Tony Carter
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SHOCK NEWS: MotoGP boss Ezpeleta says Dorna considering MotoGP race on a ROAD circuit.
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It’s the latest shock news to bounce around the paddock in the off season, but this isn’t some wishful thinking by those who want to ‘pep up’ MotoGP action, this has come from Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta with the MotoGP big cheese revealing that the premier league motorcycle racing series is seriously looking at holding…
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FIRST LOOK VIDEO: 2018 Gold Wing walk-around and (initial) review. Blimey, it’s a big bike…
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Our Mikko is out in Texas (a freezing cold Texas at that) and he’s spent a day riding the all-new Honda Gold Wing. Here’s his thoughts and a walk-around of the giant bike that’s become a whole lot more clever and bike-like.
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Crash biker caught by own helmet camera footage is sentenced
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https://youtu.be/TSKqL0OzM0I A speeding motorcyclist who was caught out by footage on his own helmet camera has been sentenced. Nicholas Pannell, 30, crashed into a hedge as he raced fellow biker Joshua Illingworth, 29, at speeds up to 118mph last July. A recording of the pursuit was found on Pannell’s camera when Devon Police were called…
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Video: Kawasaki revives the three-wheel Concept J funk-cycle. Beware the Tron people of the future!
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It’s just one of those ‘what if’ videos that factories put out from time-to-time, but this funky bit of thinking from Kawasaki has resurfaced in video form for 2018. The video was posted by Kawasaki USA recently, raising the old memory of the Concept J motorcycle in our New-Years-befuddled minds once more. The Concept J…
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Book a riding adventure with Legendary Rides in Greece this year
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While there’s a lot to be said for an epic road trip through America on an Indian motorcycle, here’s an opportunity to ride one in Greece. Legendary Rides is a unique motorcycle tour company set up by the experienced Pavlos Emmanuel, operating under the license of Greek National Tourism Organisation. Pavlos says: “ We…
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Video: How to make a Kalex Moto2 chassis. Beautiful.
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In the past seven years of the Moto2 Wold Championship it’s been German company Kalex that has built the chassis for five or the middleweight title-winning bikes. Here’s a delightful video of how the firm makes the frame. Precision abound…
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Las Vegas CES Tech Show: Unveiled – the Borderless CrossHelmet. StreetHawk (ish). Cool.
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It’s being shown at the CES Tech Show in Las Vegas right now and the CrossHelmet is gaining momentum among those eager for a true ‘Smart Helmet’. Designed by motorcycle enthusiast and Borderless Founder Arata Oono, the CrossHelmet is a clever lid that is jammed full of high-tech. The inspiration for the CrossHelmet came from:…
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WARNING: Graphic video of post-crash injuries after chump wheelies on the road whilst wearing shorts and motocross gloves
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https://youtu.be/WAlpb53s8s4 Eeeuwwww, check out this video uploaded by MotoMob – a Suzuki DRZ400 rider from Florida getting up close and personal with Tarmac. Look, we’re not condoning this or berating it, but as a video it’s a pretty sobering reminder to wear the right kit (or to not pull mondo wheelies on the road…
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Italian Motorcycle Federation bans all its riders from the Isle of Man TT and other roads events
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The Italian Motorcycling Federation has told every racer it oversees that they will not be granted a licence to compete in the TT or other road races. It’s not the first time that a foreign racing organisation has stopped it’s countrymen from racing at the roads events, the death of Santiago Herrero in 1970 at…
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John Lennon’s 1969 Monkey bike going up for auction
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Fancy getting your hands on a pretty neat secondhand Monkey bike for the whole ‘New Year New Bike’ thing? How about John Lennon’s Monkey bike? Would that do it for you? With a starting bid of £0, there’s no guide as to what the current owner’s are expecting from the tiny motorcycle. The 1969…
