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WSBK: All the stats ahead of this weekend’s racing at Donington
The WSBK world championship is heading to Donington over the bank holiday weekend – and in preparation for the action kicking off, here’s a bunch of facts and figures about WSBK racing at the iconic British circuit. Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe,…
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Bigger Royal Enfield on the way. Confirmed by RE boss. Likely to be a 750cc version of the Adventure bike.
Royal Enfield CEO and Managing Director Siddhartha Lal has confirmed that a bigger-engined Himalayan is on the way from the Indian company. In an interview with Motorcycle Magazine, Lal admitted that the company has already picked out which models will get a larger engine and that the motorcycles that are on their way are being…
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Video: Watch Suzuki’s restoration of Barry Sheene’s 1976 world championship winning bike
Suzuki has released the first video in a two-part series, that follows the restoration of Barry Sheene’s 1976 world championship-winning XR14. The bike was restored by Martyn Ogborne, who worked with Team Suzuki in the 1970s and was Barry Sheene’s race technician, before becoming a technical manager at Suzuki GB until retiring last year, and Nigel…
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First Ride: Kawasaki Versys-X 300
Who am I? I’m Ross – the new staff writer for Motor Cycle Monthly. A couple of months ago I passed my full bike test, after an 18 month stretch riding a used Yamaha XT125 on a CBT. Why did MoreBikes want me to ride the Versys-X 300? I’m exactly the type of rider Kawasaki…
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Benelli’s future triple 1200 motor patents filed in China. Looks quite a lump.
This CAD/CAM image of the new three-cylinder engine that will power the upcoming 1200 Benelli tourer has appeared in Australia on the AMCN site. Reports claim that this motor has been filed in China by the QianJiang group – which owns Benelli. The same outlet claims that the new motor will likely be used in…
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Nicky Hayden: 1981 – 2017
2006 MotoGP world champion Nicky Hayden has died. Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. The 35-year-old was involved in a road accident with a car, just days after competing in the WSBK championship round at Misano. After the incident,…
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Husqvarna unveils NEW motocross range for 2018
Husqvarna Motorcycles have just revealed their all-new range of 2018 TC and FC motocross machines. In total, there’s a comprehensive line-up of eight 2-stroke and 4-stroke models that combine cutting-edge technology with high-end components. Husqvarna Motorcycles have used its extensive experience at the highest level of racing to further improve their entire motocross line-up for 2018. From the…
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Spy Shots: Royal Enfield Continental GT 750
Pitched directly against the current crop of retro-styled machines (I’m thinking Harley Davidson Street and Triumph Bonneville), Royal Enfield are getting ready to unveil their new Continental GT 750 to the world. Over the last 6 months, the bike has been caught out testing in both India and Spain. The first test bike was spotted in Spain and…
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Video: TVS Apache RR310S (BMW S310RR) caught out testing (again!)
The upcoming TVS Apache RR 310S, built in partnership with BMW, has been caught out testing in India once again. It would seem that the upcoming TVS motorcycle is inching ever closer to production, with these two videos the latest in a long line of photos and videos of the Apache RR 310S in action. As I’m…
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Piper Cams Kawasaki GPZ1100 Endurance racer for sale
For sale is this very rare British Piper Cams Kawasaki Special Endurance racer – it’s one of only four Piper Kawasaki`s in the world and it’ll cost you £9000. There’s something special about 1970’s Kawasaki race machines – and this Kawasaki Endurance Racer is extra special, as one of only four bikes ever built by…
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MotoGP: All the stats ahead of this weekend’s racing at Le Mans
The MotoGP world championship is heading back to Le Mans – and in preparation for the action kicking off, here’s a bunch of facts and figures about this weekend’s MotoGP racing at the iconic French circuit. Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or…
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Rossi pens heartfelt letter to Nicky Hayden
A couple of days ago, news broke that Red Bull Honda World Superbike Team rider Nicky Hayden had been involved in a collision with a car while cycling near Rimini, Italy. He is currently in a critical condition, and remains in intensive care in an Italian hospital – and his friend Valentino Rossi has penned…
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Video: ‘Sweet’ sounding commuter bike
