Sports Bikes
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Dealer with a difference: MOTO CORSA
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Bob Pickett investigates.. Dorset has fantastic roads to ride and great destinations to visit. Corfe Castle; Tyneham Ghost Village; The Tank Museum; Clouds Hill (Lawrence of Arabia’s cottage); the Hardy Monument; the Cerne Abbas Giant; and the Jurassic Coast Road are all within an hour’s ride from Gillingham (with a hard ‘g’, not to be…
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Quartararo Extends MotoGP Championship Lead with Jerez Podium
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Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP’s Fabio Quartararo extended his championship lead this weekend, finishing an enthralling Spanish Grand Prix in second place. It was a difficult affair for team-mate Franco Morbidelli, who recovered positions in the closing stages to finish 15th. WithU Yamaha RNF Racing MotoGP Team’s Andrea Dovizioso missed out on a points finish, while…
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GSX-R1000R Phantom and GSX-S1000 add spring sweetener to Suzuki offer
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Suzuki has added a spring sweetener to its current Buying Power campaign, with the special edition GSX-R1000R Phantom and the GSX-S1000 both now available on the 2.9% low-rate finance offer, which is available over three years with no deposit required and on both PCP or Hire Purchase agreements. The GSX-R and GSX-S offer runs until…
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Rea Sets Another WorldSBK Record
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Jonathan Rea became the first rider to break through the barrier of 100 race wins for a single manufacturer after taking the Superpole Race victory at Assen. An unfortunate collision with a rival in the second race then saw Jonathan no-score. Alex Lowes was unlucky to not finish in the Superpole race but came back…
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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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Rea Takes Two More Podiums In Spain
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KRT rider Jonathan Rea secured two more WorldSBK podium finishes on the opening race weekend of the 2022 season, riding to second place in both the Superpole Race and Race Two on Sunday. Alex Lowes took his KRT Ninja ZX-10RR to sixth and fifth place finishes on the final day of race action. In the…
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Iconic Metal: Screamer to Big Bang!
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Despite Honda’s move away from the famous Screamer motor to the more rider/tyre/frame friendly Big Bang engine, the 1993 500 MotoGP crown would elude The Big Aitch. Regardless of the investment, the R&D and much more besides, Honda spent most the season hanging on to the coattails of both Wayne Rainey on the polished Yamaha…
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Razgatlıoğlu Sets Blistering Pace in Barcelona Test with 2022 Pata Yamaha with Brixx R1 WorldSBK
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Defending WorldSBK Champion Toprak Razgatlıoğlu set the fastest lap time across two days of pre-testing at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, as he and Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK teammate Andrea Locatelli continued preparations for start of the 2022 FIM Superbike World Championship in Spain. Razgatlıoğlu took to the track for the first time with #1 on…
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KRT unveils 2022 WorldSBK Title Attack
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Kawasaki’s official WorldSBK team, KRT, hosted its 2022 launch event at 20.00 CET on Wednesday 23 March at the Barcelona-Catalunya circuit, located just a few hundred metres from the team’s home base in Granollers. The circuit is also the venue for KRT’s final private winter tests before the season gets underway at Motorland Aragon in…
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Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK Fired Up for 2022 WorldSBK Title Defence Campaign
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Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK and its riders Toprak Razgatlıoğlu and Andrea Locatelli revealed their official colours for the 2022 FIM Superbike World Championship today, as the team prepares to defend the ‘Triple Crown’ with two further days of pre-season testing at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya from 25-26 March. The two official Yamaha riders line up…
