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Vindis Group opens second Ducati outlet
Good news Peterborough! There will be a new Ducati dealership near you very soon. The Vindis Group that recently opened a store in Cambridge is now about to follow up with a Ducati store in Wansford, near Peterborough. If you want go and have a look yourself they are opening the doors on June 18, 2016, with the Be…
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Video: Fixing luggage to Triumph Speed Triple 1050R: Part 2 – Enduristan dry bag
Tony’s already got the Enduristan tank bag on his long term test bike, the Triumph Speed Triple 1050 R. The next step was to add a matching Enduristan dry bag that can be strapped to the pillion seat. Andy from www.twistmoto.co.uk talked us through the features of the impressive bag and how to fit it to…
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Want to see Guy Martin’s next SPEED record attempt? Here’s where it is and when. And it’s FREE to attend!
Want to see Guy Martin’s next SPEED record attempt? Here’s where it is and when. And it’s FREE to attend! OK, so the Guy Martin stories are coming in thick and fast at the moment – and this one will cheer up all those Guy Martin fans who are missing their regular dose of the…
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Tom Tom bundles now on sale – perfect for filming your ride
New TomTom Bandit adventure and bike bundles are now available – just in time for the summer holiday season. TomTom Bandit automatically saves and highlights key moments in hours of recorded footage. Then by using the free companion app you can edit your video right on your phone, without downloading a single second of footage…
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Video: BMW’s South African TV ad splashes stooges superbike style
Check out this amusing bit of video that’s running as an advertising campaign in South Africa. It’s to push the S1000RR superbike and it’s a combination of Candid Camera (remember that?) and good old outrageous speeding past a bus stop (remember doing that?).Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly…
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VIDEO: Valentino Rossi’s web TV series episode 3 – watch it HERE
The third episode of the excellent web TV series, Valentino Rossi: The Doctor is out now.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. In this latest installment, you get to see Vale’s famous Ranch training ground in great detail. Built…
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Clutch of great 200cc specials appear in India – mini-Adventure and mini-Superbikes from dealers
Here’s a couple of specials from Indian bike dealers that have caught our eye – mainly because they’re so well done. Both of these bikes are made from the TVS Apache 200 donor bike. The 12v power supply, upright fairing and various Adventure-type add-ons make the small-capacity bike a real looker in this pic snapped…
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Yamaha recalls 15,072 small bikes over oil pump and front brake issues
Yamaha has recalled over 15,000 R25, MT25, R3 and MT320 bikes. So far, the recall is only effecting Japanese bikes, there has been no news concerning any European bikes in any of those ranges and if we hear anything about European stock being included in the recall we’ll let you know. The issues surround the…
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RUMOUR: VW to put Ducati up for sale – seems unlikely but USA finance press says it might happen today
RUMOUR: VW to put Ducati out for bids – seems unlikely but USA finance press says it might happen today. We’re expecting an announcement today (Thursday) from VW about the company’s future – and there’s some rumblings in the financial world that one option the car giant is looking at is to off-load Ducati for…
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Is Guy Martin racing under the alias Terry Smith? We’ve been told that he is. If that’s right then here’s how he’s going on the Tour Divide!
Yesterday we asked the question: Where is Guy Martin? after the live tracking for the punishing Tour Divide mountain bike race through America showed no sign of the housewife’s favourite – well last night we were told that Guy IS competing in the event and he’s doing it under the fake name Terry Smith! Now,…
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So where is Guy Martin? Because he’s NOT showing on the live tracking system for the Tour Divide mountain bike event
So where is Guy Martin? Because he’s NOT showing on the live tracking system for the Tour Divide mountain bike event in the USA. OK, so there’s probably a perfectly reasonable explanation for this – like his tracking unit has broken, or he’s already completed it but hasn’t shown up on the results or he’s…
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WSB round 8: Misano this weekend and here’s the stats that matter
Fancy being better in the know than the weekend’s professional ‘experts’? Then here’s the stats that you need ahead of this weekend’s WSB round at Misano. The Riviera di Rimini round is the eighth outing for the WSB boys this year and sees our own Tom Sykes making his 200th start in the class. It’ll…
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Sam Lowes interview: ‘After Assen it’s my first ride on the Aprilia MotoGP bike!’
