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Ténéré World Raid Team Ready to Take on the Tunisian Desert Challenge
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The new Yamaha Ténéré World Raid Team is geared up to compete in the Tunisian Desert Challenge, with riders Alessandro Botturi and Pol Tarres excited to race in Africa over some of the most demanding terrain on the planet between the 22-29th of April. This new team – run on behalf of Yamaha by Rebel…
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Motorcycling greats join Wayne Rainey at Festival of Speed
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Goodwood has announced that Wayne Rainey will be joined by three of his greatest motorcycling contemporaries: Mick Doohan, Kenny Roberts and Kevin Schwantz.
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Chinese-built Harley
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We’ve been talking about small-capacity bikes from Harley-Davidson for years, but it’s starting to look like we’re getting closer to actually seeing one in the flesh, as a brand-new 500cc cruiser has just been spotted. It’s not the bike we were expecting, though; a pre-production version of Harley-Davidson’s 388R roadster (which was being developed in…
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Yamaha’s working on POWER STEERING for bikes
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Yamaha has released some details about a new power steering system for motorcycles, which it’s trialling for the Japanese MX championship. Power steering on bikes…? Who needs that? Well, Yamaha reckons there’s something in it – which is why it’s revealed its own Electronic Power Steering system. The Japanese factory is trying it out on…
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GILERA to return?
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Is the Italian firm set to make a return? It’s looking like it, courtesy of the partnership between Zongshen and Piaggio. With the Gilera name used by Zongshen when it revealed its Cyclone RA9 at the China International Motorcycle Trade Exhibition in 2021, reports now suggest that it’s also been used for some patents for…
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DELAYED: BSA UPDATE ON GOLD STAR 650
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The brand-new Gold Star 650 from the resurgent BSA factory was supposed to be in dealers this month – but alas, there’s no sign of it just yet. What’s the score?Following the news that Indian automotive giant Mahindra was preparing to reintroduce the iconic brand into Britain, we’ve been eagerly anticipating the chance to finally…
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Award-winning filmmaker explores 12 countries on two wheels
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Following a cancer diagnosis, award-winning filmmaker Peter Starr found the key to his long-term healthy survival was “living a purposeful life”. Much of his world was centred around motorcycling so he constructed the next part of his life to redefining and reinventing his motorcycling passion by planning to ride in 12 countries where he had…
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BACK TO BRITAIN: Triumph’s UK factory to build more than 20,000 bikes a year
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After moving the last of its mass production to Thailand a couple of years ago, the British factory has now announced that it’s going to be building more bikes at its Hinkleybased factory. The plan at the time was for Triumph’s UK HQ to focus on research and development, in addition to producing prototype, bespoke…
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PREVIEW: April issue of MoreBikes newspaper
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The latest March issue of our FREE motorcycle newspaper, MoreBikes, is out now! Packed full of great motorcycle stories, photos, and terrific motorbikes.
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Mortons Media Group Acquires Four New Titles
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Our publishers, Mortons Media Group Ltd. have recently acquired four new modelling titles to add to our portfolio, including RCM&E, Model Boats, Model Engineer and Model Engineers’ Workshop. The magazines will continue to be led by their existing editors.
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