Inhaltsverzeichnis für 7 September 2016 in MCN

Harley-Davidson Street 750 New for 2016, the Street 750 is a fantastic way into the Harley family – and at £69 a month, after a £1341 deposit, it’s cheap. Kawasaki Vulcan S Like the cruiser style, but really need a reliable and economical town bike? This could be for you, with a £1101.50 deposit. Moto Guzzi V9 Bobber There something just right about Guzzi design. It has an authenticity, as does the riding experience, that others simply lack. A lot of style for just £89 per month after an £2202 deposit. Ducati XDiavel The ultimate performance cruiser that can bimble and hustle in equal measure. You’ll need a deposit of £3482.14. Fancy something used instead? MCN Garage p43…

Burn rubber and calories My girlfriend bought me a Fitbit for my birthday. I think she was trying to tell me something about my weight. I noticed that when I’m riding my Hyperstrada my heart rate increases to a rate my Fitbit says is at fat-burning level. So the moral of this story is if you want to lose weight cancel the gym membership and buy some fuel and ride your bike instead. Graeme Martin, email Stop the risky remounts In regards to letter of the week MCN August 24. For many years I have been going to MotoGP, WSB and BSB races, and before going out on track all bikes have to go through tough scrutineering processes to ensure machinery is within safety guidelines and no technical infringements have…

Last weekend’s Silverstone MotoGP was the best in a very long time, slash, ever? It reaffirmed a lot of stuff we already know – Cal Crutchlow is one tenacious son-of-a-gun, Valentino Rossi won’t give an inch, Marc Marquez is mad and Jorge Lorenzo has seriously lost the plot. And, as the dust settles on that most momentous of weekends, it will also be sending some strong signals to teams about some seriously good decisions and some seriously not-so-good decisions for 2017. Maverick Viñales always had potential and Yamaha bet heavily on that potential bearing fruit. That fruit is already tasting pretty sweet. And with Rossi proving he’s on the pace in qualifying and in the dry as well as the wet, it looks like they’ll have two riders capable of…

The Z1000SX manages to retain a healthy dose of performance spirit within a very competent and relaxed road bike with modern electronics, and even has touring potential. It’s not perfect, the vibrations are irritating and it is thirsty, but it is considerably better than the fundamentally flawed Suzuki – which is ruined by terrible fuelling, a poor shock and limited practicality. The surprise was the Honda, which in a classic CBR-F way offers far more in terms of performance and practicality than its size suggests, but ultimately the engine lacks any real punch to thrill despite being a very competent and easy-going commuter, and the styling is as bland as the ownership experience is likely to be. KAWASAKIZ1000SX Price£9699 (Touring £10,299) EngineLiquid cooled, 1043cc 16v inline four Claimedpower140bhp @ 10,000rpm…

When most of us hear the term ‘race replica’ our thoughts naturally turn to sportsbikes. However there is a whole subculture of competition-inspired machines that owe their existence to a totally different kind of racing activity – the legendary Paris-Dakar rally. The popularity of this gruelling off-road event – especially in Europe – means manufacturers have been building race reps of their Dakar-winning bikes ever since the inaugural rally in 1979. The fact that so many of the winners were closely related to production bikes certainly helped inspire this decision, but throughout the 1980s and 1990s, winning the Dakar carried huge prestige and helped to cement the off-road reputation and world-beating credibility of bikes such as the Yamaha XT500 and BMW R80G/S. These bikes seeded the UK’s modern obsession with…

“The BMW R80 G/S was involved in the very first Dakar rallies but it took them three years until they won one with Hubert Auriol. But you have to feel sorry for Auriol, he won BMW their very first Dakar but the company only built a rep to celebrate Gaston Rahier’s victories in 1984 and ’85, as he was German and not French! “This R80 G/S Paris Dakar was built in 1986, ignoring the fact Rahier actually won on an R100GS. The race bikes had a conventional double-sided swingarm instead of the BMW paralever system, so it isn’t quite the same, but it does have a single seat, bigger tank, tool kit and even a tyre pump tucked into its main frame spar. “This is a beautiful bike to ride…

