Championship

The success of the TTXGP for electric motorcycles on the Isle of Man in June has spawned a world championship series for 2010 and the likely commercial availability of an electric racing bike early in the year.

Very few world championship winning bikes exist outside the private collections of former world champions, or in factory museums. Now Franco Uncini has decided to auction the Suzuki 500 XR40 on which he won the 1982 title.