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VIDEO: Dream the Impossible – four disabled riders try to race again
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Check out this superb documentary about the world’s first disabled motorcycle race team. Talan Skeels-Piggins was paralysed in 2003 when a car side-swiped him and he ploughed his motorbike head-on into oncoming traffic. He was told he had just a 30 percent chance of survival and would never walk again if he lived. Today,…
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Suzuki MotoGP completes stand-alone one day test in Texas
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Suzuki’s MotoGP pairing of Maverick Viñales and Aleix Espargaró stayed in Austin for one more day after the GP of The Americas to test updates for the factory GSX-RR machines and to review the data from the first three races. The first three 2016 MotoGP events provided plenty of feedback to the Suzuki factory race…
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Assen WSB – what’s happening on and off track around the races
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During the WorldSBK event this weekend at the TT Circuit Assen, the excitement extends past the on-track activities. With the Open Paddock and Paddock Show, pit walks, meet and greet sessions and a whole host of other extras to honour the 25th Anniversary of WorldSBK racing at Assen, the weekend is sure to be action…
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New Rossi and Iannone helmet replicas from AGV announced
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AGV has just released details of two new replicas to the range; one a Rossi winter testing replica featuring the snowman graphics and the other an Andrea Iannone replica – also from his pre-season testing regime – featuring the mashed-up seagull design. The Rossi Winter Test design Rossi’s design features a smiling snowman, cartoon…
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WSB Assen preview (the races are this weekend)
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WorldSBK heads to Holland on the 15th to 17th of April to the legendary track and chicane of the TT Circuit Assen, with Race 1 on Saturday at 13:00 (GMT +2). The TT Circuit Assen is a track that breathes history. Racing in the area began over 90 years ago, and the first ribbons of…
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Spain, Poland and Greece Rule the 2016 Yamaha Dealer Built Competition
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On Thursday 31st March the second edition of the Yamaha Dealer Built competition came to a close after an impressive round of voting. Over 22,000 votes were cast for builds from across Europe, as custom bike fans got online to register their appreciation and deliver three category winners; Spain’s Eduardo Castro Motors in the Mono/…
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Dorna Sports grants racing at Phillip Island for next ten years
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The Phillip Island Circuit will remain on the MotoGP World Championship calendar until 2026 and on the FIM Superbike World Championship calendar until 2027. Dorna, the Phillip Island Circuit and the local Victorian Government all came to the agreement in light of the great historic success of the event. An estimated 85,000 spectators converged…
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The slide that cost Byrne a BSB win
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This is the moment when Shane Byrne’s Ducati had a massive slide – and let Peter Hickman dive past to bag the race two win in BSB at Silverstone. Byrne had been involved in a brilliant scrap up until this last dash to the line, the Be Wiser Ducati broke traction and stepped out of…
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BSB Round One: Silverstone kicks things off and ends up with a Hicky
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By Philip Wain Well, the long wait is over. After the long winter months, the British Superbike Championship got underway at Silverstone at the weekend and its fair to say it didn’t disappoint. There’s always talk about it being ‘the closest ever year’ or the ‘strength in depth has never been greater’ but if the…
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Holy moly! How to cook a slider in MotoGP!
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So what exactly does a knee-slider and knee cup look like after holding up the front end of a MotoGP for a punishing race in Texas? It looks exactly like this. This is the picture Scott Redding posted of his melted slider and body armour along with this words: “Lost the front a few times…
