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Suzuki announces MotoGP split from Maverick Vinales (like we said would happen today)
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Suzuki announces MotoGP split from Maverick Vinales (like we said would happen today). As we told you last week, and then again at the start of this week, Maverick Vinales has already signed the contract for him to switch from Suzuki to Yamaha in MotoGP across the 2017/18 seasons. The deal was signed away last…
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Cool vintage bike model kits go on sale in Japan (GPZ900R… oh yes…)
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We’ve been sent notification from Japan that these kits of classic modern retro Japanese superbikes are on sale. Yep, we want them as much as you do… these things look pretty good to us. The kits aren’t cheap – you can order then directly from the Amazon page which we’ve posted at the bottom of…
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Super hero motorcycle leathers go on sale in the States… no, we’re not making this up
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Ok… so there’s fanboy suits and then there’s fanboy suits that are supposedly a set of leathers that you can ride a motorcycle in. Here’s three of the latter. The two Batman suits and one Superman suit have been made by American firm UD Replicas. Chunky Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent wannabes who want to…
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Video: Fancy a bike in the mush?
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Here’s a video to underline just how quickly things can go wrong on track – end of a track session, one rider coasting around – another clips him – and the following rider gets a face full of superbike pretty quickly. Ouch. Here’s the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9j9EmfZjCQ It reminds us of this crash in British Superbikes that…
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Video: A few Spanish corners on the Yamaha MT-10
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Here’s a nice little video of a few corners with Yamaha’s new MT-10, the R1-powered big naked 2016 model. Not much more to say about this other than it’s the sort of video that has no yabbering on but in a few corners tells you a bit about how the bike goes about its business…
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MotoGP: Ducati confirms Dovi for 2017/18 ride. Iannone is out (as we told you first)
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So, remember when we told you earlier on that Ducati had decided on Andrea Dovizioso as it’s rider alongside Jorge Lorenzo for 2017 and 2018? And that means that Andrea Iannone is out of a Ducati ride and now is gunning to take over the Suzuki berth vacated by Maverick Vinales with the contract signed…
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KTM launches next generation of Enduro machines
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KTM launches next generation of Enduro machines. KTM has announced a new generation of Enduro machines for model year 2017 that have been re-designed from the ground-up. With an entirely new chassis, all-new engines and some model changes within the Enduro line-up, the new KTM Enduro range is lighter, stronger and faster. KTM’s Enduro machines…
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French mini-Tenere illustration and article reveals crucial numbers for 2017’s bike
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French mini-Tenere illustration and article reveals crucial numbers for 2017’s bike. French motorcycle publication Moto Revue has printed this computer-made image of the MT-07 Tenere, a bike which it says now won’t be with us until later next year. The illustration is based on the spy-shot images that we brought you a month ago, here’s…
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Polaris joining MV Agusta? Italian financial minds say the deal is on and could save MV
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Polaris joining MV Agusta? Italian financial minds say the deal is on and could save MV. Much talk going on at the moment about the future of MV Agusta with sectors of the Italian financial quarter saying that a possible link-up with Polaris is on the cards. MV have kept the courts at bay for…
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MotoGP morning gossip: Vinales signed the Yamaha contract last Friday, Ducati decides on Dovi, Iannone and Rins scrapping it out for Suzuki seat
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More information has come through this morning about the merry-go-round in MotoGP and it makes for interesting reading. As Morebikes told you yesterday, the deal for Maverick Vinales (above) to become Valentino Rossi’s Yamaha team-mate for 2017 and 2018 has been done. It’s signed away and will be announced officially on Thursday this week ahead…
