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VIDEO: Guy Martin’s Wall of Death TV programme trailer
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We told you months ago about Guy Martin doing his Wall of Death programme live on Channel Four and here’s the trailer from the TV station for it. The show is going out on Channel four on Monday, March 28 at 7.15pm. Guy has been getting in some training under the watchful eyes of Ken…
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Video: Intelligent Cranium helmet run through… is this the ultimate helmet near-future?
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Intelligent Cranium Helmets is an American company that’s developing a prototype helmet for what looks like being the daddy of this sort of thing. With more functionality than any other smart helmet seen so far, the iC-R features twin full-color heads-up displays, twin rear-facing cameras, a LiDAR rear collision alert system that warns you when a…
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AMG to take over MV? Rumours surface in Italian press
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There’s rumours kicking around the Italian press that has German car builder AMG Mercedes eyeing up a full takeover of MV Agusta. Reports in Italian publication Il Sole claim that MV is being looked over by AMG in a very serious way, this comes in spite of earlier comments made by Daimler CEO Dieter Zetzche…
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Spy snaps of Bimota’s 200bhp supercharged Impeto naked appear
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Here’s the first pictures of the Supercharged Bimota Impeto big naked. The bike has been snapped as it was being readied to be shipped to the Tokyo Motor Show which starts next week. This is the bike that Bimota first showed at last year’s Milan motorcycle show but back then it wasn’t supercharged, this…
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Kawasaki’s plan for new 800 naked appear with adjustable bodywork and more sporty aspirations
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Kawasaki has pushed through another update for it’s big naked model range with an as-yet-specified model getting updated bodywork and a more sporty riding position. The model is likely to end up in the 2017 model range and the drawing has just been filed with details of an updated air intake into the motor (although…
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Rope strung across 60mph Dundee road ‘could have killed biker’
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Road safety campaigners have warned that a rope strung across a 60mph Dundee road in the pitch black could have killed a biker, according to reports in local paper The Courier. One man, who has asked not to be named, was driving on Templeton Road in Dundee at about 12.10am last Friday when he nearly…
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Ducati’s Diavel gets the ‘Mad Max’ treatment
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Check out what you can do with a crashed Ducati Diavel and loads of time (plus a serious amount of cash) – should you be a bit ‘Mad Max’. This Diavel special started when Arun Sharma, the General Manager at Ducati’s US dealer, Motocorsa, picked up a damaged Diavel two years ago. Sharma teamed up with…
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Honda’s new motorcycle hybrid engine appears in published patent
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This image has appeared showing a patent drawing from Honda for a hybrid electric/petrol engine that’s destined for a motorcycle. Although the patent is not exactly new it is the first time we’ve seen this design set out in this way and specified for a motorcycle on the engine description. The bulk of the design…
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Video: The three-second long police chase ends in biker fail
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Video: The three-second long police chase ends in biker fail. It’s bad enough that he’s going to jail, but he also has to live with the shame of an internet biker fail. Police in Sandy Springs, Georgia USA, were recording on their dash cam when a motorcycle rider decided to run. But he made it an…
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Shoei’s X-Spirit III in stores now
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Shoei has now put the highly anticipated X-Spirit III into dealerships (in plain colours only at the moment). The helmet is all-new with what Shoei says are improved aerodynamics, ventilation and comfort as well as an ultralight shell, according to the Japanese factory it is their most technologically advanced sports helmet to date. Shoei itself says:…
