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Podcast episode 18: Prototype Motorcycles and Hi Tom Hardy and Chris Evans
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It’s Carli’s final podcast and as usual there’s some talk of motorcycles but also films, actors, new Top Gear presenters, hover bikes and riding gear – oh and wisdom teeth and cheesy puffs… [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/211774169″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]
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Video: Hoverbike is go! (nearly)
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Oh man… it’s a flying bike. OK, so if you’re into bikes, Star Wars speeders or whatever then this will mean a lot. To us this is flippin’ mega. According to reports, the flying bike is so far only remote controlled but it’s powered by a BMW R1100GS engine and has motorcycle controls which an…
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Yamaha MT-07 Tracer to be launched this season
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Yamaha’s long-known MT-07 Tracer will be launched prior to the big motorcycle shows this winter. The bike is essentially a ‘dressed’ MT-07 with the slightly more upright riding position and fairing that we’ve seen on the MT-09. Other than that, it’s the same bike. No price yet but it won’t be pricey.
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Video: Yamaha Yard built – Faster Son by Chabott Engineering
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Shinya Kimura Delivers First Faster Sons Concept Bike ‘Faster Son’ Yamaha’s first collaboration with legendary bike builder Shinya Kimura has resulted in the stunning ‘Faster Son’, a true testament to the Japanese manufacturers bike building philosophy. Kimura and Yamaha worked together to create a motorcycle that proudly represents the truxse riding capabilities of Yamaha’s latest…
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Cool cafe racer and 650R enduro break cover
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Heard of SWM? The name stands for Speedy Working Motors and is an Italian/Chinese company that has turned out a few interesting models over the last few months and has now shown us its new R660R road-legal enduro bike. We like this sort of thing. SWM is made up of Ampelio Macchi – who turned…
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Video: Yamaha Yard built – XV 950 “D-Side” by Deus Ex Machina
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Deus Ex Machina Kicks off Summer with the Yard Built XV950 ‘D-Side’ The summer vibe has reached the workshops of Deus Ex Machina in Italy and influenced the latest Yard Built creation of the Milan design emporium. The fourth collaboration with Yamaha in the Yard Built series has been worth the wait, unveiled last weekend…
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Video: Guy Martin – My Passions
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Quite charming Guy Martin video here to watch. If you liked the TV show then you’ll like this.
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Video: Victory Pikes Peak bike on-board crash!
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Want to see the video of the Victory Project 156 bike in action? Check it out below – so much action in fact that you can see the moment Dan Canet (the test rider) crashed the bike that the factory is competing with next month. Oops.
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Video: Cagiva C593 warming up
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This is a Cagiva C593 GP500 racebike. It is a real one. This is video of it warming up. Umm… we could really try to justify this video being on here by saying how cool this bike is etc, trying to hit SEO etc or just being sniffy about the people watching this happening…
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Police told to not chase helmet-less bike thieves
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Fancy stealing a motorcycle this summer? Get yer spoddy backside down to London then – and forget your lid – because London police have been told to not chase anyone on a bike that isn’t wearing a helmet. The force has been banned from pursuing criminals on mopeds or motorcycles because of the risk to…
