You don?t always hear about it because it?s usually only discovered after the telly cameras have stopped rolling. But even now, there?s still plenty of cheating in bike racing. More often than not, it goes completely undetected, but every now and then the perps get caught red handed. But why do they do it" And how do they do it" What?s stopping everyone from doing it" And what happens to them when they get caught" Join us to find out as we strap our goggles on, hold our noses and dive headfirst into the murky waters of cheating in bike racing.

It doesn?t matter what level of motorsport you?re racing at, you?re probably going to have a few cheaters to contend with. Every class of racing has a ?rulebook? even if that rulebook is only one side of A4. But no matter how many or few rules there are, for some, they?ve been made to be broken.
Engine displacement is quite often one of the main factors that differentiates one bike class from another. 125cc bikes tend to race with other 125cc bikes, 600s with 600s, litre bikes with litre bikes, etc. That way you stand half a chance of having a fair race. But engine size is also something that the cheats love to play with. It?s one of the most sure-fire ways to increase a bikes power. After all there?s no replacement for displacement. And it can be fairly easy to do. Sourcing oversized pistons for most bikes is a piece of piss, then it?s just a case of boring out your cylinder(s) and machining your cylinde...