Tony Carter
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WSB Jerez: The stats that matter
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It’s Spain’s turn to host the WSB championship this weekend and here’s a host of statistics that every fan should know ahead of the championship’s penultimate round. Aprilia holds the record for podium finishes around Jerez with nine, all scored from 2013 to 2015. Their impressive performances include a double in 2013 and a double 1-2…
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KTM launches its 2018 FREERIDE E-XC. More power, more capacity and energy capture. Cool.
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KTM has unveiled its second generation FREERIDE E-XC at the Red Bull Hangar-7 in Salzburg, Austria. The 2018 FREERIDE E-XC’s frame uses a unique mixture of steel and aluminum bolted together and for the new year, the bodywork has been updated to match the rest of KTM’s current motorcycle line. Riding-wise though, there’s plenty…
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Exchange your full face helmet and receive £100 towards a new Ducati Arai helmet
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Ducati UK has launched a new helmet replacement campaign from now until the end of December 2017. Customers can bring an old full face helmet to selected Ducati dealers and trade it in (it does not need to be a Ducati branded helmet) for a new Ducati helmet by Arai and receive a £100 contribution towards…
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2018 Africa Twin going ‘big tank’ and more enduro
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Honda’s Africa Twin is getting a more-enduro make over for 2018 with a ‘Big Tank’ version of the popular big Adventure bike. According to top Japanese magazine Young Machine, the new version of the bike – which will be unveiled at the EICMA motorcycle show in the second week of November – is getting a…
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‘Official’ images of Kawasaki’s 2018 Z900RS revealed
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According to the brilliant Scoop-miesters at Dutch outlet Oliepeil, these are the official images of the 2018 Kawasaki Z900RS. If it turns out to be the case that these images are the actual bike then we can now appreciate, in its final glory, the retro big naked that’s one of Kawasaki’s most important models of…
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Suzuki’s patent shows MotoGP style GSX-RR getting new road-friendly fairing lowers
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Suzuki has filed a patent for extensive bodywork changes to a motorcycle that’s the spitting image of the firm’s MotoGP machine. There’s nothing to say that Suzuki isn’t spending money, time and effort putting in patents on a race-only bike. Maybe that’s what the factory is doing. Maybe what it wants to do is make…
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Pre-book now for the FREE Experience Adventure feature at Motorcycle Live
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Advance booking for the FREE Experience Adventure feature at Motorcycle Live 2017 is now open, with visitors able to pre-book slots to ride one of four machines from Honda, KTM and Triumph. The indoor course is designed to introduce participants to their first taste of adventure riding and will feature sand, mud, logs and rocks,…
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Suzuki launches new 3% finance offer on GSX-R1000
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Suzuki has launched a new finance offer on its GSX-R1000; the Japanese firm offering 3% APR over three years with a minimum £1,000 deposit. the factory is also giving customers the choice over whether they opt for a PCP deal or a hire purchase agreement. With the £1,000 deposit the new GSX-R1000 can be ridden…
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10% more range and six times faster charging for Zero Motorcycles’ 2018 range
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Additional upgrades for the 2018 model line-up include improved performance, updated colours and over-the-air firmware updates Zero has boosted its Z-Force battery’s energy capacity by more than 10%. For 2018, Zero introduces three new batteries and the firm claims that the ZF14.4, ZF7.2 and ZF3.6 batteries offer more range and better performance than any two wheel electric vehicle…
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Ducati unveils its updated Monster 821 for 2018
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The Monster 821 features many touches from the Monster 1200 including a completely redesigned tank and tail end which Ducati says is inspired by the 1992 machine. A new silencer and headlight are also part of the new design. For a clear, immediately readable view of all necessary information, on the mid-size Monster a…
