Tony Carter
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Yamaha patents THREE-WHEEL leaning V-Max! Yep, we’re as gob-smacked as you about it…
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Yamaha has filed patents for this bike – which when overlayed with with a Yamaha V-Max looks absolutely spot on as a modern update of the big bruiser. The biggest difference between the 200bhp old-school muscle cruiser and these latest patents is that THIS version of the Yamaha is a three-wheeler and it leans.…
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REVEALED: Here’s Honda’s latest patent designs for the Neo Wing – the three-wheeler, leaning Gold Wing thing. And it’s going to have power steering!
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It’s been a motorcycle that’s coming ever since the prototype/concept bike was shown to the public in October 2015, and a couple of months ago Honda filed these latest designs for the production version of the huge Neo Wing. Powered by the same 1832cc six-cylinder motor that feeds the current Gold Wing super tourer, we…
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MotoGP stars donate kit to help Italian appeal. Want a signed Valentino Rossi helmet?
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Ok, time to get your hands in pockets and get bidding on a range of exclusive kit from some of the biggest motorcycle racing superstars. The kit has been donated by the likes of Valentino Rossi, Andrea Dovizioso and Cal Crutchlow with the proceeds from the online auction going to relief efforts in the Veneto…
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GORGEOUS! Now you can MAKE your own mini-BMW 310SS Superbike from bolt-on kit parts!
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Fancy building your own mini-BMW superbike? You can, thanks to an Indian firm making the TVS Apache and a Japanese firm dealing with the bolt-on bits. We’ve been banging on about the mini-BMW Superbike ever since we first brought you plans for the German firm’s 310GS motor and chassis to be used as a base…
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MOTOGP: Argentina gets extension until 2021
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Dorna has confirmed a contract extension for the Argentian MotoGP round that means that the round will feature on the series’ calendar until 2021. The Gran Premio de la Republica Argentina has been held at the track in Santiago del Estero since 2014, before which there were ten Grands Prix held near Buenos Aires, the…
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From now on, it’s DOCTOR Jonathan Rea!
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Four time World Superbike Champion Jonathan Rea has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Ulster. Good on him. Rea wrote on Twitter: “Very proud to be awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Ulster University for outstanding contribution to sport.”
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Wayne Rainey goes after Casey Stoner to race in the American Championship. Apparently.
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Three-times 500cc GP World Champion Wayne Rainey has a big plan to inject some life back into the Moto America race series – the icon of motorcycle racing in the 1980s and 1990s is reportedly making a play to land Casey Stoner (above) as a rider in the USA for 2019. Former MotoGP World Champion…
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SPY SHOTS: Check out Husqvarna’s 801 Classic Adventure (Scrambler) that we’ve caught out in secret tests!
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Husqvarna is working on a scrambler motorcycle with funky styling that echoes some of the major cosmetic touches of the Svartpilen and Vitpilen roadster models. Our exclusive spy shots show the new bike undergoing secret tests recently and from what we can see, the prototype is already looking like a ‘proper’ modern Husqvarna for the…
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Nicky Hayden inducted into the 2018 AMA motorcycle Hall of Fame
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The AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame inducted six new members over the weekend at the 2018 American Honda AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. The 2018 inductees are four-time AMA National Enduro Champion Terry Cunningham, stunt rider Gary Davis, flat track and road racing tuner Skip Eaken, MotoGP World Champion Nicky Hayden, flat track…
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New Year, New Job? How about working for one of the coolest companies in the world?
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KISKA is one of the most important design/product/advisory agencies in motorcycling worldwide. If you’ve seen a motorcycle that’s tickled your fancy recently then the chances are high that KISKA has had a hand in it somewhere. The chaps over at USA site Asphalt&Rubber saw that a bunch of positions to do with motorcycling were up…