2003 Aprilia Tuono Colours Red, grey and black. Dealer £3000 Private good £2200 Private average £1800 This one 2003 model, 22,713 miles. Dealer sale, £2999 2004 Aprilia Tuono Colours Silver and red, red and black and Fluoro red Dealer £3300 Private good £2500 Private average £2100 This one 2004 model, 16,295 miles. Private sale, £2999 2006 Aprilia Tuono Colours Silver and red, matt black and black and red. Dealer £3800 Private good £3200 Private average £2800 This one 2006 model, 18,024 miles.Dealer sale, £3899 2007 Aprilia Tuono Colours Silver and red, matt black, red and white and black and red. Dealer £5000 Private good £4000 Private average £3500 This one 2007 model, 11,497 miles. Dealer sale, £4899 Insurance Sample MCNCompare.com quotes for £5000 sports and naked machines and where the…

YAMAHA MT-10 £9999 FUEL 17 litres @ 35mpg = 131 miles WEIGHT 210kg SEAT 825mm POWER 158bhp TORQUE 81ftlb ANDY DOWNES Experienced road rider who loves a long continental trip when time permits HEIGHT 5ft 9in WEIGHT 78kg After a niggly start – clutch judder, a loose seat, an engine warning light plus the odd bit of lost bodywork – my MT-10 grabbed me round the throat and banged my head against the tank until I admitted I was having a good time. To open its gravelly throttle and feel its rear tyre dig into the road, bars electric in your hands, is to feel very alive indeed. It is also delightfully neutral and helpful. I’m just back from the easiest of 1500-mile round trips to Germany. The more you…

MCN SAYS By Tony Hoare MCN Consumer Editor “At £330 these gloves will be out of reach for most, but they are the pinnacle of racing R&D. But as innovations naturally filter down to the more basic gloves we can all look forward to the benefits in the future.” IF YOU LIKE THIS… Five RFX gloves £329.99 These French-made gloves will now have to share their crown as the most expensive on the market. They’re beautifully made, very light and made using top materials. www.motogear.co.uk MotoGP protection people Alpinestars have launched their 2017 collection, including a new range-topping racing glove with a host of new features and functions. The Supertech mirrors the name for Alpinestars’ top-spec race boot and is designed to deliver the pinnacle of protection for the rider’s…

This year’s Motofoto competition is hotting up, with the hundreds of entries now whittled down to the top 100 – ready for your votes. The annual amateur photography competition is held in association with Carole Nash Insurance, and boasts some fantastic prizes from competition partner TomTom. The winner will also get a great opportunity to be part of the Carole Nash 2016 Motorcycle Live stand at the NEC, while the images from the top 100 will also form part of the stand. For the 100 on the shortlist it’s a chance for a little bit of fame – and the final three chosen will benefit from a bit of fortune, too. The MCN/Carole Nash panel of judges selected the best 100 images – and now it’s your turn to pick…

‘It’s the game we play when we race. I was in the racer mind-set’JOHANN ZARCO Despite Race Direction ruling Zarco’s move as dangerous, the Frenchman remains adamant he was not at fault and believes he shouldn’t have been penalised to the extent he was as he too lost both time and position. “Corner 16 isn’t easy, and when I came in Sam saw me, tried to resist, and when we touched once my front brake moved up and it was difficult to brake. Then we touched a second time and this time he crashed. I was sorry for him. It’s the game we play when we race. I was in the racer mind-set.…

“Alex’s performances mean 100% that the MotoGP paddock needs to look at where they get their riders from because they always look to Moto2 - they’re age obsessed. “History has shown that that’s the way they’ve always done it and that that’s the way they’ll continue to. Ben Spies came through the superbike route and did an amazing job and was unlucky to get injured, but he’s been the exception. “Jonathan Rea should be in this paddock, and if he had been he would have had some incredible results. He did get the chance, and did an amazing job, but he had the wrong passport. “Alex has shown how fast he is. There have been no secret tests, no few days here or there – he had that 15-lap run…

Despite running off the track twice in his determination to finish ahead of Valentino Rossi and Cal Crutchlow, Marc Marquez managed to cross the line fourth – preventing Rossi from taking too much of a chunk out of his title lead. The damage limitation came after the Repsol Honda rider made the wrong choice of tyre, opting for the soft front and leaving himself to deal with the consequences in a way that only Marquez could get away with! “Maybe at the beginning I was able to be even faster but the problem for me was after four laps I started to realise the soft tyre in the front was a mistake. It was moving too much, was slow to turn and I was using my elbows all the time…

