtbikes

Maybe the most fun I ever had on motorcycles was when my kid was about six and had a KTM 50 and I had a Yamaha TT-R125: He was mass-centralized, had never known fear and had the power-to-weight ratio of a June bug. I was wider, more treacherous and prone to crashing in his path [...]

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Colin Edwards’ 10 (or so) Commandments Tips to ride like a world champion.

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Here are some of the main technical points offered by the Texas Tornado Boot Camp, which you get to apply with great repetition at the school with tons of seat time. 1. Eyes up! Look where you want to go. 2. Smoooooth inputs are key: slow on the gas, gentle-onset braking. 3. Blend brakes and [...]

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Flat Track: Colin Edwards to be Grand Marshall of the 2012 Indy Mile

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Indy Mile Press Release: AMA Pro Flat Track will honor Colin Edwards as Grand Marshall for Saturday’s Indy Mile at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. Edwards, the two-time World Superbike champion also known as the Texas Tornado, has competed in MotoGP since 2003 and has led a very successful career in motorsports. He will join festivities [...]

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MotoGP: Paddock focuses on Indianapolis after Rossi confirms future

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MotoGp Press Release: Following an eventful and well-deserved break, the MotoGP field will reunite at the famous Brickyard for the Indianapolis Grand Prix this weekend to once again battle it out for on-track supremacy. The biggest news ahead of the second U.S. race was that Ducati Team’s Valentino Rossi will be switching back to the [...]

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MotoGP CRT Conundrum Colin Edwards tries alternative chassis.

NGM Mobile Forward Racing team: Colin Edwards

In 1992, I built a lot of TZ250 crankshafts for Colin Edwards as he was winning the AMA 250 GP championship, so I’ve had a special interest in his career. In his fifth year in World Superbike, he became 2000 world champion on the Honda RC51 V-Twin, was second to Troy Bayliss the next year [...]

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MotoGP: “The Corkscrew” Awaits as MotoGP Descends on Laguna Seca

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MotoGP Press Release: Following a hectic European race schedule, the MotoGP premier-class is making its way to sunny California to contest the U.S. Grand Prix at the Laguna Seca this weekend, with Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo looking to extend his lead at the top of the championship standings. This will be the 14th time the MotoGP [...]

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MotoGP: Lorenzo Extends Lead with Convincing Mugello Win

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MotoGp Press Release: The MotoGP classes produced three hard-fought races at the Gran Premio d’Italia TIM at Mugello this weekend, where it was Jorge Lorenzo who stormed to a dominant victory in the premier-class ahead of Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso. Pedrosa led into turn one, however Lorenzo got past into the lead within a [...]

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MotoGP: Dramatic Finish at Sachsenring, Lorenzo Regains Championship Lead

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MotoGP Press Release: The MotoGP classes encountered glorious sunshine, torrential rain and an incredibly dramatic last lap at the eni Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland at the Sachsenring, where Dani Pedrosa took his first victory of the season in front of Jorge Lorenzo and Andrea Dovizioso. It was Pedrosa who got the best start as he [...]

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MotoGP: Rampant Spies Lays Down Benchmark at Assen

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MotoGP Press Release: The whole MotoGP field was treated to a warm and dry first day at the Iveco TT Assen, where last year’s race winner, Yamaha Factory Racing’s Ben Spies, laid down the benchmark for tomorrow’s qualifying by setting the fastest time of the day in the second practice session ahead of Cal Crutchlow [...]

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MotoGP: Stoner On a Mission as Assen Kicks-Off Busy-Season

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MotoGP Press Release: As the MotoGP grid descended on the historic Dutch circuit for the IVECO TT Assen, World Champion Casey Stoner was joined by Cal Crutchlow, Nicky Hayden, Ben Spies and Michele Pirro at the press conference on Wednesday marking the seventh round of the MotoGP™ World Championship, which is the first of three [...]

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