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Guy Martin abandons record attempt because of injury: ‘I was papering over the cracks by carrying on’
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Guy Martin abandons record attempt because of injury: ‘I was papering over the cracks by carrying on’. Guy Martin has been forced to pull out of his latest world record attempt because of an injury. The plan had been to ride a pushbike for 4,800 miles around the UK in an attempt to be the…
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Spied: Suzuki’s plans for a new GSX-150R naked in 2018 appear in Asia. Apes big bike looks and gets more power (according to the documents)
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Spied: Suzuki’s plans for a new GSX-150R naked in 2018 appear in Asia. Apes big bike looks and gets more power (according to the documents), Suzuki Indonesia has filed a new set of patents for its upcoming GSX-150R that shows the tiny beginner bike looking even more like the GSX-1000S big naked. The patents have…
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Launch ride: Triumph Bonneville Bobber
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WORDS: John Milbank, editor of Motorcycle Sport & Leisure magazine PHOTOGRAPHY: Triumph It seems I’m the only person in the UK who didn’t really like the Bobber when it was launched. In photos I thought it looked too bulky at the front. Even in the metal at Motorcycle Live I wasn’t impressed. This was a…
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Graziano Rossi says Valentino’s switch to F1 was: “Very, very close to happening”
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Graziano Rossi says Valentino’s switch to F1 was: “Very, very close to happening”. Valentino Rossi’s father has spoken out for the first time about his son making a real switch to Formula One. Speaking during a recorded interview recently, Graziano Rossi (below), himself a former 350cc motorcycle GP rider said that Valentino had come: “Very,…
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Honda’s filed a funky front end set-up for a scooter (and something bigger, so the rumour-mill has it)
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Honda’s filed a funky front end set-up for a scooter (and something bigger, so the rumour-mill has it). Check out these patents filed by Honda for new front-suspension system that’s (so far) been shown in place on a scooter. They’re pretty much out there in terms of the scooter but we’ve heard on the…
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Video: Biker gets pelted with SWEETS by irate car driver caught on his phone by biker’s helmet camera
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Video: Biker gets pelted with SWEETS by irate car driver caught on his phone by biker’s helmet camera. https://youtu.be/EjKrRp21njM As bikers, we’ve all been there – when a car driver reckons they’re in the right to use their phone whilst driving and then gets gobby if Mr Biker points out the error of their ways.…
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Fancy a Rossi VR46 car? There’s a limited range of vehicles now on sale
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Fancy a Rossi VR46 car? There’s a limited range of vehicles now on sale. Yep, that’s right. But if you want one then you’ll have to be quick because there’s only 460 of each of the two vehicles going on sale in the UK. You can get a VR46 Ford Ranger or VR46 Ford Transit.…
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Chaz Davies’ 2017: No MotoGP wildcard. At all. According to Ducati boss
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Chaz Davies’ 2017: No MotoGP wildcard. At all. According to Ducati boss. So Chaz Davies is getting his shot in MotoGP with a wild card ride, is he? No. He’s not. What’s actually happening, according to Ducati Corse Sporting Director and MotoGP Project Director, Paolo Ciabatti is that Chaz is being tasked with a full-on…
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2 wheel drive, huge torque electric bikes launched in Italy (and they look this trick)
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2 wheel drive, huge torque electric bikes launched in Italy (and they look this trick). Check out these two-wheel-drive electric off-roaders that are now on sale in Italy. Called the Due (nothing to do with the Benelli or Bimotas of the same name), the bike is available in both X (for off road) and R(on…
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SPY SHOTS: Gotcha! KTM’s 2018 390 Adventure caught out and about on the road
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SPY SHOTS: Gotcha! KTM’s 2018 390 Adventure caught out and about on the road. Hot on the heels of our first look at the KTM 800 (read: 790-named) Adventure bike a week ago comes these great pictures of the Austrian company’s ‘other’ secret Adventure bike – it’s new 390! Caught out by our spy…