‘When you see Valentino to the side of you on the podium it means a lot’MAVERICK VIÑALES Maverick Viñales took a stunning victory in the British Grand Prix to secure his first win and Suzuki’s first premier class glory since Chris Vermeulen in 2007. And not only did he win, but he did it in commanding style, breaking clear of the pack to control the 19-lap race with seeming ease from the front. And once he got clear of the crazy battle for second place raging behind him, the 21-year-old never looked back, extending his lead in the early stages of the race then simply maintaining it until the chequered flag to win from Cal Crutchlow by nearly four seconds. In fact, so good was Viñales’ pace in the second…

Maverick Viñales’s win was: • Suzuki’s first premier class win since Chris Vermeulen in 2007 Suzuki’s first dry weather premier class win since Kenny Roberts in 2000 • Viñales became the seventh consecutive different race winner in MotoGP in 2016 (first time ever) • It’s taken 30 races for Suzuki to win since returning to the grid in 2015 • Viñales is the only rider to have won races in Moto3, Moto2 and MotoGP • Viñales is the ninth youngest rider to win a premier class race. This is the top 10: Marc Marquez Dani Pedrosa Jorge Lorenzo Mike Hailwood Valentino Rossi Casey Stoner Jack Miller Jonny Cecotto Maverick Viñales John Surtees…

One component that played a key part in Crutchlow’s success at Silverstone was a new frame for his Honda RC213V that the LCR team took delivery of straight after the Czech GP. Running the new frame on the Monday test at Brno, Crutchlow immediately found it more to his style. Rejected by both Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa as not different enough to warrant a mid-season change following the Barcelona test in June, an HRC source confirmed to MCN that the new chassis sacrifices braking stability for increased grip on the exit of corners. Not only benefitting Crutchlow’s riding style but also working to address the weaknesses of the 2016 Honda, the new chassis meant that he had a crucial advantage in drive grip during his fight with Marquez for…

‘We are discussing... with new investors but right now we are generating cash’ Six months after MV Agusta were forced to implement a company restructure in the face of rising debts, boss Giovanni Castiglioni has told MCN the company is back on track – and back to full production. After months of reduced production while the firm’s financial issue were resolved, the MV factory in Varese, Northern Italy is now churning out the full range of existing and new 2017 bikes, which will be launched over the next few months. The year has been a tough time for MV as the company had basically run out of money and needed to massively reduce operating costs, find new investment and arrange for a short period of grace from paying back debts…

‘The entire bike is well thought out and cleverly blends new and old to give you a real retro feel on the move’ Moto Guzzi are enjoying a resurgence in sales thanks to the ever expanding retro scene. Having recently celebrated their 95th anniversary, the Italian manufacturer pack genuine heritage, as proven by the popularity of their V7 model – and now they’ve had another pop at the hipster trend by releasing this, the V9 Bobber. Despite the American term, it doesn’t look like a classic stateside bobber: Moto Guzzi have cleverly kept their own unique style and Mandello del Lario stamp on the V9. This is an authentic Italian with an American name, and not really a bobber at all. And that’s a good thing. It’d be a shame…

I absolutely hate buying scooters. I like riding them, because they can be great fun if you’re in a hooligan mood, but buying a used 50cc twist-and-go scooter is an exercise in patience. The first problem is that they’re usually owned by teenagers. Nifty scooters are the Fizzies of the 21st century and 16-year-olds are (a) generally not the most mechanically savvy human beings and (b) don’t usually have the cash to sort things properly. So when a mate asked if I’d look at a Yamaha Jog, close to me, for his nephew, I sighed mentally. But the bloke selling it turned out to be in his forties, had owned it for three or four years and just used it to run to the station and back. Game on. First…

‘We make our own airbox kits, which add about 5bhp across the range’ “The Tuonos are based around the ’03 model RSV so Aprilia got a lot of it right. The things we normally recommend are upgraded batteries and starter solenoids because the sprag clutches are a problem if you don’t get them upgraded. Aprilia didn’t sort the solenoids out until 2006. “If it’s a Factory or Racing they come with …hlins forks, which can crack at the fork bottoms if someone does the pinch bolts up too tight. They need very little torque and it’s hard to get a feel for it. It’s about £600 for a pair of fork bottoms and the work if they need repairing. Definitely check the fork bottoms. “The sidestands also need upgrading –…

