Tony Carter
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Honda’s MotoGP engine in two-person track/road car revealed for production in patents
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A couple of years ago we were the first to show you Project 2&4, a Honda concept that was – essentially a track car powered by the firm’s MotoGP RCV motor. Honda said that the car would put out over 250bhp but still have the instant ‘snap’ power delivery of the brutal bike engine. The…
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Guy Martin to ride Mike Hailwood’s iconic Honda Six race bike!
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He might be doing the TT this year, but this is something extra that you can go and see (and is a lot more rare)… The West Country’s biggest motorcycle race meeting, the Castle Combe Grand National which takes place at the Wiltshire track on Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th July 2017, will see the…
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Video: Russian company releases footage of flying drone motorcycle
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This is the latest machine from hoversurf.com, a Russian group which has effectively built a pitbike that sits on four drone blades. The company says that this whole bike sits on a floorpan that’s the same size as a small surfboard and is controlled by a small remote control in the rider’s hand. There’s no…
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USA prices released for 2017 Aprilias
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Aprilia USA has released its prices for the updated 2017 range of big bikes. Here’s what we’ve seen on the pricing front Stateside (we’ve converted the American prices to the UK at today’s exchange rate just for some sort of idea on cost). RSV4 RR – £13,648 ($16,999) RSV4 RF – £18,467 ($22,999) Tuono 1100…
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Video: Lego and BMW’s team-up for the flying Hover Bike concept in film
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https://www.facebook.com/LEGO/videos/10154444348708403/ Last week we first brought you news about the tie-up between Lego and BMW which resulted in a bolt-on Lego kit for the firm’s R1200GS Adventure model AND a life-sized model of the Hover Bike concept – a kind of flying bike thing that looks a bit like those futuristic motorcycles from the sci-fi…
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FIFTY new models are on their way from Harley-Davidson (yeah, 50) according to the big boss
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And you might have thought that Honda puts out a lot of bikes! The American bike builder’s plans have surfaced in an interview with H-D CEO Matt Levatich who outlines what’s happening for the next five years in the land of very heavy metal. The Milwaukee Business Journal has reported that Harley-Davidson is planning to introduce…
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Jorge Lorenzo: “Something not right” at Ducati
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Worrying words from the three-time MotoGP champ after Phillip Island tests. After only managing a best of 15th on day one of Phillip Island testing, 11th on day two and 8th on day three, Jorge Lorenzo has admitted that: “Something is still not right,” in the Ducati camp. The frank admission comes after three tests on…
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Video: Adventure rider has to leap for his life when he falls off in front of a speeding train!
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If you’re going to try and ride across a railway line, make sure you can manage it before the giant train comes along and you end up leaping for your life! Watch this! So you’re out and about with your mates when you try to ride across the V/Line railway somewhere near Melbourne, Australia. It…
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Ducati gets into the art game with range of prints that you can buy
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If you just can’t get enough Ducati in your life, there’s now a range of art based around the Bologna bikes that’d probably be just about perfect for you… Ducati has teamed up with art outfit BeArty to produce a range of motorcycle-related fine art prints. BeArty, the online art marketplace based in London has…
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Meet the Lego flying BMW GS Adventure (in both small and life-sized models)
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It’s the coolest Lego set ever. A while ago we showed you the R1200GS Adventure Lego set from BMW – and let’s face it that was pretty good – and now BMW has been working with Lego to come up with this bolt-on kit for that GS set to make this, futuristic flyer. This extra…
