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Prodigy frontman and race manager Keith Flint found dead.
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The Prodigy’s Keith Flint has died aged 49. The electronic music pioneer was found dead in his home in Dunmow, Essex this morning. Flint is best known as the lead vocalist of The Prodigy, who rose to fame in the mid-90s with their iconic track, Firestarter. But more recently he has been exploring his other passions,…
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ONE-ARMED racer sets sights on the TT. And he needs your help.
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Chris Ganley is hoping to make history and become the first person to race at the Isle of Man TT circuit with only one arm. And he needs your support. The military veteran and rifleman from Clevedon who suffered life-changing injuries after a big bike accident in 2014, is now aiming to race on the…
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Suzuki’s future single cylinder roadster revealed
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Two design patents have appeared showing a compact bike is on the way. Fresh from Asia comes news of a new, small capacity motorcycle from Suzuki. There’s very little in the way of information about the bike (other than was can be seen in the designs) but our friends in the ’emerging markets’ like Asia…
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VIDEO: Launch Ride – FIRST impressions of BMW’s C 400 GT.
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MoreBikes has been out on the UK launch of BMW’s new C 400 GT – and spent the day putting the touring-oriented big brother of the German factories C 400 X through its paces. WORDS AND IMAGES: Jonathan Schofield “Smooth doesn’t even cover it. It’s bloody spot on. The seat is super comfortable – and you’ve even got…
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BMW brochure TEASES new F 850 RS. Coming for 2019?
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We’ve just been sent some images of BMW’s 2019 brochure – and it references a completely new model; the F 850 RS. The images, which came in courtesy of MoreBikes user Paul show an F 850 RS sitting alongside BMW’s R 1250 RT and K 1600 GT in the tour section of the brochure. But…
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Karl Lagerfeld’s Triton CAFÉ RACER
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Following the death of the 85-year-old German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld last Tuesday, today we’re looking back at the Chanel café-racer, which was used in 2009 by the man himself. The unveiling of the Triton Chanel came as a surprise ten years ago, when the fashion company presented its spring 2010 collection in the centre of Paris.…
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WSB: Bautista bags top spot with 13 riders covered by one second!
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WorldSBK Rookie Bautista got his 2019 championship charge off to a fine start, toppling Jonathan Rea late on in FP2 to go into Saturday on top. The final session of the opening day of the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship concluded with Alvaro Bautista (ARUBA.IT Racing – Ducati) taking over at the top of combined…
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European Parliament set to VOTE on making SPEEDING impossible.
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Today the European Parliament will vote for or against the compulsory use of Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) in all road vehicles. Some cars with the ISA system fitted are already on sale, but if the proposals are agreed, the law hopes to be applied to all road vehicles in the European market by 2022. By…
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Inside Valentino Rossi’s 40th birthday party celebration
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And according to some photo-watchers, there just might be a bit more to this than you think… Photographs of the Rossi celebration for his 40th birthday have emerged in Italy with top site motociclismo.it posting various shots from the party. Images have also appeared on the Instagram account of Rossi and his girlfriend Francesca Sofia…
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WSB: Tomorrow (Thursday) will see emergency meeting over tyre longevity in Australia. Tyres changes during the race could be mandatory, again.
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Nothing official on this so far but we’re getting chatter from the paddock that a meeting has been called for tomorrow between riders, Pirelli and race organisers Dorna to see about mandatory tyre changes in this weekend’s first round of 2019. Last year WSB bosses were forced to shorten the Supersport race from 18 laps…
