Sports Bikes
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1998: The ‘Roman Emperor’ enters the arena…
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Steve Cooper remembers… The year 1998 has probably gone down as one of Honda’s most dominant years and for good reason – the firm pretty much mopped up the vast majority of points available by taking the top five places in the championship race. Honda’s star was definitely in the ascendant and, quite rightly, most…
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Nice gift for Guintoli!
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Suzuki has presented a Yoshimura SERT Motul replica Hayabusa to endurance world champion and MotoGP test rider Sylvain Guintoli, to celebrate the Frenchman’s titles and contribution to Suzuki’s racing successes in recent years. Despite doing his racing on a GSX-R1000, Guintoli has always expressed a fondness for the Hayabusa and the smoothness of its 1340cc,…
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Rea signs new two-year extension with Kawasaki
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Kawasaki has announced that six-times WorldSBK champion Jonathan Rea has signed a two-year contract extension to race inside the official Kawasaki Racing Team (KRT), continuing the successful partnership that began in 2015. After taking over 100 WorldSBK race wins on Kawasaki machinery Jonathan has shown characteristically high levels of motivation and confidence in the future…
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Coming Soon: Next generation Yamaha R1?
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Leaked documents seem to suggest that there’s a new version of Yamaha’s flagship R1 sportsbike coming in the not-too-distant future. This is what we know so far. It might only feel like Yamaha refreshed its R1 yesterday, but actually, the Japanese firm’s top-of-the-line sportsbike was last updated properly in 2019. That’s why there’s talk that…
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Yamaha Racing Heritage Club Revved Up for Sachsenring Classic
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The Yamaha Racing Heritage Club is gearing up for the ADAC Sachsenring Classic on the 15th-17th of July, giving fans the chance to see legendary riders such as Giacomo Agostini, Dieter Braun, Christian Sarron, Jörg Teuchert and Sandro Cortese in action, along with their iconic race bikes. The YRHC was set up to safeguard and…
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Norton Motorcycles launches re-engineered V4SV
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Inspired by Norton’s 100 years of racing prowess and success at the Isle of Man TT, the new V4SV is finally here – and it will be the only British designed and built superbike in production.
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Become a RIDING MASTER with Dainese
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Italian kit specialist Dainese has just announced its latest batch of once-in-a-lifetime experiences – including the chance to ride with Valentino Rossi at his legendary VR46 Ranch. The Dainese Riding Masters programme offers deep-pocketed punters of all abilities the chance to improve their on-road, off-road and track skills alongside some of the biggest names in…
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Rea, Lowes, Haslam team up for Suzuka
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Regular Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK riders Jonathan Rea and Alex Lowes swapped one race spec Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR for another as they took part in a recent two-day test at the Suzuka circuit in Japan, in readiness for the famous 8 Hours race there in early August. As well as the two KRT riders, who…
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Final call for Fast Bikes Donington Park track day
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Last call for the Fast Bikes Track day: complete with a new super special Michelin prize on offer! The track event of the summer is coming up soon – it’s less than two weeks until the Fast Bikes Donington Park track day on July 19th. Now, there are still a few spaces left – and…
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Chris Moss reviews the Shark Spartan EVO-GT and Spartan GT Carbon helmets
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Long-term journalist Chris Moss has been wearing Shark Helmets for the past 10 years, this is his review on two of the most recent models for 2022.
