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MotoGP: Zarco, Rossi and Dovi rise to rule day three at Qatar
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Johann Zarco (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) left the Qatar MotoGP test as the fastest man on track, with the Frenchman just over a tenth over Jorge Lorenzo’s 10-year-old pole lap record to top the test with a 1:54.029. Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) shot back up into the higher echelons on day two to get…
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Legendary racer Luigi Taveri has died
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Luigi Taveri has passed away at the age of 88. Taveri, who won three 125 World Championships in 1962, 1964 and 1966, was the one of the greats of the era and has been described as a “true gentleman”. Debuting in 1954 in the 500 and 250 World Championships, the Swiss rider scored points and…
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Valentino Rossi makes HUGE retirement statement: “I’ll probably race for the next two years then talk about running a Yamaha satellite team after that.”
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Earlier this year Valentino Rossi said he could retire after the first three races of 2018, and now it looks like the Yamaha-shaped carrot that has been dangled in front of the nine-times world champ is just too tasty to leave the MotoGP party for. After Tech 3 and Yamaha announced that they were parting ways…
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So can I ride my motorcycle in the snow?
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It’s that time of year again when some asking ‘can I ride my motorcycle in the snow?’. We spoke to the Institute of Advanced Motorists Chief Examiner, Peter Rodger, who gave us his top tips for riding in the snow… Make sure you are warmly dressed, all over. If you don’t have a mist-clear arrangement on…
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Moto2: The Kalex Triumph gets out in first pre-season test. 1.3s off lap record
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We’ve already shown you the first dyno runs of the 765cc Triumph Moto2 enging wrapped in the exquisite Kalex chassis (you can see that again by clicking HERE) – and now the bike has stretched its legs in a first pre-season test at Valencia. Originally set for three days of action, the test had to…
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Meet the future of speed cameras – it weighs less than a pound and fits into the palm of your hand. And the Met Police are trialing it now…
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Called the TruSpeed SE at 132 x 114 x 53mm in size, the speed camera is about the same size as a pair of small binoculars. Indeed, the camera does look like a small pair of binoculars but only has one lens that an officer looks through, the inbuilt lazer can be pinpointed on…
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Brrrr! The snow coats Europe’s top tracks this morning… how many can you name?
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It’s not just us in Blighty who’ve been hit with the snow. Various (really, rather iconic) racing circuits across Europe has also been hit with a smack of snow. Don’t they look lovely and peaceful? Quite. We’ve put up a picture of Mugello above, can you name the circuits from the pictures below? There’s…
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VIDEO: Luckiest biker alive! Watch this – you’ll wince (but he’s OK)
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https://youtu.be/ezf5oeP3eRE Wow. Check out this video of one of the luckiest bikers on the planet . This video was posted on the HAMMY MOTO channel. (which you can get to by clicking HERE). Hammy himself says that he got into a tankslapper and slid through the tiny gap between the truck’s rear tyres and the…
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Yamaha President: “More three wheelers on the way”
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So it’s not just going to be the arriving-next-month, MT-09 powered Niken three-wheeler from Yamaha – there’s more tri-fun on the way and that’s been confirmed by Yamaha President and CEO Yoshihiro Hidaka. Hidaka said: “Our company is working on various initiatives with the theme of the growing world of personal mobility in the current…
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Quick Spins – 1996 Triumph Speed Triple
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All was set and sorted. But then, after some overnight contemplation, Speed Triple owner Stuart Wallace developed cold feet and things went disappointingly Pete Tong. ‘Sorry, I’ve changed my mind. I can’t let you ride it. It’s just too special to me, I can’t take the risk,’ was the general sentiment of his decline. Having…