Sam Lowes interview: ‘After Assen it’s my first ride on the Aprilia MotoGP bike!’ Sam Lowes has been doing the PR-bit with the powers-that-be at MotoGP and has given this interview to them about his first upcoming official test on the Aprilia RS-GP MotoGP machine that he will be riding in 2017.Article continues below… Advert…
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Honda’s Kumamoto factory is back to business
Honda’s Kumamoto factory is back to business. Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. Since the devastating earthquakes that hit the area on April 14th, the Honda factory in Kumamoto, Japan has been in almost total shutdown (minor operations started…
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First look: Indian’s 109bhp, 10,000rpm liquid-cooled motor
First look: Indian’s 109bhp, 10,000rpm liquid-cooled motor. Here’s the first look at the new motor which Indian will use in it’s upcoming, purpose-built, road legal flat tracker, MoreBikes told you about this bike first a full year ago and Indian finally confirmed its existence yesterday with some serious details about the new model.Article continues below……
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Indian confirms MoreBikes story from a year ago with flat-track announcement
Indian has just confirmed the scoop that we told you about first – a year ago! The American firm has just said that it is going to go AMA flat track racing with it’s first full factory racing effort since the 1950s. And it’s going to do it with a new liquid-cooled motor. And here’s…
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400cc Kawasaki powered AJS Cadwell on the way, according to factory sources
According to factory sources, AJS and Kawasaki will be joining forces to build a 400cc big brother for the current 125cc AJS Cadwell. We don’t have more details yet, but considering that Kawasaki recently announced the discontinuation of its retro bike, the W800, this could be a way for the Japanese manufacturer to bring back the…
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Video: Fixing luggage to Triumph Speed Triple 1050R: Part 1 – Enduristan tank bag
Tony’s long term test bike, the Triumph Speed Triple 1050 R was missing something essential for the Isle of Man TT trip: luggage. Luckily Andy from www.twistmoto.co.uk paid us a visit with some cool Enduristan luggage that worked a treat on the Triumph Speed Triple 1050 R.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the…
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TT 2016: Video of super slow-mo that’ll blow your mind
TT 2016: Video of super slow-mo that’ll blow your mind. We’ve been sent this clip from the IOMTTPICS.COM website and it’s pretty cool.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. The snapper has set up his own kerb cam on the…
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2017 KTM 390 Duke snapped INSIDE the factory. First picture of next year’s bike!
Here’s a first picture of the 2017 KTM 390 Duke – and the snap has come from an inside leak at the Bajaj factory near Pune in India. What we can see from the pic is that the bike is getting a split headlight face for next year, nicely aggressive and just what the segment…
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WSB Misano: Preview – Past the Halfway Marker, All Bets Are Off
Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli lies on the Riviera di Rimini in Italy, surrounded by the beaches of the glittering blue Adriatic coast. Now renamed in honour of fallen local hero and former 250 World Champion Marco Simoncelli, the circuit was remodeled in 2006 and the layout now winds clockwise around its 4km length, through…
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One to get to: Lincolnshire Bike Night this Wednesday (Lancaster taxy AND Spitfire flypast!)
When is it? Wednesday 15th June 2016 What is it? Gathering of hundreds of motorbikes of all makes to watch an evening taxy run of the Lancaster bomber and look at hundreds of bikes that turn up.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read…
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WSB legend Fabrizio Pirovano has died
One of the original entrants to the World Superbike championship, Fabrizio Pirovano – ‘The King of Monza’, has died aged 56. The awesome Italian former motorcycle racer from Biassono in Italy was one of the first racers in WSB, taking part in the 1988 championship and continuing in the series for several years. He was…
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SUPERCHARGED Kawasaki NINJA 250! Here’s picture proof of what we’ve been telling you!
Here’s a picture that’d get a lot of people hoping… this is a Kawasaki Ninja 250R with a supercharger. And it’s being developed in plain sight in a Japanese championship by the Trick Star Racing outfit.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read…
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