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STAFFORD CLASSIC BIKE SHOW: Check out Robert Dunlop’s RARE 50cc Kreidler RACER.
Robert Dunlop’s 50cc Kreidler racer will be on display at next month’s Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show at Staffordshire County Showground. Dunlop’s lean, lithe, lightweight water-cooled Kreidler, with its five-speed gearbox and a Van-Veen crank will be on display across the weekend of the 19th and 20th October at the popular Stafford Classic Bike Show. Campaigned…
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Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman are going ELECTRIC. Harley-Davidson LiveWire’s spotted in Argentina ahead of NEW TV series.
Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman are gearing up to film their latest long-distance bike trip for TV – and this time, it looks as though they’re going electric. Four Harley-Davidson LiveWire electric motorcycles (and a fleet of Rivian electric pickup trucks) have been spotted in Tierra del Fuego, at the southernmost tip of Argentina by…
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SPY SHOTS: Energica’s next generation ELECTRIC superbikes caught TESTING on the road. New battery tech for 2020.
Energica’s electric superbikes have been caught on camera while out testing in Italy. And it looks like we’re going to see new version of the Italian factories Ego and Eva EsseEsse9 for 2020. First reported by Italian biker site Moto.It, the new bikes were spotted by an eagle eyed snapper near Verona, Italy – which…
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STAFFORD CLASSIC BIKE SHOW: TEN TIME sidecar CHAMPION Steve Webster set for starring role. Get your tickets NOW.
Steve Webster has been announced as the Guest of Honour at the Carole Nash Motorcycle Mechanics Show this October – and advance tickets are on sale now, if you fancy meeting the most successful sidecar racer of all time. Webster’s career began back in 1980 – and over the coming years he went on to…
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SPY SHOTS: Here’s Triumph’s 2020 Tiger XR that we’ve just caught on the road. Oooooh…
Ok, so we first showed you these snaps a couple of weeks ago – but in case you missed them, here’s a look at Triumph’s Tiger XR variant for 2020 which was caught on camera by our spy snapper. We’ve already shown you the first shots of the new Tiger with a bigger capacity motor,…
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BSB: Bridewell takes Oxford Racing Ducati to first BSB race win as Mackenzie and Hickman confirmed as Title Fighters
Tommy Bridewell claimed the Oxford Racing Ducati team their first Bennetts British Superbike Championship race win in the third and final race of the weekend at Oulton Park as Tarran Mackenzie and Peter Hickman were confirmed as the final two Title Fighters for the Showdown. At the start of the race Bradley Ray led the…
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BSB: Redding wins as Brookes snatches second from Bridewell at the finish line
Scott Redding claimed the second Bennetts British Superbike Championship victory of the weekend at Oulton Park, holding off the challenges of Josh Brookes and Tommy Bridewell, with his Be Wiser Ducati teammate snatching second from Bridewell at the line, with an incredible 0.198s covering the top three at the chequered flag. At the start of…
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WSB: Bautista beats Rea in final lap showdown at Portimao!
A thrilling climax to the final WorldSBK action of the weekend saw the two championship protagonists give it their all! A thrilling Race 2 at Portimao fired the championship race back into life as Alvaro Bautista (ARUBA.IT Racing – Ducati) overcame a poor start and a shoulder injury to triumph over Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing…
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WSB: Rea prevails for Tissot Superpole Race win as Bautista battles back
The two main championship protagonists will start on the front row, making for a tantalising Race 2 after an action-packed Tissot Superpole Race! The 2019 MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship fired back into life on Sunday morning with the Tissot Superpole Race. The 10-lap affair would be all-action from the start and would eventually see…
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BSB: Josh Brookes WINS Oulton Park opener.
Josh Brookes maintained his winning momentum at Oulton Park, claiming his seventh British Superbike Championship victory of the season in a dramatic opening race of the triple-header weekend. There was drama for Honda Racing before the start of the race when Xavi Forés crashed out on the sighting lap to the grid; the Showdown hopeful…
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WSB: Reigning champion Rea WINS Race One at Portimao.
Jonathan Rea just claimed his eighth consecutive win at Portimao in Race One of this weekend’s World Superbike round. With the race getting underway, it was Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) got the holeshot and took the lead into Turn 1 but there was drama behind. A lunge from Chaz Davies (ARUBA.IT Racing –…
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WSB: Here’s the FULL SCHEDULE for Portimao this weekend.
