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SPOTTED! Yamaha’s undercover MotoGP wings caught on camera.
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SPOTTED! Yamaha’s undercover MotoGP wings caught on camera. Here’s the best picture yet of the ‘hidden wing’ fairing that Yamaha used on its M1 at the Sepang tests, the lads at motorsport.com have caught the front view of the bike and – as you can clearly see – there are wings still on the bike.…
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Aussie legend Troy Bayliss to headline April’s Stafford show
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Aussie legend Troy Bayliss to headline April’s Carole Nash-sponsored Stafford Show – April 22-23 – at Staffordshire County Showground… Oh yes! As if we weren’t looking forward to the Stafford show enough already, they’ve only gone and confirmed TROY BAYLISS as star guest. Troy, one of the nicest guys in racing, will be at the event to be interviewed by…
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Iannone fastest at Sepang on day two of MotoGP winter tests
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Iannone fastest at Sepang on day two of MotoGP winter tests. Rain and damp conditions were the early headlines of the second day, with no real action until the final few hours of the session as it began to fully dry. Once conditions allowed riders to push, the first crasher of the season was Aleix…
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Video: Here’s the plans for the British Vigo Electric motorcycle – 180mph, 400 mile range and £7,999!
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Video: Here’s the plans for the British Vigo Electric motorcycle – 180mph, 400 mile range and £7,999! https://youtu.be/V3N4ki4pbbE This is the Vigo Electric Motorcycle, a concept bike that’s in development. If the maker’s plans pan out then this UK-made hunk of electric-powered gorgeousness (and it’s a stunner, no issues) then the first bikes should be…
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Stoner fastest as MotoGP Sepang test finishes early
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Stoner fastest as MotoGP Sepang test finishes early. Ducati Team test rider and double MotoGP World Champion Casey Stoner led the way at the top of the timesheets on the first day of the first Official Test of 2017 – ahead of Ducati race rider and 2016 Malaysian GP winner Andrea Dovizioso as the Italian…
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Valentino Rossi unveils new helmet design at winter tests
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Valentino Rossi unveils new helmet design at winter tests. It’s the first day of the MotoGP winter tests today and – as usual – nine times world champion Valentino Rossi has unveiled this new helmet design which he will use for the opening salvo of quick laps at Sepang. Despite the sweltering weather in Malaysia,…
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Honda’s secret SUPERCHARGED engine patents REVEALED
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Honda is planning a new, supercharged motorcycle that will have the power-boosting unit mounted on the left-hand side of the engine. And the new kit will power a host of new motorcycles over the next few years. These are the patent drawings for the new motor with the supercharger system in place. Don’t be…
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Ducati sales soar with 55,000 bikes sold last year
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Ducati sales soar with 55,000 bikes sold last year. Ducati’s Scrambler and other new models has helped the Italian firm log to its seventh year or continued growth – it sold more than 55,000 bikes throughout 2016. That is 1.2% up on the previous 12 month period. 2015 saw Ducati shift 54,809 bikes compared to…
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Norton boss unveils plans for North West 200 and Ulster Grand Prix (NW200 entry could happen this year!)
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Norton boss unveils plans for North West 200 and Ulster Grand Prix (NW200 entry could happen this year!) Whilst the dust settles from yesterday’s announcements around the coming TT summer event on the Isle of Man, Norton boss Stuart Garner has set tongues wagging in the road race world with claims that his superbike could…
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Umm… these images are ‘serious’ and have been made as part of the Kawasaki World Fair. Yep. Really.
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Umm… these images are ‘serious’ and have been made as part of the Kawasaki World Fair. Yep. Really. OK, so we’re not 100% sure about what’s exactly going on here (because we’re trying to translate this from Japanese) but here’s what we think this, that’s been posted on the official site for the 2017 Kawasaki…
