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MotoGP: Valentino Rossi’s new winter testing helmet appears in Sepang
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Another season, another Valentino Rossi winter helmet design and this one harks back to the glory days of the Sun & Moon era – albeit modernised a bit. As with other lids, there’s a good chance that this Aldo Drudi-designed helmet scheme will appear on an AGV topper that will be on sale soon. So…
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TT 2020: Michael Dunlop: ‘I’m still looking for a Superbike ride’
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Michael Dunlop says he has ‘no agreement in place to ride a Superbike’ for the 2020 road racing season. As widely expected, the Ballamoney star confirmed he’d compete under his own MD Racing banner in the Superstock and Supersport classes: “As that has proved to be a good way of doing things.” Writing on his Michael…
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First Ride: 2020 Kawasaki Z1000SX Ninja
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By Dave Manning, Motorcycle Sport & Leisure magazine Bringing the top model in Kawasaki’s sport tourer range into line with the rest of the road bike range – giving it the Ninja moniker – isn’t just a nostalgic reminder of bikes like the original 1984 GPz900R, but gives the new Z1000SX a sportier sell, alongside…
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Here’s the Ducati Superleggera! Project 1708 is HERE! 234hp, 152kg. Oh man… MEGA GALLERY of LEAKED images
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Here’s the Ducati Panigale V4 Superleggera. It’s a 234hp, 152.2kg dry (with the race exhaust fitted) – MotoGP bike for the road with the GP16 aero package. It’ll cost around £76,000. and there’s only going to be 500 of them made. This mega gallery of leaked images of the bike shows it off in it’s…
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Honda patents it’s first all electric sporty (ish) roadster
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So this drawing has appeared as part of a patent from Honda and in it you can clearly see that it’s an all-electric vehicle slotted into a semi-sporty outer. There’s not much detail on the intricacies of the bike itself; batteries are low slung, there’s braking regen from the front wheel and the rear triangular…
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MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo: “I will be faster”
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Yesterday at Sepang saw five time World Champion Jorge Lorenzo make his return to the track on a MotoGP bike when he stepped out on the Yamaha factory M1 as official test rider. As the former King bedded into the 2020 motorcycle, his lap times dropped with his best time putting him second fastest after…
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You REALLY want a Harvey Mushman T-shirt. You REALLY do.
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Harvey Mushman wasn’t a real person – at least, not in the motorcycle racing sense (although there’s probably a few real Harvey Mushman’s around the world, let’s be honest. Hello, Harveys!) but he was iconic because Harvey Mushman was the pseudonym used by Hollywood legend Steve McQueen when he wanted to enter motorcycle races. In…
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Triumph + Bajaj deal to start off with SIX A2-friendly motorcycles that WILL be sold over here
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More details are emerging, this time from France, of the ins and outs of the recent merger of Triumph Motorcycles and Indian bike builder Bajaj. The two companies announced last week that they were pooling ideas, designs and manufacturing to come up with a series of small-to-middleweight motorcycles, ranging in size from 200 to 750cc.…
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MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo second quickest and bags 46 laps on first day of testing for Yamaha at Sepang!
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So this is the third day of the pre-test test (with the two-day test at Sepang happening later this week) but it’s also the first day Lorenzo has been out on the factory Yamaha in his role as test rider. And check this out – he’s gone and bagged the second-best time of the day,…
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MUST DO THIS: Go Off-Road with Beta Motorcycle Experience Days
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New for 2020, Beta Experience Days offer a challenging and safe introduction to off-roading, guided over dramatic terrain by top ‘Hard Enduro’ rider Wayne Braybrook. Aimed at road bike and Adventure Bike owners, this new Yorkshire based activity is backed by Beta UK and is fully equipped with a wide range of two and four-stroke,…