Liven up your small capacity machine and add a bit of grunt with the help of a can of fizzy pop. Can you remember tucking a piece of cardboard in your bicycle spokes as a child, looking to liven up your two-wheeled adventures with the low hum reminiscent of an engine purring? In a similar vein, we’ve…
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Gorgeous Honda CBX900 illustrations appear in Japanese magazine (not real, yet, but these are sweet drawings)
Check out these illustrations from Japanese magazine YoungMachine – they are based on rumours in the Japanese motorcycle market of some sort of modern, naked/half naked six cylinder-powered behemoth on the cards.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. We’ve…
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This Weekend: Race, Rock ‘n’ Ride at Santa Pod
Santa Pod Raceway is revving up for the return of Race, Rock ‘n’ Ride, which takes place at the famous venue on Saturday and Sunday, May 20-21. We’ll be there, and we think you should be too! Here are 10 reasons why… Run What Ya Brung, supported by Fast Bikes magazine This specialist competition of…
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Half-price advanced motorcycle training with Motorcycle Sport and Leisure and MoreBikes
An exclusive day of advanced motorcycle training will take place at Blyton Park on July 27, and we want you to join us there… Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. We still have a handful of spaces available for…
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Nicky Hayden taken to hospital following cycling crash
Nicky Hayden has been hit by a car while training on his bicycle along the Rimini Coast in Italy. Hayden was in Italy following last weekend’s Superbike World Championship round at nearby Imola and was riding around the city of Rimini, on the Adriatic coast, when he was involved in a collision with a car.Article…
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Outrageous (105bhp!) Ducati Odioso sidecarcross custom outfit unveiled!
Custom bike builders Revival Cycles have just unveiled their latest project – an outrageous Ducati SP4 sidecarcross outfit that they’ve aptly named Odioso (which is Italian for obnoxious). In the custom bike world, there are few bigger names than Austin based Revival Cycles, founded by designer Alan Stulberg and mechanical engineer Stefan Hertal. Each year they…
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Video: Royal Enfield Himalayan custom scrambler revealed
Kerala based custom shop GRID7 Customs has just unveiled their latest creation – a Royal Enfield Himalayan scrambler. The guys at GRID7 Customs have scalped a Royal Enfield Himalayan – the 2017 dual-sport 400cc adventure bike that’s been available in India since the start of the year. They’ve completely overhauled the Royal Enfield (visually, at…
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Limited edition Marco Melandri Nolan X-802RR Helmet revealed
In celebration of this weekend’s round of World Superbike racing at Imola, Marco Melandri is donning a special Nolan X-802RR ‘Italian Tourist Tour’ helmet – and if you fancy getting your hands on one, there are only 15 available. Marco Melandri is celebrating the first Italian stage of the WSBK Championship with a special version…
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Call goes out to vigilante groups to form and catch bike thieves in big UK cities
A leaflet is doing the rounds in London calling for motorcyclists to join a group to ‘Sort out’ bike thieves and scumbags carrying out crimes on scooters. Alongside the flyer being handed out to riders, one of the call-to-arms posters was posted on the notceboard at the Ace Cafe in north west London.Article continues below……
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Awwww. Sweet! Meet the mini-me 110cc Monster that Ducati definitely hasn’t built (and it costs just over a grand!)
You know, this is probably one of the cutest ‘lookalikes’ we’ve seen from the Asian copycat market so far. And when you consider that this bike, all-in – with the plastics, decals and everything else – costs just over £1k, then you might end up liking this as much as we do.Article continues below……
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KTM unveils its new fuel injection enduro bikes
Following on from the lighter, stronger and faster all-new generation of EXC released last year, which saw the launch of a full range of Enduro models that had been re-designed from the ground up, KTM has created the world’s first serial production fuel injected 2-stroke offroad motorcycles with its EXC TPI (Transfer Port Injection)…
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Video: Algae oil powered wooden motorcycle
A motorcycle made of wood and powered by burning algae oil has been developed by a couple of guys from the Netherlands. The motorcycle is the work of designer Ritsert Mans and scientist Peter Mooji. The two friends hatched a plan to produce an algae oil powered wooden motorcycle to highlight one of the options…
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