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Pedrosa at Honda until end of 2018 – official announcement
Well, we told you earlier today that the Maverick Vinales deal was done, and that an official statement is going to be made on Thursday – now here’s the first official part of the bigger-picture that the Vinales decision has influenced. Dani Pedrosa is now confirmed to be staying at Honda until the end of…
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Vinales signs for Yamaha. Official announcement to be made on Thursday (Spanish rumour)
Vinales signs for Yamaha. Official announcement to be made on Thursday (Spanish rumour). Maverick Vinales will race for Yamaha in 2017 and on Thursday the official announcement that the youth is the new team-mate to nine-times world champion Valentino Rossi will be made.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly…
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Coventry MotoFest 2016: Schwantz’s GP500, Sheene’s iconic RG500 and much more on tap for us bike fans
If you’re looking for a cracking event to get to soon, head to the Coventry MotoFest 2016. It’s a brilliant event with race bikes and cars taking to the Coventry ring road to perform. There’s a trio of awesome racebikes confirmed including Kevin Schwantz’s 1994 Suzuki RGV500 (pictured below), Michael Dunlop’s Team Classic Suzuki Xr69 and…
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WSB Sepang: Hayden’s maiden win
WSB Sepang: Hayden’s maiden win. Honda World Superbike Team rider Nicky Hayden crossed the line in Sepang on Sunday to take his first ever win in World Superbike. The American, a rookie in the class, took off from the pack in a supreme display of speed and control in difficult conditions. Ducati’s Davide Giugliano came…
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North West 200: 2016 Report
North West 200: 2016 Report. By Philip Wain The International North West 200 saw beautiful sunshine and clear blue skies all week but the event was again left with a dark cloud hanging over it after the tragic death of Malachi Mitchell-Thomas in Saturday’s Supertwin race.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading…
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Farquhar in: ‘Stable condition’ doctor’s happy with progress
Farquhar in: ‘Stable condition’ doctor’s happy with progress. Here’s the latest news from KMR Kawasaki after roads racer Ryan Farquhar’s accident last night:Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. Following on from an incident in last night’s Supertwin race at…
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FIM GP Commission BANS winglets from Moto3 from now
FIM GP Commission BANS winglets from Moto3 from now. The FIM Grand Prix Commission has brought forward a ban on winglets in the Moto3 championship – anything acting like a winglet is, from now, outlawed.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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KTM recalls 2015 and 2016 1290 Super Adventure
KTM recalls 2015 and 2016 1290 Super Adventure. Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. We’ve just had this come through from KTM: KTM has issued a recall of the 1290 SUPER ADVENTURE from model years 2015 and 2016…
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World Champions Gardner, Spencer and Read confirmed to race fearsome GP 500cc 2-Stokes at German festival
World Champions Gardner, Spencer and Read confirmed to race fearsome GP 500cc 2-Stokes at German festival. Following a hugely successful first event at Jerez in 2015, World GP Bike Legends is back for 2016 with the iconic bikes and riders from the golden era of Grand Prix motorcycle racing. This year the battle will be…
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Rutter Rocks at North West 200
Rutter Rocks at North West 200. Michael Rutter will start from the front row of the grid for Saturday’s Superbike and Superstock races at the International North West 200 after some blistering performances during qualifying on the Bathams/SMT Racing BMW’s. With perfect conditions on the Causeway Coast all week, Rutter signalled his intentions on Tuesday…
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WSB Sepang: Savadori Fastest on Friday
WSB Sepang: Savadori Fastest on Friday. IodaRacing rider Lorenzo Savadori went quickest on Friday at Sepang International Circuit, beating Honda’s Nicky Hayden to the top spot by just over two tenths of a second in the final minutes of the second practice session. Kawasaki rider Tom Sykes finds himself outside the top ten on Day…
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Video: Amazing electric-paint for motorcycles that lights up (and animates) to be revealed tomorrow
Electrically-powered, luminescent paint that completely changes the colour of a vehicle, uses 40% less power than LEDs and can be applied to any paintable surface, is going to be launched tomorrow for use on motorcycles. This isn’t some pie-in-the-sky crowd-funded hocus pocus either – this stuff works. And has already been shown on cars with…
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Competition winner picks up his J125 Kawasaki competition prize
Friday 13th is known for being unlucky for some, but not 31-year-old, Adam Corner. He collected a brand new, Kawasaki J125, with a year’s free insurance provided by Kawasaki Insurance, after winning a competition run in conjunction with Twist & Go magazine. Adam traveled to Lincolnshire – MoreBikes.co.uk HQ – to be presented the keys by our…
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Now THIS is what you can do with an R nine T! Check this out!
No THIS is what you can do with an R nine T! Check this out! Dear BMW… if you want to see what we’d like to come next in the R nine T range then how about something along these lines?Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click…
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Video: The Nearest of Misses at the ‘Ring!
Video: The Nearest of Misses at the ‘Ring! Holy Moly! Check out this video of a rider hitting the Armco at the Nurburgring and getting away with it.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. We’ve got no idea who this…
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Yamaha to recall XSR900s over wiring harness fears
Yamaha to recall XSR900s over wiring harness fears. Yamaha is having to recall at least 251 XSR900s in Japan over fears to do with the wiring harness.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. According to our Japanese sources, the recall…
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Suzuki’s All-star track day return to Silverstone GP circuit this summer
Suzuki’s All-star track day return to Silverstone GP circuit this summer. Suzuki’s annual All-Star track day returns to Silverstone for 2016, with this year’s event taking place on the prestigious Grand Prix circuit on August 11. The event has become a key feature of Suzuki’s event calendar, and will again be attended by a…
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Rea signs with Kawasaki for two more years
Jonathan Rea is to stay with Kawasaki Racing sign up for 2017 and 2018. Rea, who won the title with Kawasaki in his first year in the team, also leads the current Championship standings by a 35 point margin and has won 19 races with the outfit since the beginning of last season. “I am…
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Video: Behind the scenes on Deadpool (and the Zero electric motorcycle)
Video: Behind the scenes on Deadpool (and the Zero electric motorcycle). So the digital edition of the excellent film Deadpool is now out there and one of the extras includes this story of the Zero motorcycle that was used as a moving multi-camera platform.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes…
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Indian launches the Chieftain Dark Horse
Indian launches the Chieftain Dark Horse. Indian has launched the Indian Chieftain Dark Horse, a blacked-out bagger. It’s black, very black. It costs £19,599.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. Powered by a blacked-out version of the Thunder Stroke 111…
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Meet the 1991 VFR750 that’s been turned into a full-on Adventure Dakar bike…
What do you reckon to this Honda VFR 750 made into an Adventure bike?Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. The project has been built by Chilly Racing’s Carlos Avendaño – a rider who has competed in motorcross, enduro and…
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HIGH OCTANE THRILLS AT SANTA POD THIS SPRING
THERE’S less than a month to go until Race, Rock ‘n’ Ride – the brand-new biking extravaganza from Santa Pod Raceway, Fast Bikes and Backstreet Heroes. Race, Rock ’n’ Ride, sponsored by Principal Insurance, will take place on the weekend of May 21-22, offering two days of non-stop biking action at one of the world’s most…
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1,400 miles later – touring Scotland on Triumph Street Twin
We got our hands on the new Street Twin and rode it 1,400 miles in the Scottish Highlands. You might be surprised about how it fared as a tourer. It might not have been the best idea ever to go touring in Scotland on a Triumph Street Twin in early April. It’s not exactly a…
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Advanced Motorcycle Training With MoreBikes
An exclusive day of advanced motorcycle training will take place at Blyton Park on June 30, 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…
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