£1999 Yamaha YZF-R125 This sporty 2009 Yamaha has done 7400 miles, has had three owners from new and is being sold through a dealer with an MoT that runs until August next year. £1250 Honda CBR125R This tidy-looking 2007 model has done 14,926 miles, has been recently serviced and has an MoT until March next year. It is being sold privately and has not long since had a new rear tyre fitted. £1250 Yamaha YBR125 With one owner from new, this 2013 bike has engine bars and a small front screen. The bike is being privately sold and comes with 12 months MoT. £2295 Honda XL125V Varadero The fact this Honda is the most expensive bike here, despite being 10 years old, shows how popular the Varadero is. It’s done…

THE RIVAL Draggin Jeans, Next Gen £219.99 ‘Kevlar construction means they should stand up to a slide down the road and there are no external joining seams to wear away’ MCN, June 2016 www.thekeycollection.co.uk Styled for practicality While some riding jeans can pass as fashion gear, these are more about biking Armoured up CE-approved armour gives peace of mind that the jeans will do the job in a crash Freedom of movement Unlike everyday jeans, these have stretch zones built in to help you move around Wolf TEC-ST Aramid Jeans, £129.99 Tester Simon Brown Time tested Six months/4000 miles What’s good? Unlike other firms whose denim riding jeans directly ape High Street designs, these have been designed with actual motorcycling high on the agenda so these strides come with stretch…

‘With Oulton Park being a triple-header... it’s all to play for’ This weekend’s Oulton Park race marks the last round of the MCE British Superbike Championship’s main season and takes the series in to the final three-round title-deciding Showdown. Be Wiser Ducati’s Shane Byrne, JG Speedfit Kawasaki’s Leon Haslam and Honda Racing’s Jason O’Halloran have clinched their places in the all-important shootout, but the remaining three spots are all up for grabs with eight riders in contention. Just 38 points separate Michael Laverty in fourth from Tommy Bridewell in 10th and with Oulton Park being a triple-header - meaning that there are 75 points available - it’s all to play for. While Byrne, Haslam and O’Halloran have confirmed their showdown spots they can’t afford to rest on their laurels. Having…

‘I’ll come back next race and do my best to beat him. I’m gutted, but he’s a dickhead’SAM LOWES Sam Lowes was denied his chance of a home Grand Prix victory at Silverstone after an overly ambitious lunge from title rival Johann Zarco wiped him out of the race with three laps to go. The Brit had been quickest in every session, both wet and dry, across the weekend and took his second successive home Grand Prix pole on Saturday, making himself a clear favourite for Sunday’s race. Fighting at the front from the off, the 25-year-old looked comfortable throughout the race even when rivals Thomas Luthi and Johann Zarco passed him for the lead towards the closing stages. Lowes made his move on Zarco to take second with three…

‘I need to change the way I ride the bike, I’m not even sitting on the bike right’ALEX LOWES “I didn’t do a very good job and I didn’t ride very well!” That was Alex Lowes’ brutal verdict on his wildcard ride at Silverstone on Sunday – but the fact he finished 13th on the Tech3 Yamaha suggests he is being too hard on himself. Riding as a replacement for the injured Bradley Smith, Lowes exceeded all expectations in his debut ride, making the MotoGP paddock sit up and take notice. But despite the result, Lowes, who has a habit of being very critical of his performances, was left unsatisfied – even if his crew chief and manager thought he’d exceeded expectations (see right). In a race where he battled…

The British Grand Prix will remain at Silverstone next year after further set-backs for the Circuit of Wales mean the multi-million pound Ebbw Vale complex will not be ready in time to host the event. The project is awaiting a decision from the Welsh Government as to whether they will accept revised funding proposals to underwrite the private investments necessary to see the circuit built. A Circuit of Wales source confirmed to MCN building work won’t begin until six to eight weeks after the government make the funding call, meaning the 2017 British GP taking place in Wales is out of the question with a further option on Silverstone’s contract for the 2018 season.…

