Tony Carter
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Harley-Davidson President and CEO leaves the company in 'mutual decision'.
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Announced by the American firm, Harley-Davidson’s the big boss has gone from the so-called Bar & Shield brand. President and CEO Matt Levatich, 55, has left after 26-years at H-D and said: “I am very fortunate to have spent many years with a company as revered as Harley-Davidson. “The grit and determination of the employees and…
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MotoGP: Moto2 and Moto3 WILL race at Qatar but MotoGP race CANCELLED for the desert outing
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This in from MotoGP bosses at Dorna for this coming weekend’s opening round of the MotoGP championship at the Losail circuit on Qatar – whilst we’re not going to see the big bikes in action (because they’re not at Qatar yet) we will get to see the middle and lightweight classes bashing fairings in anger…
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CONFIRMED: Our spy shots of the BMW R18 tourer now CONFIRMED by BMW patents uncovered in Brasil!
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Filed in Brasil and uncovered by the new bikes team at Motor1 Brasil, the 14 patents from the BMW factory leave absolutely no doubt that the spy shots we first brought you back in June last year ARE two versions of the R18 cruiser. The only update on the bike over our months old spy…
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WSB: Redding tops frantic FP2 session as 2020 kicks off. Rea sixth quickest.
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The BSB Champion leads the way with 12 riders covered by just a second after Day 1 in Australia. After the first Free Practice session, topped by Scott Redding (ARUBA.IT Racing – Ducati), ran in mixed conditions, the second session was completely dry. It was a disrupted session following a Red Flag ten minutes into the session for…
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Team Classic Suzuki to make Isle of Man TT debut
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Team Classic Suzuki will swap its XR69 and RG500 machinery for modern GSX-R1000 kit when it makes its Isle of Man TT debut at this year’s races. The team – renowned for its expertise in classic racing, which has seen it take three superbike victories at the Classic TT with Michael Dunlop over the years…
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VIDEO: Valentino Rossi’s secret museum
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In the first of a four part series of videos, nine-time world champion Valentino Rossi shows you his ‘secret museum’ where leathers, helmets, gloves, boots, trophies, podium caps and even motorcycles are stored. The series is produced by Dainese, so it’s a bit of a Dainese advert to be honest – but it’s still a…
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10 things to know ahead of WSB in Australia THIS WEEKEND
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Want to be more expert than the ‘experts’? S’easy – just use this crib sheet and you’re ready to go for this weekend’s opening round of the World Superbike championship at Phillip Island. 1) Phillip Island is the track with most WorldSBK races run: 58. The first appearance of the Australian track in the calendar was…
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MotoGP: No more night races at Qatar
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From now on, it’s Moto3 and Moto2 during the day and the MotoGP lads are being sent out at sunset. The main reason for the switch from the famously dark, floodlit spectacle of the big race in the middle of a desert is temperature. When the sun goes down, there’s a huge drop in Celsius…
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Kawasaki patents a three-wheeled motorcycle
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There’s a bunch of patent drawings that have appeared on Italian site motociclismo.it, showing a three-wheeler from Kawasaki – but it doesn’t solve the two-wheels-at-the-front problem in the same way that Yamaha did with its Niken three-wheeler. In the detailed illustrations, it’s clear that the Kawasaki is going to use a quadrilateral system for the…
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Official campaign against loud motorcycles goes from 1 area to 81 areas in Germany
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Back in July last year, a campaign against excessive motorcycle noise was started in Baden-Wurttemberg in Germany. And now another 80 areas of the country have decided to crack down on loud bikes, too. Called the ‘Motorcycle Noise Initiative’ the original plan to enforce a drop in noise levels came from a joint plan by…
