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  • 2009
    • November
      • Inzane ends the season on the podium at Thruxton
        11/20/09
        Russ Joyner got a well earned third place at the final 2009 appearance of the biofuelled Ducati. A lap speed of over 98mph gave the team another UK biofuelled bike record.

        Click the picture to see Russ looking good in his Crescent Performance leathers, with the Minitwins racing as close

    • September
      • "Racing ahead with Biomass" - Game Engineering
        09/20/09
        The Inzane biofuelled Ducati sported the colours of Lincoln based materials handling company Game Engineering at the recent Cadwell and Snetterton BMCRC Minitwins rounds. Game is "racing ahead with biomasss" as a leading supplier to the biomass power and biofuel manufacturing industry.
      • An Inzane Laverda leads the Thunderbikes at Snetterton
        09/20/09
        Russ Joyner gave the ex Baines Racing Laverda 750 Formula another outing on 5th September 2009 at Snetterton in two Thunderbike UK races. Starting from the back of the field in the first race, Russ stormed thorugh to finish fourth and then used the front row start to lead the second race until a mi

      • Michael Saunders shines at Cadwell Park
        09/17/09
        Michael Saunders rode the Inzane bio-fuelled Laverda 650 Formula rather stylishly in a BMCRC Minitwins race at Cadwell Park in August. Michael carved through the 40 strong field of Suzukis, taking the 14 year old Laverda into 7th place before sliding off on the last corner.

        Michael Saund

    • July
      • Sweet success for British Sugar Bioethanol at Oulton
        07/12/09
        Inzane carried the logos of the UK's only domestic bioethanol manufacturer, British Sugar, at the Oulton Park BMCRC meeting in June. British Sugar manufactures 70 million litres of bioethanol per year at its Wissington Factory in Norfolk . Proving that the fuel is an excellent fuel component

    • May
      • Inzane drag racing at Santa Pod
        05/01/09
        24th April 2009 saw the second Alternative Energy Drag Racing Event at Santa Pod. While Russ's UK e85 standing quarter record (10.86s) from last year was well beaten by Adam Child from MCN running a Kawasaki ZZR1400, the team Inzane Bikes ran against each other in a biofuel minitwins only drag

      • Inzane win at BMCRC Brands Hatch centenary meeting 18th April 2009
        05/01/09
        ....but it was close! Russ Joyner finished fourth in the first Minitwins race at Brands Hatch, putting him on the front row for the second race which turned out to be the closest race of the meeting. Glynn Davies and Dan Hopkins battled for first place throughout the race, with Glynn finally pippi

    • April
      • Crash, bang, splash! Down but not out at Snetterton 28/29 March 2009
        04/10/09
        A windswept and rain-lashed Snetterton meant that Russ, the bio Ducati and the team's championship aspirations all took a real battering with a couple of crashes and no points on Saturday. Lots of graft, glass fibre and gaffer tape got us back out on Sunday with Russ coaxing the bike round for

    • March
      • Biofuels in Motorsport - meet Inzane
        03/15/09
        Ian Calvert of Inzane and Rupert Paul of MCN will be giving a talk on Bioethanol and Bikes
        to the IMechE at Goodrich, Wolverhampton on the evening of 26th March.

      • Blue look for Green Ducati at Brands Hatch
        03/15/09
        New leathers from Crescent Performance and a well executed custom helmet from BLD Group gave Russ Joyner a new look as he piloted the Inzane Ducati to two podiums at the opening Brands Hatch round. It all looks good for the season: judge for yourself by clicking the picture:


      • Inzane is back! - Events for 2009
        03/15/09
        Thanks to more support from eBio, Inzane is again competing in the BMCRC Minitwins class on the biofuel powered Ducati 800SS in 2009:

        Brands Hatch 7-8 March
        Snetterton 28-29 March
        Brands Hatch 18-19 April Note: This is the BMCRC Centenary Meeting
        Oulton Park 26-27 J

