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Keanu Reeves going to Suzuka 8 hour… to ride… apparently
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Here’s a thing that’s like, totally gnarly dude. Keanu Reeves is going to do laps of Suzuka this weekend at both ends of the Suzuka 8-hour! The Canadian actor, famous for star roles in films including The Matrix, Speed, the fabulous – yeah, it is, no arguing – Point Break and Bill and Ted’s Bogus…
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Victory’s TT electric racebike nicked!
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This is probably the world’s first theft of a major electric motorcycle – and it happened over the weekend. The Victory/Brammo bike that raced in this year’s Zero TT has been stolen from the Brammo Company headquarters in Talent, Oregon, USA. The bike bagged third place in the one lap outing in the hands of…
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Get yourself to Europe’s largest off-road show (and it’s here in the UK!)
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INTERNATIONAL DIRT BIKE SHOW: Thursday 29th October to Sunday 1st November 2015, Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire The International Dirt Bike Show at Stoneleigh Park, near Coventry in Warwickshire, has become something of an annual, must-do event for dirt biking aficionados. BUT … you don’t have to be completely fanatical about off-road to enjoy the…
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Brit kid Brad Ray bags Moto2 Wildcard
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British teenager Bradley Ray will make his Grand Prix debut at the Silverstone MotoGP, after being granted a wildcard into the British Moto2GP onboard an FTR. After careful negotiations between Steve Bones and Roger Keys, Brad’s manager, the former owner of the FTR factory has agreed to loan his FTR machine for use at this year’s…
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Video: Michael Dunlop crashes then gets run over
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That there Michael Dunlop got himself that there run-over during a race in that there Southern 100 event a couple of days back. The road racing superstar lost control while chasing race leader Guy Martin, as he fell Dunlop was then run over (at low speed) by roads big-deal-coming Ivan Linton. Dunlop wasn’t hurt in…
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Hopkins is back: “I’m ready to put on one hell of a show at Brands Hatch!”
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John Hopkins will make his much-anticipated return to the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship at the next round of the season at Brands Hatch (17/18/19 July) as the American ace prepares for his Ducati debut with the Lloyds British Moto Rapido team. Hopkins came within striking distance of the MCE BSB crown in 2011 after…
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Lintin wins Bennett’s Lightweight TT for debut TT win
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Ivan Lintin grabbed his debut TT victory on Friday when he took a record-breaking Bennetts Lightweight race from James Hillier by just under four seconds with Michael Rutter in third. The front two both smashed the old lap record, Hillier lapping at 120.848 compared to Lintin’s 120.845 but it was the second win in a…
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Max Biaggi returns to World Superbikes
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According to the World Superbike website, Max Biaggi is returning to the World Superbike Championship. In 2012, Biaggi announced his retirement soon after he picked up his second world crown. He will race again at Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli on 19-21 June and then at the Sepang International Circuit at the start of August. Racing as…
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James Hillier claims fastest closed roads TT speed with Kawasaki Ninja H2R
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Kawasaki rider James Hillier is looking to claim the fastest speed ever recorded for a motorcycle on closed roads at the Isle of Man TT after registering over 206 mph on his Strava GPS app on the famous Sulby straight riding a Ninja H2R in a parade lap. The Quattro Plant Kawasaki rider declared himself…
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Birchalls do the double with second Sure Sidecar victory
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Ben and Tom Birchall took their second win of the 2015 Isle of Man TT Races when they took a record breaking victory in Wednesday afternoon’s Sure Sidecar race 2. Winning in a new race record time, they defeated Dave Molyneux/Ben Binns by seven seconds with John Holden/Dan Sayle coming home in third. Molyneux and…
