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High-spec budget Swift chain from Wemoto
Since its launch at Wemoto, Swift chain has become popular in the competitively priced, quality chain market.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. Manufactured in Taiwan using a combination of specially heat treated steel with cutting edge design, Swift…
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Dragstalgia: Classic drag racing at Santa Pod
Visitors to Dragstalgia 2014 can look forward to the best of nostalgia drag racing action on both two and four wheels at this year’s event, held on July 11-13th at Santa Pod Raceway. Now in its 4th year Dragstalgia is Santa Pod’s premiere Nostalgia drag racing event that welcomes any pre 1980 vehicles onto…
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2014 KTM 690 Enduro R and KTM 690 SMC R review
From £7699 | 67bhp@7500rpm | 50lb-ft@5500rpm | 690cc, liquid-cooled, sohc 4-valve singleArticle continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. Tested by Roland Brown. Motorcycle Journalist and former international racer, Roland Brown is one of the world’s most respected bike testers. Subscribe…
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New Touratech Compañero Boreal motorcycle suit
After the “Worldwide” Compañero and the “Black Edition”, Touratech have now launched a completely new variant of this high-tech riding suit: the Compañero Boreal. This is a riding suit made of high-quality triple layered laminate with a climate membrane, designed for all those who rarely travel under the tropical sun, and for whom the double…
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A decade of Isle of Man TT winning lap times…
The Isle of Man TT races just keep getting better and better – if you weren’t there this year, then beg, borrow or steal the time to get over there in 2015 (you’ll be needing to book the accommodation now). John McGuinness has dominated the Senior race over the past decade, and our friends at Motorcycle…
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The true meaning of Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Yamaha
Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Yamaha are the four most iconic Japanese names in motorcycling, but have you ever wondered what they mean? Editor John Milbank talks to Paul Nowers, PR Manager – Honda Motor Europe, to find out.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE…
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Inside the TT: Meet Olie Linsdell and his Paton S1
Over the course of the Isle of Man TT fortnight, MoreBikes.co.uk will follow the progress of Olie Linsdell; a privateer racer from Bedford who builds and prepares his race bikes in his father’s shed. Olie has extensively raced modern and classic machinery on short circuits and real road races since the age of 15, cumulating…
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New fully customisable, high-spec leather suit: Kushitani Elevation
The Kushitani Elevation (K-0070XX ) race suit is now available to order from Kushitani UK. Starting from £1879, the high specification leather race suit from Japan is fully customisable in terms of sizing, colours and detailing and is the same model Olie Linsdell will use at the 2014 Isle of Man TT. As Japanese ‘off the…
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Make your own custom bike with Yamaha Yard Built: Gibbonslap SR400 and more to come
Yamaha’s ‘Yard Built’ activity continues to make the dream of owning a custom motorcycle a reality for bikers around the world. An ever-increasing number of the most respected customisers in the industry are collaborating with Yamaha to create beautiful Yard Built specials. The unique aftermarket kits that support selected specials then give the dreamers…
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Saietta and Darvill Racing set the first British Electric Motorcycle Land Speed Record
The first British Electric Motorcycle Land Speed Record set by Saietta and Darvill Racing – a British made motorcycle and a British race teamArticle continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. British electric urban sports motorcycle brand, Saietta R, in…
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2014 BMW C Evolution electric scooter review
Tested by Bruce WilsonArticle continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. It’ll do 75mph, has a range of over 60 miles and takes just four hours to charge from flat. This is the BMW C Evolution. From a distance it…
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James May’s Meccano Bike on display at the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu
Beaulieu is delighted to announce that James May’s Meccano Bike, created on BBC’s James May’s Toy Stories, is now on display in the National Motor Museum.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. The bike, made from real Meccano, is…
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Roof Desmo and Roof Boxer V8 Helmet review
Yes, they have a high-tech, fighter pilot look, but can they take a flogging year round?Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. Tested by Gary Ilminen, Motor Cycle Monthly’s US contributor Roof Helmets offer a pair of modular helmets…
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Seat racks: a new way to carry luggage on a motorcycle
Seat Racks are a neat and flexible new way to fit a luggage rack, from the motorcycle engineers at SW-Motech in Germany.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. Designed to replace the pillion seat, the Seat Rack uses the…
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2moroRider update: Turkey
Two weeks into his ride around the globe, young British adventure motorcyclist Rhys Lawrey has reached Tbilisi, the capital city of Georgia, at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe. Having set off from London, Rhys rode his Triumph Tiger 800 XC down through Western Europe and has spent the past week riding…
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First ever motorcycle jump over Bournemouth’s historic pier
ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent star and freestyle motocross (FMX) extraordinaire, Dan Whitby of Norfolk, is set to become the first ever rider to jump Bournemouth’s historic pier as part of town’s new Wheels Festival taking place on 24-26 May 2014.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click…
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Become an official tyre tester for Metzeler
The METZELER TEST RIDER contest is online until September 15 2014. It offers motorcyclists not only the chance to win a set of new supersport SPORTEC™ M7 RR tyres but also to become an official tester for METZELER.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE…
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New carbon fibre open-face helmets from Vespa
Combining modern features and materials with traditional open face styling, the new Fibre & Carbon Helmets from Vespa offer the best of both worlds.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. Ideal for urban use, the new helmets feature a…
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Who you gonna call…
Whilst we don’t like talking about accidents, we all know that they sometimes happen. A few weeks ago by boyfriend fell off his bike while we were out for a ride, luckily I was riding out with him and was first on the scene but it got me thinking – had he have been…
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Get an extra £1000 for your old bike when buying a new KTM 1190 Adventure
KTM UK is offering riders an additional £1000 discount when trading in their old machine towards a brand new KTM 1190 Adventure or 1190 Adventure R. The ‘Adventure Trade-In Promotion’, run in conjunction with a wide range of finance offers, begins with immediate effect at all KTM Street dealers in the UK, Ireland, Isle of…
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James Fisher wins £100 at BMF for being the slowest!
Student James Fisher snatched the £100 cash prize at the BMF/Zebra slow control race at the May 2014 BMF show. He beat his nearest rival by 16 seconds and then went on to beat his own record. Two riders had notched up rides of 57 seconds on Saturday and it looked like that time was…
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Learn to ride: Honda announces first ‘Honda School of Motorcycling’ centres
Honda (UK) is to launch its first four licensed motorcycle training centres this month as part of a new initiative, the ‘Honda School of Motorcycling’.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. Four Honda motorcycle dealers in the South of…
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Honda NM4 Vultus to make European debut at ComicCon London
Honda’s ground-breaking new NM4 Vultus motorcycle will make its public debut at Europe’s biggest comic convention – London ComicCon – from Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th May. The Vultus’s futuristic identity – inspired in no small measure by Japanese animation and manga – has already succeeded in attracting interest from outside the traditional two-wheeled community. The display…
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Challenge 125: Danny John Jules and Steve Keys set off for another great series
Wednesday 21st May, 10.30pm – on Sky 539, Virgin 233, Freeview 63, FreeviewHD 109, Freesat 651, BT Vision, BBC iPlayer and online: www.communitychannel.org Danny John Jules(Red Dwarf, BBC’s Death in Paradise) and motorcycle entrepreneur Steve Keys are back on the open road, this time accompanied by a novice biker, for the second series of their…
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