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Man ropes daughter to bike for school run
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This Indian motorcyclist has been arrested after this picture appeared showing him taking his eight-year-old daughter to school, roped to his bike. The 40-year-old was arrested following the reports in local newspapers in Uttar Pradesh state, the pictures were taken by passers-by. According to the police, the man – who has two sons and…
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Rhys takes Sweden! City number 40 in the bag
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MoreBikes’ Rhys Lawrey has reached Stockholm in Sweden, which is capital number 40 in his bid to set a new Guinness World Record for the most capital cities consecutively visited by motorcycle. The 23-year old had already ridden his Triumph Tiger 800XC from London to Thailand, across Australia and New Zealand, through North and…
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SCOOP: Honda trademarks RVF name for future bike: claim
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Honda trademarks RVF name for future bike: claim. Here’s an interesting ‘future thing’ that we’ve just been told about – and figured you’d like to know about, too. Honda, it seems, has applied for a new trademark in the southern hemisphere – and the trademark application is for the name ‘RVF’. What can this mean?…
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New kit: Oxford Products RPJ-3 jacket
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Oxford Products RPJ-3 jacket. RRP: £169.99 Info: www.oxprod.com / / 01993 862300 Brand new for this year, the RPJ-3 jacket is made from full-grain leather and has a 360° connection zip for the matching trousers (priced at £149.99). There is a removable thermal liner, perforated leather for ventilation and stretch panels for ease of…
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New Rider Offer from BMW
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New Rider Offer from BMW. The New Rider Offer from BMW gives you everything you need to get on two wheels– including a F 800 R, £2680 worth of riding gear and a 7-day Direct Access course. BMW Motorrad UK’s ‘New Rider Offer’ at a glance: Customer initially puts down a £1,000 deposit at their…
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Around the world in under 100 days on a Victory Cross Country
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Around the world in under 100 days on a Victory Cross Country. A Swiss endurance rider is aiming to break the ‘all continents’ world circumnavigation record by motorcycle aboard a Victory Cross Country – the standard record stands at 120 days and two hours. Swiss biker, Urs Pedraita – aka Grizzly, is aiming to complete…
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Kawasaki France rumour: Er7 naked on the way
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Now, this is something that’s been sent to us a fair bit out of the blue today so all we can do is basically pass on what we’ve been told – but this is the hot rumour for today – and it’s that Kawasaki is going to turn out an Er7 naked bike as…
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Knievel says he’s going to jump again
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Knievel says he’s going to jump again. For the first time in almost ten years, Robbie Knievel is going to jump a motorcycle over static cars. RK is taking part in the Butte, Montana ‘Evel Knievel Days’ festival for a motorcycle stunt jump over the Red Zone Arcade. Knievel is calling this his “sober jump”…
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Honda to launch new CB400Four classic cafe racer
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Honda to launch new CB400Four classic cafe racer. Forget any old stories re-doing the rounds about bigger bikes, the hottest bike on Honda’s rota right now is a new version of the CB400Four retro bike that will be based around the CB400F nc36 (pictured), the new bike is based on the model which…
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The wind-powered motorcycle!
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The wind-powered motorcycle! So, we’re Ok when the world runs out of fossils fuels because this is a completely wind-powered motorcycle! A finalist in the James Dyson (him of the vacuum fame) awards, the Strange World Motorcycle is designed by Alistair McInnes. Here’s what his report presentation about the motorcycle says: An ‘energy in…
