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Automatically LOWER your bikes SEAT HEIGHT with Showa’s EERA Heightflex suspension. COMING for 2021?
First unveiled at EICMA in November last year in prototype form, Showa’s new EERA Heightflex suspension system is a seriously cool bit of kit. And we’ve just heard that it could be available as soon as 2021. In essence, the EERA Heightflex is a shock absorber which (when fitted) will automatically lower the height of…
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VIDEO: Watch Alex Lowes getting to grips with the Yamaha factory 8-Hour R1. New Roberts-inspired helmet design for the Brit, too.
Here’s the official video from the factory ahead of the Suzuka 8-hour race which runs on Sunday, July 28. Things to take away from this; firstly there’s the uber-cool Tech 21 Shiseido colours and logos on the 2019 R1motorcycle which ape this bike (below), the iconic 1985 FZR750 OW74 and, secondly, Alex Lowes’ Kenny Roberts-esque…
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Husqvarna’s new RACE-READY FS 450 supermoto gets LAUNCH CONTROL and updated SUSPENSION for 2020.
Husqvarna has just announced the release of its new FS 450 supermoto – and here’s a brief breakdown of what you’ll get if you’ve got ten grand to spend on your next race machine. Husqvarna’s FS 450 is the only factory-built, single-cylinder competition supermoto machine available on the market – and since its inception, it’s…
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So here we go then, here’s the patents for the new BMW F850RS (which looks virtually identical to our spy photos).
Last year we brought you the first ever photos of a secret 850cc powered BMW roadster that looked like a smaller, roadster version of the German firm’s S1000XR upright superbike. In case you forgot what our exclusive spy shots revealed, here’s one of them again: So, that was that. A few months later we were…
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VIDEO: Dainese’s DAKAR RALLY legends INTERVIEW series. Celebrating the launch of its new DUNES collection.
To celebrate the launch of its new Settantadue Dunes collection, Dainese has delved into the history of the Dakar Rally, interviewing Italian legends Nico Cereghini and Gigi Soldano. Dainese’s new Dunes collection is inspired by the original Paris-Dakar explorers – and to show off its rally raid roots, the iconic Italian brand asked journalist Nico…
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You know it’s hot and getting hotter? Well…
Here’s an odd post from the Brandenburg Police force in West Berlin, Germany. According to the officer involved, the man was given a ticket on decency grounds for this pull on Tuesday last week. His reason for scootering au natural was that it was just so damned hot… you can’t reason with this sort of…
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VIDEO: Terrifying tiger scare sees motorcyclists narrowly escape… And we’re not talking about a new Triumph!
By Adam Rear Shocking helmet cam footage shows the trouser-browning moment a Bengal tiger narrowly avoided pouncing on motorcyclists in India. An adrenaline fuelled video was posted showing the shocking scenes of a tiger charging after motorcyclists at full pelt. The video shows the hair-raising moment a tiger chased two Forest Department officials through the Nagarhole…
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SPY SHOTS: KTM’s 1290 Super Duke R caught TESTING ahead of 2020 release. Click HERE to check out our MEGA gallery of the new HYPER-NAKED.
Here’s a first look at a production-ready prototype of KTM’s new 1290 Super Duke R, after it was caught on camera undergoing testing in the Alps. At first glance, it might not appear that much is changing for the 2020 model – but looking a little closer, it’s clear that KTM has made a handful…
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£10 billion needed over the next decade to fix pothole ‘scandal’
By Adam Rear An investigation by the Asphalt Industry Alliance (AIA) has found that councils need to spend a whopping £2,740,000 A DAY for the next 10 years to rid the UK of its sub-par road surfaces. According to council figures a pothole is fixed somewhere in the UK every 17 seconds. This is a…
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LOOK AGAIN: KTM’s 790 SMC caught out in road tests ahead of 2020 launch – it’s beefier! it’s quicker!