This one-off MV Agusta F4Z has been built by high-end Italian styling house Zagato for a Japanese collector who already owns a string of rare Zagato cars. The bike is based on an MV Agusta F4 RR, the highest specification bike in the firm’s range, and MV have not disclosed what it cost to build. And with no plans to put this bike into production, it’s unlikely that we’ll ever know. This is truly a one-off built to the exact specifications of the owner – who seems keen to remain anonymous. The MV F4Z’s bodywork was created by automotive design and engineering firm Zagato, and made from aluminium and carbon fibre. Compared to the production MV Agusta F4, the F4Z features completely new bodywork and styling. Some parts had to…

What was the best time to be a photographer? GH: the late 1990s is when I watched it on TV and that was when I wanted to be there. PG: the late 1990s – when I was actually there. DM: the late 1950s was an amazing time with all these phenomenal works teams with incredible machines, like the Guzzi V8. Then they all withdrew and it slumped for a few years Jpg or Velvia or Kodachrome? DM: Kodachrome every time PG: I love shooting Velvia, for nostalgia’s sake... GH: not jpgs – RAW files. But either way, I’d still rather sit over a light-box than stare at a Mac. Canon or Nikon? GH: Nikon PG: Canon DM: Canon Rainey or Schwantz? DM: Rainey, no question PG: Schwantz! It’s 50:50 GH:…

“The Yamaha XT500 won the very first Dakar Rally. And it didn’t just win the two-wheeled class, it crossed the finish line first, beating every other vehicle outright! When you look at the first rally in 1979 it is amazing just how standard the bikes were: they had bigger fuel tanks and that was about it, which is why there isn’t an XT Dakar replica – the road bike was the race bike. It was this close link between the road and race machines that got me into collecting Dakar reps, in the car world race reps are really far removed from the road cars and highly prized and therefore expensive. You can buy a Dakar rep bike for £1500 and that’s great value for money. “The XT dominated the…

HARLEY-DAVIDSON STREET 750 £5795 FUEL 13.1 litres @ 57.5mpg = 165 miles WEIGHT 223kg SEAT 710mm POWER 52bhp TORQUE43ftlb ALISON SILCOX Experienced rider with 12 years on the front and over 20 as pillion. HEIGHT 5ft 10in WEIGHT 72kg The Harley-Davidson Street 750 I’ve been riding for the last few months has taken over from the XL Sportster 883 as the baby of the Harley range after almost 30 years. I was curious to see how the two compared so I spent a morning riding them around the Oxfordshire countryside to find out. FIRST IMPRESSIONS My Street 750 looked rather ordinary when I parked it up alongside the Iron 883. The next thing I noticed as I started the 883 was its keyless ignition, which runs on a transponder kept…

YAMAHA XSR900 £7849 FUEL 14 litres at 45.3mpg = 139 WEIGHT 195kg SEAT 830mm POWER 115bhp TORQUE 64ftlb RIDER Andy Calton, brought up on two-strokes but currently moving up through the capacity and power levels HEIGHT6ft WEIGHT 95kg andy.calton@motorcyclenews.com After giving the XSR the café racer treatment with nearly £2k worth of Yamaha goodies, it’s time to sit back (or forward now – thanks to the newly-fitted drop handlebars and rearsets) and enjoy the ride. Only a few things are bugging me. I wasn’t keen on the Yamaha accessory screens, so didn’t bother adding one. But it looks messy around the clocks now that the drop bars have exposed even more cabling and ugliness. So I am hunting for a smart screen to tidy up the XSR’s front end (suggestions…

Spidi Digirain 1 Piece £69.99 Nylon PVC suit with an adjustable waist and a large neck-to-knee zip entry system to allow ease of access, and elasticated cuffs too. The ankles zip up and Spidi claim the suit is effective up to speeds of 80mph. Oxford Rainseal £39.99 Waterproof and fluorescent with reflective detailing for night time visibility. The upper body of the suit is lined and there are adjustable cuffs and ankles too. An elasticated waist offers added comfort and the suit can be folded into a supplied waistpack. Weise Tempest £52.99 Has taped and welded seams, a mesh half lining and elasticated waist, ankles and wrists. An offset zip running from the chest to the leg and the suit is available S-XXXXXL. There is reflective tape on the back…

Michael Laverty – 4th 147 points Early season consistency and sporadic strong results see Laverty sit fourth in the standings, but after taking just 12 points from the last two weekends he’s only there by the skin of his teeth. At the very minimum, he’ll need two top six finishes to keep his space but he’ll be targeting the podium. Dan Linfoot – 5th 145 points Linfoot has suffered over the last few rounds and is now on the brink of a Showdown exit. He’ll need to show some of his early season podium form if he’s to secure a space in the top six alongside team-mate O’Halloran. James Ellison – 6th 140 points It’s been a tough year for James Ellison on the JG Speedfit Kawasaki as he’s struggled…

