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Video: Bruce Anstey’s Padgett’s TT RC213V-S on the dyno! Turn it up loud!
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Check this video out of the awesome factory MotoGP-for-the-road RC213V-S on the dyno. What makes this really special is that this is the bike that Bruce Anstey (below) will race at this year’s Isle of Man TT races, which is about to kick off with Practice Week on The Island. The bike is being run…
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Video: First look at Valentino Rossi: The Game
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Video: First look at Valentino Rossi: The Game. Here’s the first look at the new MotoGP game: Valentino Rossi: The Game. In it you get to play as Valentino in every phase of his career so far AND you get to race in historic races of Rossi’s career that happened (Lorenzo battles and Gibernau clashes…
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WSB Donington: Everything happening on and off track
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Round 7 of the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship gets underway at the undulating parkland circuit at Donington in the UK tomorrow (Friday), and there is more happening across the weekend than ever before. With the new WorldSBK schedule of Race 1 on Saturday and Race 2 on Sunday meaning there more even more…
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Stoner speak out about MotoGP: If Marquez criticizes the Honda, the other riders have their excuses ready
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Casey Stoner has been speaking about the current performance and state of some of the big names currently in MotoGP – and Valentino Rossi doesn’t get off lightly. Talking to journalist Paolo Ianieri from Italian sports paper ‘Gazzetta dello Sport’, Stoner was open about how he views Rossi’s performance at the moment saying: “Valentino is used…
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British motorcyclist smashes three land speed records
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Steve Walton, 54, of Latchingdon, smashed three British Land Speed records at the weekend. The record-breaking rides took place at the British Land Speed Records meeting at Pendine Sands, a seven mile beach in South Wales. Steve broke two BLS records for the 1.5-mile sprint in the 1000cc and 1350cc classes, reaching the incredible top…
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WSB Preview: Donington Stats and Facts
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Fancy being one of the WSB ‘experts’ this weekend? Then here’s all you need to know. Some fascinating numbers from the world of top-flight production-based racing going on here: 1988 – Donington was the stage of the birth of the Championship, back in 1988: Davide Tardozzi (Bimota) and Marco Lucchinelli (Ducati) split wins on…
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Preview: 2016 Isle of Man TT – Island life blasts into action
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Preview: 2016 Isle of Man TT – Island life blasts into action. By Philip Wain With a long break now in the BSB calendar, it’s time to go road racing again – and it’s the big one, the Isle of Man TT Races. The recent North West 200 may have given an indication of form…
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Video: The history of the Erzberg enduro – the world’s toughest race
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Video: The history of the Erzberg enduro – the world’s toughest race. There’s a mega off-road event going on this weekend, the Red Bull Hare Scramble at the Erzberg iron mine in Austria… Loads of the world’s best off-roaders are taking part in the mass ride, definitely not all of them will finish. But why…
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Bruce Anstey to race Honda RC213V-S at next month’s TT Races!
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Bruce Anstey is set to race a Honda RC213V-S at the 2016 Isle of Man TT Races. The Valvoline Racing by Padgett’s Motorcycles team has confirmed that the New Zealand rider will have a race prepared version of the exotic V4 machine for the RST Superbike and PokerStars Senior TT races. Anstey has yet to…
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Victory racing both Project 156 AND electric Empulse RR bikes at Pikes Peak this year
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Victory Motorcycles will be racing up the mountain with two very different motorcycles in this year’s Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC), an event that marks its 100th anniversary in 2016. In a gas vs. electric battle in the experimental class, Victory Racing’s Project 156 will be piloted by former Pikes Peak Champion Jeremy Toye…
