Tony Carter
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Yamaha’s new Tracer 700 – in dealers in July and costs £6,299
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Here is the new bike from Yamaha for 2016 – as expected it’s the Tracer 700. The MT-07 upright bike has been spied in testing trim for a couple of months and here it is in finished version. It’ll cost £6,299. The new Tracer 700 will be available in three colours – Radical Red, Tech Black…
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Video: The 9 sportbike riders you will meet
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OK, we didn’t make this but it made us laugh. There’s language in it so it’s not safe for work but it’s pretty much on the nose and done by someone called Yammie Noob who seems to have a delightfully acidic way to sum up sportbike riders. Yeah. USA-centric (because it was made by a…
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Racer dies after incident at Oliver’s Mount
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It’s been announced on manxradio.com today that Manx rider Billy Redmayne has died. The 25 year old Laxey racer was injured in an incident at Oliver’s Mount on Sunday. He had been taken to hospital in Scarborough before being airlifted to James Cook Hospital in Middlesborough where he was on a ventilator. However, his fiance…
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Here’s Harley-Davidson’s new Roadster for 2016
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Here’s Harley-Davidson’s new Roadster for 2016. This is the new Harley-Davidson Roadster – the latest addition to the firm’s Sportster range. It comes in four colours; vivid black with a charcoal denim pinstripe, black denim with a red pinstripe and velocity red sun Sunglo with a red pinstripe. The vivid black scheme will cost…
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Lorenzo confirmed to Ducati MotoGP in two year deal
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We brought you the news a fortnight ago that Valentino Rossi has confirmed to the world that the deal was done and now Jorge Lorenzo has confirmed publicly his switch to Ducati. The Majorcan will ride for the squad in 2017 and 2018. Lorenzo, born in Palma de Mallorca on 4 May 1987, has won five world…
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This Saturday at Stafford: Barry Sheene’s 1975 Daytona crash helmet (yeah, that one, the smashed up one) is up for auction for £4k
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This Saturday at Stafford: Barry Sheene’s 1975 Daytona crash helmet (yeah, that one, the smashed up one) is up for auction for £4k. How do you fancy owning the most famous crash helmet in the motorcycle universe? Well you can do just that if you bid on Barry Sheene’s 1974 Bell racing helmet – the…
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Kawasaki unveils new KLX250 D-Tracker Final Edition
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Kawasaki unveils new KLX250 D-Tracker Final Edition. Kawasaki has shown this over the weekend in Japan, the new KLX250 D-Tracker. The on/off-road bike may have been around in various forms since the mid-1980s but this is the end of the line, according to Japanese journalists this morning. The model is called the X Final Edition…
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Honda suspends Kumamoto, Japan, factory following earthquakes over the weekend
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Honda Motor Co. and Toyota were among companies that suspended operations on Friday after a powerful earthquake struck Kyushu, damaging factories and supply chains. Flights and trains were also disrupted after the 6.5 quake, which struck at around 9:26pm on Thursday. Another quake hit the area on Saturday also. 41 people are known to have…
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Meet the Chinese R3 copy that’s gone up to 350cc and gets four silencers!
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Meet the Chinese R3 copy that’s gone up to 350cc and gets four silencers! Check this out for the latest, probably most blatant copy we’ve seen coming out China yet. No, it’s not a Yamaha R3 but a 350cc (we think) copy of the Japanese bike, another mystery bike is pictured alongside and that looks…
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Brits Kyle Smith and Gino Rea bag 1-2 at Assen WSS
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Kyle Smith has won the WorldSSP race at the TT Circuit Assen, with the podium completed by GRT rider Gino Rea and Puccetti reigning Champion Kenan Sofuoglu in incredibly difficult conditions. It was Sofuoglu who got the best start, with PJ Jacobsen slotting into P2 off the second row, leaving poleman Krummenacher in P4 chasing…
