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TT 2016: Bike found at bottom of cliffs sparks search for biker
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Manx Radio is reporting an Island-wide search for a missing motorcyclist. Coastguard officers were called out in the West of The Isle of Man at the weekend to search for a biker after a motorcycle was found at the bottom of cliffs. The alert was raised at 10am on Friday when a boat heading into…
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MotoGP: Rossi steps up to take the win in Catalunya
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From fifth on the grid, Rossi was shuffled back in the opening melee and found himself down in seventh as the first lap began to play out. At the beginning of the second lap he and Maverick Viñales (Team Suzuki Ecstar) made an incredible pass on Andrea Iannone (Ducati Team), demoting the Italian to sixth.…
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Moto2: Zarco romps to Catalan GP win with late move
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All eyes were on the leading two on the Moto2 World Championship grid, pole setter Johann Zarco (Ajo Motorsport) and Alex Rins (Paginas Amarillas HP 40) having set the pace on the new layout. Conditions continued to heat up, the track at 43°C just ahead of the lights going out for round seven of the…
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TT2016: Racer Paul Shoesmith has died
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Paul Shoesmith, from Poynton, Lancashire died from injuries sustained during a crash on Sulby Straight during Saturday evening’s solo practice session at the Isle of Man TT. Paul made his TT Races debut in 2005 and had a highest placed finish of 15th on the TT Mountain Course in both the Superbike and Senior Races…
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TT2016: Sidecar racer Dwight Beare has died
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Sidecar racer Dwight Beare, an Australian who had moved to the Isle of Man to become a resident in Onchan, was killed following an accident near Rhencullen during Saturday’s Sidecar Race 1 at the Isle of Man TT Races. The race was immediately red flagged. Dwight made his TT Races debut in 2014, achieving a 12th…
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TT 2016: Holden and Winkle take dramatic win in Sure Sidecar Race 1
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John Holden and Andy Winkle claimed their second win at the Isle of Man TT five years after their first win, when they benefited from the final lap retirement of Ben and Tom Birchall. The Lancastrian pair took a dramatic victory by almost a minute from Peter Founds/Jevan Walmsley with brother Alan Founds, partnered by…
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TT2016: Michael Dunlop smashes the TT lap record and wins the Superbike race
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In an amazing on-track duel that saw arch rivals Michael Dunlop, Ian Hutchinson and John McGuinness almost lapping together it was Dunlop who reigned supreme in the first race outing at TT 2016. Dunlop was unstoppable on the Hawk Racing BMW right from the start of the six lap race, smashing the record books with…
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TT 2016: Michael Dunlop JUST broke the 133mph lap threshold – from a STANDING START!
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Michael Dunlop has just mashed the competition on his BMW with a storming lap from the standing start – to be the FIRST rider ever to lap at an average of 133.37mph! Not only that, but his incredible time means that we’ve just seen the FIRST EVER under-17 minute lap of the Mountain Course. Dunlop…
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TT 2016: Hutchy fastest ever lap! 132.803mph! Unofficial record though
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TT final practice of Practice Week is on now and so far Hutchy is flying (Dunlop is flying too – there’s a lot of them flying right now in near perfect evening conditions) – and the headline at the moment is that Ian Hutchinson has bagged a best of 132.803mph – faster than John McGuinness’…
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Video: Michelin and Harley-Davidson made a film together – and here it is
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Here’s an odd bit of marketing from the tyre giants at Michelin and the people at Harley-Davidson – and it’s in the form of a pretty high-production-values movie that’s a way to kill some time. It’s called The Gift, it’s about a father and sons and stuff – and it involves motorcycles. Umm… other than…
