More in Moto News for Tuesday - Birthdays, Hayden and Rossi

From the mag Road Racer X we get our weekly dose of significant birthdays - and some death-days - in the world of motorcycle racing. This week it belongs to Steve Hislop, David Pingree (of RRX magazine), Ben Thompson, Simon Crafar, Craig Jones, Alberto Puig, and Mike di Meglio. Not a busy week for birthdays, but some very good racers and personalities in this list.


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It also appears that Nicky Hayden was rather embarrassed at revealing the Ducati Desmosedici GP10 via his mobile phone camera a week or so ago. He posted the photos to his website and it was picked up by the moto press immediately. I think he will be OK...

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Valentino Rossi's visit to India has ignited a storm of publicity from the nation's populace. They are simply mad about the MotoGP Champion and they are filling the Internet with posts about the visit and about the people who were lucky enough to actually meet the race hero.

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Limted Edition Steve Hislop Arai RX-7GP Helmet

Crossan Motorcycles is responsible for the new helmet. It is a design which Hislop used in many British Superbike Championship and Isle of Man TT races. It is known as the 'Flying Haggis' and is pink/blue/white, so you are probably familiar with it if you watched him back then - or, you are lucky enough to have watched some recordings of those events. Only 750 of the £599.99 motorcycle helmet will be made, so get your soon. Some of the proceeds will go to the Hislop family.

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Bradley Smith Sponsored by Oxford Products

The title may sound bland, but Oxford Products has sponsored some incredible motorcycle racers over the last 30 years or so. They have helped the likes of Phil Read, Jeremy McWilliams, Steve Hislop and Trevor Nation...now, Bradley Smith will be in good company!

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