We were the first to show you these images when we put them up a month ago, but it’s worth you seeing our gallery of spy shots once again – because this is going to be one of the bikes of next year to have a ride on. The KTM roadster is going up in…
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Suzuki extends 0% finance offer on GSX-R range
Suzuki has extended its 0% finance offer on the GSX-R1000R plus the entry-level GSX-R125, with the deal now available until the end of September 2019. There’s also a new £250 Suzuki deposit contribution on the GSX-R125. Available with a minimum deposit of £1,000 on the GSX-R1000R, customers can opt for either a Personal Contract Purchase…
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Gorgeous! Check out THIS stunning Red Bull Fireblade from Honda for the Suzuka 8-Hour
With the iconic Japanese endurance race a month away (the entire event runs from Friday, July 26th to Sunday, July 28th) Honda has unveiled this beauty. It’s a trick Blade under the Red Bull colours. Traditionally, whatever Blade Honda runs at Suzuka – the single most important race on the calendar for the Japanese factories…
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PIKES PEAK 2019: Carlin Dunne has died after accident during the time trial
It was a major coup for Carlin Dunne, 36, to get the world’s first ride on the prototype Ducati Streetfighter V4 at the 97th Pikes Peak event, but the debut outing for the American rider on Italian machinery ended in disaster. According to witness reports (which have not been verified and therefore cannot be held…
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BSB: Scott-land! Redding wins race two and regains standings lead at Knockhill
Scott Redding returned to the top of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship podium at Knockhill, mastering the Scottish circuit to claim the victory in race two for Be Wiser Ducati and move back to the top of the standings by four points. At the start of the race Tarran Mackenzie claimed the initial advantage into…
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BSB: Sonic boom! First Bennetts BSB race win for Buchan and FS3-Racing Kawasaki
Danny Buchan and FS3-Racing Kawasaki celebrated their first victory in the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Knockhill this afternoon as he became the fifth different race winner of the season after a faultless performance to lead at the chequered flag by 6.232s. Buchan said: “It’s not sunk in yet and I’m pretty overwhelmed by it,…
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MotoGP: Viñales unstoppable as he strides to Assen victory
Maverick was Top Gun for the first time in 2019 to make it five winners in eight races Maverick Viñales (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) earned his and Yamaha’s first win of the season after a magnificent ride on Sunday afternoon at the Motul TT Assen, the Spaniard beats second place Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team)…
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MotoGP: Quartararo fires his way to youngest back-to-back polesitter
It wasn’t just the temperature that was soaring in Assen as two Yamahas and a Suzuki lineup on the front row, big names outside the top 10 Rookie sensation Fabio Quartararo (Petronas Yamaha SRT) becomes the youngest ever MotoGP back-to-back polesitter after storming to a sensational P1 in Q2 at the Motul TT Assen, the…
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MotoGP: Rins and Pol Espargaro into Q2 as Rossi misses out
The 2017 Dutch TT winner will start Sunday’s race from 14th on the grid after missing out on a Q2 place Team Suzuki Ecstar’s Alex Rins eased through to the fight for pole position after comfortably topping Q1 at the Motul TT Assen. Rins is joined in Q2 by Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Pol…
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BSB: Battle of the Dans, Buchan leads Linfoot in final free practice ahead of Datatag Qualifying
Danny Buchan topped the final Bennetts British Superbike Championship free practice session at Knockhill this morning, as FS3-Racing Kawasaki had the edge over the opposition ahead of the all-important Datatag Qualifying this afternoon in Scotland. As the session got underway in dry conditions the Smiths Racing BMW team were one of the first to fire…
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MotoGP: Quartararo sets new lap record to top FP3
Frenchman leaves it late to go P1 as Rossi’s fastest lap gets ruled out to leave The Doctor in Q1 Fabio Quartararo (Petronas Yamaha SRT) left it late to go quickest in FP3 and on the combined times at the Motul TT Assen, a new lap record of a 1:32.471 leaves the Frenchman 0.109 ahead…
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BSB: Top Scott! Redding leads the way at Knockhill
Scott Redding fired the Be Wiser Ducati to the top of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship free practice times at Knockhill this afternoon, setting the fastest lap of the session in the closing minutes to edge 0.081s ahead of Danny Buchan. Buchan had been at the top of the times for the majority of the…
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BSB: Video 2019 Round 5 – Knockhill Free Practice 1 onboard action
Just been watching this brilliant onboard footage of the Free Practice session 1 from a very sunny Knockhill. It’s a fantastic Friday watch, if you’ve got 4 minutes to spare.
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MotoGP: Viñales vs Quartararo: Yamaha duo bring the heat to Assen in FP2
Spaniard and Frenchman are the riders to beat at the Dutch GP so far, but who are their nearest challengers? It was roles reversed in FP2 at the Motul TT Assen as Maverick Viñales (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) overhauled FP1 leader Fabio Quartararo (Petronas Yamaha SRT) by 0.180 in the afternoon session the end Friday…
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BSB: Josh Brookes heads off Danny Buchan to top free practice 1 at Knockhill
Josh Brookes got his Knockhill weekend off to a perfect start by topping the opening Bennetts British Superbike Championship free practice for the Be Wiser Ducati team, holding off a closing Danny Buchan by 0.014s in an incredibly close session where the top 18 riders were covered by just 0.984s. Brookes had set the benchmark…
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