Tony Carter
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LAUNCH REPORT: Harley’s LiveWire is a game changer – but don’t thrash it for long
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After a few hours of riding the production-ready LiveWire from H-D in Portland, Oregon – I’m converted. This is a motorcycle for the generation not aware of how a two-stroke motor feels on song, it’s a bike for the kids who may one day be convinced that this is for them and their cleaner- quieter-polar-bear-hugging…
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SPY SHOTS: Ducati’s 2020 Panigale V2 caught out in secret test… oh yes…
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What we have here is a HEAVILY revised and facelifted Ducati Panigale 959 which shares it’s brakes, front forks, subframe, face and seat with the hot-to-trot Panigale V4 R track-weapon-sibling. Factor on the bike making around 170bhp when it appears officially at the end of this year. The Panigale V4 face that’s grafted onto the…
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NEW GEAR: Suzuki and Arai release MotoGP-inspired Chaser-X
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Suzuki and Arai have joined forces to create a Team Suzuki Ecstar, MotoGP-inspired Chaser-X limited edition helmet, which comes with an RRP of £550 and is available now through authorised Suzuki dealerships or online. The helmet gets a blue, white, and yellow design with bold Suzuki lettering, reminiscent of the firm’s GSX-RR MotoGP racer, and…
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NEW GEAR: Shoei’s NEW Manga-inspired NXR Stimuli TC-10
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Shoei Helmets has just revealed a brand new design for its NXR sports helmet. And it pays tribute to the brands Japanese roots, with a bold hand-drawn Manga design. It’s by no means cheap, coming in a £469.99 – but the NXR’s a serious, top quality lid, designed specifically for high-performance sports riding. As such,…
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WSB: Marco Melandri has announced his racing retirement
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Former 250cc World Champion, WSB and MotoGP runner-up and 22-time WSB race winner, has confirmed that the 2019 Superbike World Championship will be his last. Melandri has achieved more wins (22) and podiums (75) than any of his countrymen in World Superbike. He made a name for himself inside the MotoGP paddock in the late…
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MotoGP: Brad Binder joins Red Bull KTM Tech3 in 2020
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KTM will welcome their next MotoGP racer to have come through the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup and Red Bull KTM Moto3 and Moto2 ranks when Brad Binder joins former teammate Miguel Oliveira at Red Bull KTM Tech3 next season. Binder should become the first South African to enter the leaderboard in the premier class since the year 2000. The 23…
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VIDEO: Kawasaki H2R racing against old superbikes in the rain… (yes, it’s awesome)
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We like ourselves a good biking video at MoreBikes – and although it’s now a few years old, it doesn’t get much better than this. The video has been put online by the people who look after the Taste of Tsukuba race series in Japan, the series is basically a championship where old superbikes race with…
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RUMOUR: According to das Germans… they’ve SEEN the 2020 Ducati Multistrada V4 out on test (but didn’t get a photo)
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We’ve been banging on about the V4 Strada from the Italians for a while now, the gossip grapevine out of Italy has had the bike under development for well over a year now, but it’s been a slippery beast to try and pin down. Until now. The fellas over at top German magazine Motorrad are…
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ROADS: Michael Dunlop CONFIRMED to race at this year’s Ulster Grand Prix
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Michael Dunlop has confirmed that he WILL return to Dundrod at the 2019 Ulster Grand Prix. It’s the first time he’s been back at the famous road race for two years. The six times UGP winner will contest a Tyco BMW S1000RR in the superbike races alongside his own MD/ Racing CBR600RR Honda and BMW…
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Get £500 free accessories with new Suzuki V-Strom 1000 and V-Strom 650 models
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Want some free stuff if you buy a new Suzuki V-Strom this summer? Then this news is going to be right up your Adventure-based street. The Japanese factory has announced that buyers of its V-Strom 1000 and V-Strom 650 models – including the XT variants of both machines – between 1 July and 30 September…
