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Video BMW R90/6 Slow Burn special by Icon 1000
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Video BMW R90/6 Slow Burn special by Icon 1000. This is a pretty awesome little video, well worth a watch. It’s basically a bit of promo for a bike called Slow Burn, built by American custom house Icon 1000. It’s a re-worked BMW R90/6 and is achingly trick. There’s not much more to…
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VIDEO 1960s amphibious water scooter promotional film
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Oh, this is both sweet and funny. Check out the narration – in a very clipped way – and the way the pillion looks like she’d rather be anywhere else! Perfect for a weekend vintage video watch.
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Six FREE opportunities to ride a bike at Motorcycle Live this year
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The cold weather creeping in might mean the end of the summer motorcycling season, but every cloud has a silver lining and for many bike fans across the UK, that silver lining is Motorcycle Live. This year’s show will open its doors at The NEC, Birmingham on Saturday 28 November and run at full revs…
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Carole Nash employees change names to ‘Jonathan Rea’ to celebrate WSB title
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Colleagues Eamonn Holt, David Rogers, Keith O’Donoghue, Sean Daly and Luke Nestor at specialist insurance brokers Carole Nash, which have been sponsoring Jonathan Rea for several years, have changed their names by deed poll to celebrate the 28-year-old’s world title, secured with two race weekends remaining of the 2015 season. Eamonn Holt, Team…
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Suzuki to restore original GSX-R750 at Motorcycle Live
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Suzuki will again be providing one of the main attractions at this year’s Motorcycle Live, with the restoration of an original GSX-R750F on its stand over the course of the show. As part of the 30th anniversary celebrations of the iconic range of sportsbikes, which will also see a display of some of the classic…
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VIDEO Trials on a roller coaster track!
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Now here’s something that we’ve all (probably) wondered what it’d be like to do – riding a trials bike around a wooden roller coaster. Red Bull rider, and French legend of trials, Julien Dupont got out for a lap of one of the world’s most scary wooden roller coasters, the Montaña Rusa at La Feria de…
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VIDEO Scraping the handlebars and riding out of it!
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Here’s a funky video to check out – scraping a bike’s handlebars during a bike limbo competition and then riding out of it! This is Alan Birtwistle scrubbing the handlebars during the Motorcycle Limbo display at Dirt Quake 4, held earlier this year at the Norfolk Arena in Kings Lynn. So we’re all to forget the elbow-down…
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VIDEO Prototype WSB R1 in testing action
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Here’s a nice little video that’s just been put out by Yamaha Racing. It shows the R1 undergoing very early pre-season testing ahead of the World Superbike campaign which starts next year. In 2016 Yamaha makes its return to WSB in the hands of Sylvain Guintoli and Alex Lowes, but Yamaha has now revealed…
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Video Watch a 210mph (almost) wheelie by Gary Rothwell
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Here’s a video showing stunt supremo Gary Rothwell taking his Holeshot Racing Suzuki 540bhp Hayabusa to a world record wheelie of 209.8mph. He was clocked at 209.8mph. Riding on Elvington airfield’s speed track and had to make two runs, with one wheel off the ground for the kilometre distance, with his average speed counting towards…
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VW ordered to sell Suzuki stake back to Suzuki
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It’s been a bad week for VW and it’s just become that little bit more depressing for the German marque after the London Court of International Arbitration delivered it’s long-coming verdict on VW splitting from Suzuki. The original deal was meant to allow VW to work with Suzuki in emerging markets but in 2011 it…