  • 2008
    • December
      • Australian Motorcycle News
        12/19/08
        Rupert Paul, the thoughtful UK "Bike" journalist has written about Inzane in Aussie MCN:
        Click here for a pdf (6MB) of the November 2008 Australian MCN article

    • October
      • Russ Joyner secures third in the 2008 Minitwins Championship
        10/11/08
        Click picture for gallery:



        In a tough weekend's racing Russ Joyner secured third in the BMCRC Minitwins championship. Russ hounded the Team Diablo 666 bike of Piers Hutchings all the way; scoring three third places behind Piers in the first three races, but it nearly a

      • Russ Joyner takes double win on a Laverda at Brands Hatch
        10/11/08
        Team Inzane entered a Laverda 750 in the final round of the Thunderbike UK championship at Brands Hatch GP circuit on the 28/29th of September.
        The bike was one of the two 1999 Laverda Formulas originally raced by Russ Joyner and Geoff Baines first as stock bikes and then in Sound of Thunder in

    • September
      • Russell Joyner Scores World First Biofuel Victory For Ducati
        09/20/08
        After five consecutive second place finishes Russ cracked it with a win at Snetterton on 14th September.
        The sweet taste of victory mingled with the sweet smell of e85! Click picture for gallery.

      • Coverage in Motorcycle News
        09/08/08
        Following his Thunderbike UK ride at Cadwell Park, Michael Neeves from MCN wrote an excellent article on the Inzane project.
        Click here for a pdf (2MB) of the August 2008 MCN article
        The bike even made it onto the front of MCN!

    • August
      • Cadwell Park August 2008
        08/10/08
        Qualifying in second at Cadwell was a good start and a wet sixth place actually disguised an excellent performance with Russ testing some new wet tyres and getting faster throughout the race.

        Race two saw Russ get on the pace and a fifth place finish, with the commentator announcing the f

      • Brands Hatch Indy Circuit July 2008
        08/10/08


        Russ was really starting to get sorted at Brands towards the end of the second race, but an early end to the race (red-flag) left him languishing in 9th, to add to his first race 6th place. Things were looking good on the Sunday until a cracked clutch cover (after effects of the crash

      • Snetterton July 2008
        08/10/08


        A new two into one underseat exhaust was hand built and fitted to the Ducati for this round. If you are interested in one of these contact Two Wheel Technics under "Links". It its lighter and more crash worthy than the twin exhaust set up - as events were to confirm...

    • July
      • Croix Photos
        07/02/08


        Click here to see the gallery

        The bioethanol powered Ducati was progressing well at Croix in June with a 4th, then a 3rd, then 2nd in the warm up and then - a startline crash put paid to the weekend! Some good pictures though, and as usual some great racing in the BMCRC

    • June
      • BMCRC Dates
        06/26/08
        The Inzane bio racer will be competing at the following BMCRC rounds:
        Snetterton 5/6th July
        Brands Hatch 19/20th July
        Cadwell park 2/3rd August
        Snetterton 13/14th September
        Brands Hatch 27/28th September

      • Silverstone May 2008 Ducati photo gallery
        06/05/08


        Click here to see the gallery

        Although the £1000 ebay Laverda did prove itself to be faster than most of the Suzukis every time it ran, it was always going to struggle on fast circuits against the top SV 650s. Running the Laverda did prove several things:
        1. Bioethan

    • May
    • April
      • Brands Hatch - March 08 photo gallery
        04/22/08


        Click here to view the gallery

      • Cadwell 26/27 April 2008
        04/20/08
        Assuming that the Laverda survives both the "Bike" magazine Bruntingthorpe test on Thursday 24th and the Alternative Energy drag race (see links) at Santapod on Friday 25th, we will be at the third round of the Bemsee Minitwins at Cadwell.

