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Video: PGM V8 – The world’s most powerful production motorcycle?
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Out of Australia comes the new PGM V8 motorcycle, powered by two Yamaha R1 engines. Pat Maloney is the man behind the new PGM V8. Maloney is an Australian engineer who previously worked with the F1 Sauber team, and helped develop the three-cylinder Petronas engine for MotoGP that ended up in WSBK. He now runs…
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VIDEO: Richard Hammond rides a TVS Star HLX across Mozambique for the Grand Tour Season Finale
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Famed for their four-wheeled TV endeavours, the chaps from the Grand Tour occasionally decide to opt for two-wheels instead – and in the season finale, Richard Hammond took a TVS Star HLX across Mozambique. For the Grand Tour season finale, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May decided to end world hunger (and by world,…
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VIDEO: Elbow down is so last year… it’s all about the ‘bars down now…
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Check out this video from Alta Motors showing its bikes being worked pretty hard. The film last just over a minute and a half and there’s a cracking bit of ‘bar sliding going on around the 30 second mark. We like it.
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VIDEO: Max Anstie and Gautier Paulin get to grips with the 2018 Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing MXGP machines
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Husqvarna Motorcycles has released an official pre-season video of the Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing MXGP team, showing team riders Gautier Paulin and Max Anstie getting to grips with their new rides ahead of the 2018 season. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhdawTNqSPM Following a solid debut season aboard FC 450 machinery in which he secured third in the 2017…
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VIDEO: Bristol bike thieves torch 1951 Triumph Thunderbird
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Bike thieves in Bristol set fire to a stolen 1951 Triumph Thunderbird, after demanding £1,000 in ransom from its owner. The group took to the ‘biketakerrr’ Instagram page, bragging about being in possession of the bike, and threatened to burn it, unless the owner paid them £1,000 for its safe return. After failing to pay,…
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Dumb and Dumber mini-bike goes under the hammer
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One of the mini bikes used for the close-up riding shots in the Farrelly Brothers classic comedy Dumb and Dumber is going under the hammer – offering the chance to get your hands on a piece of movie motorcycling history. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYCwIxdSRQs In fact, there’s only one more bike still in existence – that was gifted to…
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Street Hawk (now a grandad) to jump 20 double-decker buses and break his own World Record
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Back in 1983 stuntman Chris Bromham leapt 196ft over 18 buses on a KTM495, breaking the world distance and obstacle records – and now the Street Hawk stuntman is hoping to go one better at the age of 61. Chris retired in 1997 after a 21-year career inspired by legendary stuntman Evel Knievel – but…
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Video: Was the word, KABOOM!?
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What happens when Dave, that gobby bloke who ‘used to ride a bike’ has a beer and gets the keys to someone’s bike? This. What a chump.
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VIDEO: Racer gets run off the track and exacts revenge
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A video of a motorcycle race has gone viral after two riders were caught on camera in a furious battle – and it doesn’t end well for either of them. The clip shows a large crowd assembled to watch the racing, as two bikes round a corner close together. But, one of the competitors…
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VIDEO: Number of new drivers banned for using a mobile phone on the rise
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The number of new drivers banned for mobile phone use has sky-rocketed in the last year, after new laws were introduced in March 2017. A Freedom of Information request has revealed that close to 11,000 new drivers lost their licence in 2017 – and the number of new drivers who lost their licence for using…