Brad Binder took another step to becoming the first South African world champion since John Ekerold in 1980 after taking his fourth Moto3 victory of the season at Silverstone. His cause was helped dramatically when closest championship challenger Jorge Navarro dramatically crashed out of contention meaning that Binder could mathematically win the championship at Aragon with four rounds still to go. Despite his commanding lead, the victory itself did not come easy for the Ajo Motorsport KTM rider with 13 riders in contention for the win until the closing stages of the race. “The race was insane!” Binder said. “The pace was really slow but when I tried to push it on at the front it wasn’t that easy at all with the wind pushing against us. With five or…

While Lowes was left wanting more after making his MotoGP debut at Silverstone, Tech3 technical director Guy Coulon was more than impressed. Speaking to MCN, he said: “Before the first session we had no target, our only aim was to be as close as possible to the last place rider. But very quickly it became clear that Alex was better than this so our target became to score one point.” Coulon also revealed that Lowes could have been even faster in the race having potentially been held back by the team putting a conservative setting into his M1. “When you have a new rider you start with a very standard Yamaha setting, which is designed for more safe riding, so not so extreme and as a result not such high…

‘It was a great battle. It was definitely strong but always fair’VALENTINO ROSSI Valentino Rossi might not have repeated his success of last year by winning Sunday’s British Grand Prix, but the nine-time world champion instead achieved another important goal, beating Marc Marquez in the duo’s first proper clash since the infamous Sepang collision last year. Running together in the fight for the final podium spot for much of the race, alongside second-placed finisher Cal Crutchlow and eventual faller Andrea Iannone, the pair traded paint in a way that they haven’t since it ended in disaster last year during the Malaysian Grand Prix. And while it might not have been enough to fully reignite the hopes of Rossi beating Marquez in the 2016 MotoGP title fight, the Italian did concede…

Scott Redding Qualified: 7th Finished: 17th It was a disaster of a home race as Redding was plagued with a lack of front feeling for the race, crashing out not once but twice as he failed to receive any warning from the tyre before the bike dropped from beneath him. “Even on the out lap I didn’t have a lot of rear grip, but then once I got going there was no front grip either and the tyre was skidding around under braking. I closed the front and crashed, got back up and tried again, then the exact same thing happened again.” Eugene Laverty Qualified: 6th Finished: 12th Silverstone was a case of what could have been for the Irishman, first losing the chance to start from the front row…

‘Everyone would come down hard on him if he blew this chance’CHRIS VERMEULEN “Until Maverick won at Silverstone I was the only Suzuki rider to have won a four-stroke MotoGP race, which has been a great honour for me over the last nine years - but I knew this day would come. “I thought Maverick rode close to the perfect race. My first thought was has he made the right decision going to Yamaha next year? At Silverstone the GSX-RR looked on rails; it was more than a match for the M1. “Although the GSX-RR has some weaknesses with rear grip on hotter tracks, overall it is a strong package with strengths in corner entry, agility and carrying speed in fast turns. Maverick used those strengths perfectly at Silverstone. “As…

‘To be on the podium in front of your home crowd is a very special feeling’CAL CRUTCHLOW Cal Crutchlow delivered a stunning home podium finish at the British Grand Prix, taking an incredible second place at Silverstone straight off the back of his debut MotoGP win at Brno only two weeks earlier. The LCR Honda rider looked completely at home during Sundays race as he diced with and beat Rossi, Marquez and Iannone. And while his win last time out in the Czech Republic might have come after a gamble on his tyre choice in tricky damp conditions, Crutchlow’s home success was even more gratifying having beaten his peers on a dry track and level playing field. Running near the top of the timesheets all weekend before securing pole with…

British fans had plenty to shout about this weekend following Crutchlow’s win in Brno, so when he followed it up with pole position, on top of Lowes’ Moto2 pole, it’s hardly surprising the biggest crowd in recent years of 73,310 packed themselves into Silverstone on race day. The sound of cheering and blasting air horns echoed around the circuit as Crutchlow fought tooth and nail for second place in Sunday’s race.…