        Sadly for Laverda fans, this could be t

      • Inzane puts the Laverda on the Podium! Snetterton 12/13 April 2008
        04/20/08
        We thought Snetterton would be a challenge as the high speed track does not play to the Laverda's strengths but we were rescued by the rain. A full grid of 40 (we were joined by 39 SV650s) meant that two 8th places in the dry were excellent results, but we were stunned when Russ added a 4th an

      • Inzane is back! BMCRC Brands Hatch 8/9 March 2008
        04/20/08
        51 Suzuki SV650s and 1 biofuelled Laverda 650 Formula lined up for the first BMCRC Minitwins meeting of the year at Brands hatch. Dodgy weather made for difficult tyre choices but some spectacular racing. Russ brought the Laverda home with two 6ths, a 7th and an 11th to put us in 9th place in the

    • March
      • Inzane Laverda Accepts Drag Race Challenge.
        03/02/08
        Santa Pod Raceway is set to host what appears to be a real life version of ‘Wacky Races’ when on April 25th an eclectic assemblage of alternatively fueled vehicles will hit the quarter mile strip in a bid to win the first ever Alternative Energy Drag Race.

        Held to publicise the practicali

  • 2007
    • November
      • Inzane on pole at Lydden!
        11/21/07
        Inzane Laverda hit the front at the BMCRC "Lord of Lydden" meeting on 13th October. Russ Joyner put the Formula 650 on Pole, ahead of a tight field of Suzuki SV650s - with 0.5s covering the first five.
        The start of the first race saw Paul Martin and Russ swapping the lead twice on

    • September
      • Inzane Laverda Video!
        09/27/07

      • More photographs from Snetterton
        09/17/07
        Terry Howe kindly supplied us with a small selection of photographs that he took of the team at Snetterton



        The full gallery can be seen here

      • Lord of Lydden Race - 13/14 October 2007
        09/13/07
        The team's next competitive outing will be at the BMCRC end of year "Lord of Lydden" meeting on the 13th and 14th October. This will be our last race this year.
        Come along to sniff some ethanol and see us do battle with the hoard of Suzuki SV650s!

      • Biofuel Bike Scores First Podiums.
        09/11/07
        Russell Joyner riding for Team Inzane Laverda, took his biofuel powered Laverda 650 Formula to three third places at the Mallory Park round of the UK national MiniTwins Championship over the Bank Holiday weekend.

        The bike, which has only raced once before since its conversion to the renew

    • August
      • Russ "tweeks" the chassis!
        08/13/07
        Russ Joyner (www.twowheeltechnics.com) gets stuck in to the 650. Fortunately, he knows how these bikes go back together better than anyone else in the UK!
        Believe it or not, this bike will be out in the BMCRC Minitwins race later this month at Mallory.

      • Laverda Corse meets Inzane Laverda
        08/03/07
        Giovanni Laverda with the Inzane 650 Formula

        The Legendary Laverda V6 meets the Inzane bike

        A gratuitous shot of the awesome V6

        Inzane bike takes its place in a pedigree line up

    • July
      • Festival of 1000 bikes, Mallory Park photos
        07/20/07


        Click here to view Ben's photos

        Click here to view other photos

      • Snetterton Photos
        07/20/07

        View the full Snetterton gallery

        Geoff's photos from the first race at Snetterton

      • Inzane Laverda Are First Green Motorcycle Race Team
        07/19/07
        Inzane Laverda, a motorcycle racing team based in Peterborough, will be first in the field to take advantage of a change in UK bike racing rules permitting the use of biofuels. The team which is jointly owned by Ian Calvert and Geoff Lancaster have adapted a ten year old Italian Laverda Formula 650

      • Rockingham photos - sorry for the delay!
        07/19/07


        View the full Rockingham gallery

        Well i've had these photos for a long time and not put them up, there will be plenty more to follow, hopefully very soon!

    • June
      • Silverstone Test
        06/14/07
        The team rolled up for a Silverstone full GP circuit track day for a proper shakedown test in the dry (it was WET at Rockingham!)with Russ Joyner. Russ will ride in our first race in the Dynapro Series in July at Snetterton and will therefore gain the distinction of being the first UK rider to compe

      • Welcome to the new site
        06/11/07
        Hi everyone, thanks for taking the time to visit the page.

        Through this site we will keep you up to date on the teams progress and pitfalls.

        We will hopefully soon have a photo gallery with photos from various events, and a little bit of information about the team members.