Tony Carter
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World’s fastest woman motorcycle record holder survives 343mph crash
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Women’s motorcycle land speed world record holder Valerie Thompson survived a horror crash in Australia on Monday when her streamlined bike crashed at 343mph. Thompson was going for the overall two-wheel record of 376mph during the World Speed Trials on Lake Gairdner when something went wrong during her run and the bike fell onto its…
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VIDEO: Freddie Spencer’s 1980s video on how to ride really, REALLY fast
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What we have here is a three-part video from back in the day. In it, Freddie Spencer – the legend that is Fast Freddie – talks about how he learnt to be fast. That’s fast as in winning both the 250cc and 500cc GP crowns in the same year (1985). The video is unintentionally laugh-out-loud…
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Suzuki registers new Katana logo and name protection. Reckon on a Katana soon?
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So this is going to interest/please a lot of people (delete as appropriate) – Suzuki has filed a new trademark application with a logo attached, and it’s all around the name and logo ‘Katana’. There’s no other details to tell you other than the logo and trademark name were registered in the USA and…
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Ducati Panigale V4 bursts into flames
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Oh dear, how about this for when your Panigale V4 gets a touch TOO hot to handle. These pictures have been posted on the DucatiForum.com by a user going by the name Nitrouz. Nitrouz says that the fireball happened as he was riding his 214bhp, 91lb-ft Italian beauty as normal through a city in…
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It’s the Thai WSB round this coming weekend! Here’s some handy stats to know, going in to the second round of the season
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1. Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) has never finished lower than second here, winning five times out of six. 2. Rea’s team-mate Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) has won the only race his team-mate hasn’t won here: Race 2 in 2016. 3. Jonathan Rea has led every single lap around Chang International Circuit both last year and…
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Rossi signs new two-year deal with Movistar Yamaha – 39 years old now, still MotoGP-ing it when he’s 41…
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Valentino Rossi has signed a new two-year deal to continue in MotoGP with the Movistar Yamaha MotoGP team. The announcement will see the 39-year-old compete in a record 24 seasons of Grand Prix racing and continue his association with the Japanese manufacturer in the premier class for 15 years. Rossi’s first season with Yamaha was 2004, where…
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GOTCHA! Honda’s Next-Wave Adventure bike REVEALED.
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And it’s a throwback to the early 1980s! These designs from Honda that show a new bike on the way which bears more than a bit of styling DNA with the original Adventure motorcycle, the 1980 BMW R80GS (pictured below). Although the bike is very similar to the firm’s Bulldog 400cc concept it showed in…
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Video: ‘Watch yourself boys!’… oooooof…. whatachump…
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Hahahaha! Check out this excellent 20 seconds of video that just underlines the fact that if you’re going to be throwing the warnings about – whether on two wheels or not – then you’d better have the skills to back it up. Or you can just ride around on a snotty little bike, be…
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New Hailwood Race Replica announced!
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Aussie firm will build 12 exact replicas of Mike Hailwood’s TT-winning Ducati. This year’s Isle of Man TT will mark 40 years since Mike Hailwood’s famous comeback win in the 1978 F1 TT, following an 11-year hiatus. And to mark the milestone, Western Australia-based Ducati specialist Vee Two Australia is producing 12 exact replicas of…
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Oh wow… Kawasaki’s Z900RS gets the Mad Max ‘Goose’ treatment. Stunning, ain’t it?
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Now here’s a bit of modern customizing that we’re loving at the moment – a Z900RS bit of dressing up in the style of Mad Max’s motorcycle-loving mate, Goose. In the 1979 original movie, motorcycle traffic cop Jim ‘Goose’ played by Steve Bisley went about his business on a modded 1977 Kawasaki KZ1000, the original…
