Blog posts : "General"
Another North-West 200 has come and gone, and for one of Team ILR's newcomers at the event it was a bitterly disappointing experience.
Illiam Quayle arrived at the triangle circuit full of those usual emotions of excitement and nervousness that, in turn, can often work to a rider's advantage, bu...
New signing Franco Bourne had two pole positions, two wins, and three Top 3 finishes as Team ILR with Frog Vehicle Developments got their 2026 season underway with the annual trip to the Bob Smith Spring Cup at Oliver's Mount at the weekend.
Also in action was the team's second new signing for 2...
Few would argue that no-one epitomises more what it means to compete at the TT than Masayuki Yamanaka, and the popular Japanese rider will return to the Isle of Man TT races in 2026 where he will be supported and guided for the sixth year by Ian Lougher and Team ILR.
The 57 year old, who has als...
Japanese Engineering Company KOOD are the latest Team ILR partners for the 2026 season and the Osaka based company headed by Kazuhiro Ukita joins a list of new and returning sponsors as the team faces a busy season on the roads.
Team ILR Principal Ian Lougher: "KOOD are a well known and respected...
The surname Quayle is one that is strongly associated with the Isle of Man TT circuit, and Team ILR are delighted to announce that the Quayle name will be represented with the team on the famous old course in 2026.
Illiam Quayle, son of renowned former racer and now TT Rider Liaison Officer Ric...
136 Isle of Man TT starts.
10 Isle of Man TT Wins.
30 Isle of Man TT Podiums.
35 years between first Isle of Man TT podium in 1984 (2nd Historic 500 TT) and last in 2019 (2nd TT Zero).
8 wins 26 podiums North-West 200.
18 wins 44 podiums Ulster GP.
3 wins and 5 podiums at Classic TT.
5 times So...
Team ILR with Frog Vehicle Developments are delighted to have secured the signature of Franco Bourne for the 2026 road racing season.
Headed by the highly respected Ian Lougher, the team has an ethos of nurturing and encouraging young up and coming riders and Franco Bourne certainly fits into th...
Challenging, enjoyable, tiring yet successful, just some of the terms that could be used to sum up the Manx Grand Prix and Classic TT for Team ILR with Frog Vehicle Developments.
Some 42 years on from his third-place debut finish in the Manx Grand Prix Junior Newcomers Race, Ian Lougher again st...
Any talk of a proposed Isle of Wight road race may have all but ceased, but the island off the south coast of England was on a lot of fan's lips at the conclusion of the Tandragee 100 on Saturday as island native Ryan Whitehall further cemented his growing reputation with some excellent performan...
The dust has now settled on this year's North-West 200, the first event of 2025 for Team ILR with Frog Vehicle Developments and the team arrived on the North Coast with a two-rider line-up.
Italian Maurizio Bottalico was returning to Supertwin action with the team after his third place ride in...
Some 41 years on from his third-place debut finish in the Manx Grand Prix Junior Newcomers Race, Ian Lougher won the 2024 Lightweight Manx Grand Prix on the Laycock Racing TZ 250 Yamaha.
It was a remarkable performance by the gifted and still competitive Welshman, who continues to rip up record b...
As was the case for many, it was a challenging Isle of Man TT for Team ILR with Frog Vehicle Developments, with the weather playing a big part.
Practice, or qualifying week as it's now known, saw our four Supertwin riders steadily improving as the week went on, with Joe Yeardsley, David Datzer, ...
World Supersport Championship met British Supersport Championship when Team ILR with Frog Vehicle Developments fielded Hikari Okubo on the team's 2024 CBR600RR Honda in the traditional BSB May Bank Holiday round at Oulton Park.
Although a vastly experienced competitor, this was only Okubo's se...
Team ILR with Frog Vehicle Developments got their 2024 season underway with the annual trip to the Bob Smith Spring Cup at Oliver's Mount at the weekend, and in action were Joe Yeardsley, team debutant Jacque Foley, and Ian Lougher who took the opportunity for some development work on the team's ...
The team recently tested at Bishopscourt in N. Ireland where we were joined by James Chawke and Jacque Foley. A productive day with Jacque and James getting to grips with our Paton and 2023 CBR600RR.
Team ILR with Frog Vehicle Developments are pleased to announce our nine rider line-up for 2024, a season in which the team will mainly target the Isle of Man TT, the Southern 100, the Manx GP, and Oliver's Mount.
Joe Yeardsley will make his much-anticipated TT debut in 2024.
Photo: Peter Call...
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