Tony Carter
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Lorenzo quickest at day one of the Losail MotoGP test
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Jorge Lorenzo dominated the timesheets in the final MotoGP test before the 2016 season with a commadning performance in Losail, Qatar. As the track opened at 16:00 Local Time, it was only Michele Pirro, Hiroshi Aoyama and Takuya Tsuda who rushed out on track, the three test riders given the responsibility of assessing track conditions.…
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Rossi at Losail MotoGP test, ten corners in and falls: “It was a small slide at 70kph”
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The Qatar Test gets off to the worst possible start for Valentino Rossi who fell on his first lap, recovering to finish third. Qatar hosts the third and final MotoGP World Championship test of 2016, one last chance for riders to improve their machines before the start of the year. The Movistar Yamaha MotoGP team…
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Suzi Perry returning as host of MotoGP coverage – this time with BT Sport (Yay!)
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Suzi Perry returning as host of MotoGP coverage – this time with BT Sport (Yay!) The flippin’ excellent Suzi Perry is about to announce that she is returning to MotoGP as host of the BT Sport coverage for this year. There’s been no official announcement as yet, but we understand that the former BBC…
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Win Tickets to The Prescott Bike Festival – and see Kevin Schwantz’ XR85 GP500!
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We’ve teamed up with the Prescott Bike Festival, which takes place on Sunday 17th April 2016 at Prescott Hill Climb, Gloucestershire, to offer five of you the chance to win a pair of tickets to the event. To be in with a chance of winning the tickets just CLICK HERE The Festival prides itself on diversity…
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£350,000 for a sidecar combo? Really? Yep. Probably.
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A magnificent unrestored Brough Superior with sidecar, registration TV2003, will be on sale with H&H Classics at IWM Duxford on April 19th for an estimate of £280,000 to £350,000. The Brough Motorcycle marque will be forever associated with T.E. Lawrence, known as ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ who bought one of the first SS100s in 1925 having…
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VIDEO: Low sun glare catches out biker (it’s a pretty big impact)
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Ooof! Here’s the moment a British biker gets is all wrong when dazzled by a low-setting sun. The glare is obvious, the chap didn’t slow down enough and paid the price. Amazingly, he’s OK. There’s a post on the original footage saying that he suffered bruising and a sore back after this collision. He got…
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ITV4 showing WSB for FREE in new highlights package
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No need to spend out if you want to watch WSB in the UK – you can do it for free on ITV4 with a new prime-time highlights package announced. Dorna WSBK Organization and ITV has announced a new agreement that sees WorldSBK highlights shown on ITV4 in the United Kingdom in 2016. The…
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VIDEO: Icon 1000’s Major Tom GSX-R special
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Check out this beautiful bit of film – it makes no sense and looks more like an arthouse movie than bike promo but boy do we like this sort of thing – and we reckon you will too. It’s a promo film for the Suzuki GSX-R special called Major Tom that’s been built by the…
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Royal Enfield meets Deltabox: The Tony535
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Created for the India Bike Week 2016, the custom built Tony535 fuses a Royal Enfield engine with a Yamaha Deltabox frame. And the weird thing is that despite the unlikely combination, it looks pretty cool! The bike has been built by inline3 custom motorcycles, fronted by Aseem Singh Pawar. The Tony535 chassis features the Deltabox…
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Sam Lowes: 8 questions with the battling Brit
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Sam Lowes: 8 questions with the battling Brit. 1. What do you think are going to be the differences between the last two years and this coming season? Do you feel any better prepared? I feel I’m more prepared this year as I have the last two seasons’ experience to work from. Between years…
