Tony Carter
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This Weekend: Race, Rock ‘n’ Ride at Santa Pod
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Santa Pod Raceway is revving up for the return of Race, Rock ‘n’ Ride, which takes place at the famous venue on Saturday and Sunday, May 20-21. We’ll be there, and we think you should be too! Here are 10 reasons why… Run What Ya Brung, supported by Fast Bikes magazine This specialist competition of…
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Call goes out to vigilante groups to form and catch bike thieves in big UK cities
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A leaflet is doing the rounds in London calling for motorcyclists to join a group to ‘Sort out’ bike thieves and scumbags carrying out crimes on scooters. Alongside the flyer being handed out to riders, one of the call-to-arms posters was posted on the notceboard at the Ace Cafe in north west London. The Ace…
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Awwww. Sweet! Meet the mini-me 110cc Monster that Ducati definitely hasn’t built (and it costs just over a grand!)
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You know, this is probably one of the cutest ‘lookalikes’ we’ve seen from the Asian copycat market so far. And when you consider that this bike, all-in – with the plastics, decals and everything else – costs just over £1k, then you might end up liking this as much as we do. Called the…
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KTM unveils its new fuel injection enduro bikes
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Following on from the lighter, stronger and faster all-new generation of EXC released last year, which saw the launch of a full range of Enduro models that had been re-designed from the ground up, KTM has created the world’s first serial production fuel injected 2-stroke offroad motorcycles with its EXC TPI (Transfer Port Injection)…
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Yamaha’s concept scooter revealed – and it’s ‘Glorious’
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Yamaha has shown this funky modern/retro scooter at the Ajang Vietnam Motor Show. The Yamaha Glorious 155 Concept – what a name! – might ‘just’ a concept at the moment but, to be honest, it’s a pretty standard chassis, engine etc under the swish bodywork so this scooter would be pretty straightforward to take from…
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Video: Laverty’s horrific World Superbike fireball smash at Imola
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In case you were out in the sun at the weekend instead of watching WSB, here’s something that happened that you might fancy a peak at – the fireball that engulfed Eugene Laverty’s Miwaukee Aprilia. Click on the image below to watch a video of the huge crash: https://youtu.be/zoWBR-NoqUA The crash happened on the second…
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Video: super-slow mo (1200fps) of Cody Webb and Taylor Robert doing some amazing stuff on Enduro Bikes. WATCH THIS. It’s mega!
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Video: AMAZING super-slow mo (1200fps) of enduro stars Cody Webb and Taylor Robert doing that there enduro stuff. We can’t get enough of this super-slow motion footage of enduro chaps doing their enduro thing. The detail that emerges when the footage is shot at 1200 frames per second, instead of the standard 24, is…
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McGuinness breaks vertebrae, leg and ribs
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John McGuinness will miss this year’s Isle of Man TT races after suffering severe injuries at the North West 200 road races. 23-time TT winner John has been diagnosed with a compound fracture to his right lower leg, while in theatre last Thursday night it was not possible to plate the leg as initially thought…
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WIN WIN WIN the new KTM RC 390!
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Yeah, it’s true. YOU can win this excellent new KTM little superbike and it won’t cost you a single penny to be entered into the draw. In fact, it only takes a few clicks of your mouse to be in with a shot of bagging this absolutely beautiful motorcycle for yourself. RC 390 receives host…
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WSB: This weekend it’s Imola for the diesels. Here’s the rundown of which manufacturers perform well around the technically demanding Italian track
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Aprilia‘s only win at Imola came with their previous model – the twin-cylinder RSV1000 – back in 2001’s Race 2. Since then, ten more podiums followed: the last ones were three 3rd places in the second Races held here from 2013 to 2015. Last year the best result for Aprilia was recorded by Lorenzo Savadori,…
