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Now THIS is TV racing commentary!
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The footage has been sent to us from Japan and it’s great. The coverage of the Suzuka 8 Hour race last month is brilliant, as you’d expect, but the extra delight is the Japanese commentary. It’s great. No over-the-top waffle and no boring-stats fest. Plus, these guys really know what they’re talking about (we…
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Video: AWESOME Yamaha MT-09 full-on Adventure bike being spanked!
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Check out this awesome video of a Yamaha MT-09 turned into a full-on Adventure bike being put through its paces in Japan! The video is for the launch of a new range of clothing in the Japanese home market and the rider is Jun Mitsuhashi, multiple Dakar competitor over the years. The video itself is…
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Indian confirms FTR750’s race debut for later this month
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Indian Motorcycle today confirmed that its Indian Scout FTR750 race bike will make its formal racing debut on Sunday 25th September at the Ramspur Winery Santa Rosa Mile AMA Pro Flat Track race in Santa Rosa, California. The Indian Scout FTR750 will be piloted in its debut race by AMA flat track racing legend Joe Kopp.…
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Ohlins teams up with Yamaha for MT, XSR, Tracer, XV950 and YZF-R3 machines
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Yamaha MT, XSR, Tracer, XV950 and YZF-R3 owners can now upgrade their bike’s suspension with official Öhlins kit. The latest collaboration between Yamaha and Öhlins sees the introduction of a new range of front fork cartridge and spring kits – as well as a selection of shock absorbers – for Yamaha’s most popular models in…
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SPY SHOTS: 2017’s Mini-GSX-R Suzuki caught out on road tests!
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We’ve been banging on about the next-generation of small bikes that are being developed by the big factories and here’s the latest spy shot of the Suzuki mini-GSX-R out on test wearing full camo-colours. The bike is registered on the donor licence plate as a 150 but what this actually is (in the bigger scheme…
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Honda VFR1200X getting a new front end and less beak for next year
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We know it’s not going to make ‘story of the year’ or anything, but it’s interesting to see that Honda is updating the VFR1200X Cross Tourer for 2017. Gone is the bike’s stubby beak to be replaced by a new fairing ‘shoulder’ to improve weather protection for the rider. The bike’s screen has also come…
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Triumph adds a third grey to make the all-new, all-grey colour scheme on the Tiger XCx
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Triumph has just released another colour scheme to the Tiger 800 XCx, this matt/aluminium/silver look to sit alongside the current black, white, blue and red options. So far the bike is only available in these colours in Japan, but we reckon that if you really wanted this scheme on your new Tiger 800 then the…
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Video: Honda Africa Twin long term test, part three: 7,500 miles and new modifications
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We have had this Honda CRF1000L DCT Africa Twin as a long term test bike for the last few months, and we’re still impressed. After a load of on and off road riding the odometer now shows 7,500 miles, so it’s time for another quick update. In the third episode of Long Term Life with…
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Sheene bikes headline Classic Suzuki Sunday
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Barry Sheene’s world championship-winning Suzukis will headline this year’s Classic Suzuki Sunday event, which takes place on Sunday 11 September at the Super Sausage café. The event, now in its third year, will see the iconic racing machines – that won the 1976 and 1977 world championships with Sheene onboard – displayed alongside Michael Dunlop’s Vintage…
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Want to own a genuine Batpod? Batman’s bike is going up for sale. Yep.
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A genuine Batpod from the film The Dark Knight is going to be auctioned later this month. The bike is being sold in ‘non-usable form’ which means that it has no fluids, no battery and no throttle assembly – hardly a tough job for a competent mechanic to get rolling again. Batman’s bike was custom-made…