The World Superbike circus heads to Portimao this weekend – and with free practice already underway, here’s the full schedule to help you keep across the action right through the weekend. HERE’S THE FULL SCHEDULE All times are in local time. Local Time – GMT+1 Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading…
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BSB: FULL schedule for this weekend’s ACTION at Oulton Park.
This weekend’s round of the British SuperBikes Championship at Oulton Park is already underway – but ahead of the TRIPLE HEADER weekend, here’s a look at the full practice, qualifying and race schedule to make sure you get the most out of the action. FRIDAY 09.00 – 09.25 Pirelli National Superstock 600 in association with…
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Local councillor suggests RE-ROUTING the Isle of Man TT Mountain Course.
The chairman of one of the Isle of Man’s parishes has suggested that the TT course could be changed to cut disruption on the islands roads. Andrew Jessop, the chairman of Braddan Commissioners (which is essentially the local council for the Parish of Braddan) said: “I have been in discussions with the Department of Infrastructure…
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BSB: Here’s the FULL calendar for the 2020 season. But it’s only provisional at this stage.
The provisional calendar for the 2020 British Superbike Championship has just been announced – and here’s a first look at it. Ok, so there are still four rounds to go before the 2019 championship draws to close – but to help you plan ahead for next year, the British Superbike Championship has released its provisional…
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VIDEO: Check this out! Suzuki’s SECOND All-Star 125 RACE. BSB, WSB riders messing about on Suzuki GSX-S125s at Bruntingthorpe.
Suzuki has just released a brilliant video of its second annual Suzuki All-Star 125 race, which saw a gaggle of top level racers compete for glory on identical GSX-S125s around Bruntingthorpe kart circuit. The race pitted Bradley Ray, Richard Cooper, Luke Stapleford, Billy McConnell, and Josh Elliott against each other on identical GSX-R125s. It’s well…
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NEW COLOURS for Yamaha’s 2020 R6, R3 and R125.
Yamaha has recently revealed the colour schemes for its YZF-R6, YZF-R3 and YZF-R125 for 2020. Ok, so it’s not the most exciting news you’ve ever heard – but Yamaha’s just given us a look at the new colours for its R6, R3 and R125. At first glance, the new colours aren’t dramatically different to the…
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Ducati’s Panigale V4 R is OFFICIALLY eligible for the Endurance World Championship. Will we see a factory team at the Suzuka 8 Hours?
The Endurance World Championship has changed its regulations, making Ducati’s Panigale V4 R eligible to race for the 2019-2020 season. And rumours are swirling that the Italian factory will have an official team at this year’s Suzuka 8 Hours. Following two Ducati Panigales V4 Rs being disallowed from this year’s Suzuka 8 Hours after failing…
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Yamaha’s XSR155 gets the CUSTOM treatment. Turn the mini-XSR into a Scrambler, Café Racer or Tracker.
Following on from the official reveal of Yamaha’s XSR155 in India, the Japanese factory has unveiled three custom versions of its small-capacity neo-retro machine. As part of the launch event, Yamaha showed off 12 optional parts and accessories for its XSR155 – with the help of a custom Scrambler, Café Racer and Tracker. And we…
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MotoGP: Fancy evesdropping in on Alex Rins, Maverick Vinales and Marc Marquez in a private chat after the Silverstone race? Watch this then…
So this is always going to happen when you’ve got GoPro as a sponsor of a round. And thank goodness it does. What we have here, at the bottom of these words, is a bit of video that’s fascinating to watch. After the British round of the MotoGP championship, the top three were ferried through…
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VIDEO: Getting to know KTM’s 790 Adventure R Rally. Technical breakdown and off-road action.
KTM’s limited edition 790 Adventure R Rally is a serious bit of off-road kit – and the Austrian factory has recently released a couple of videos which explain what’s going on under the bikes skin, and show us exactly what it’s capable of doing in the hands of a properly talented rider. One of the…
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Honda reveals custom CB1000R’s at Glemseck 101.
Honda has unveiled a selection of custom CB1000R’s at the Glemseck 101 show in Germany. After revealing a selection of custom bikes at last year’s Glemseck event to widespread critical acclaim, Honda has shown off seven more customs for 2019. Here’s a look at the six we’ve managed to get photos of (including a retro-style…
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Suzuki reveals the 2020 SV650’s colours
It’s not the most earth-shattering news, we’ll give you that. But in terms of a very popular bike being of interest to a lot of people on the roads right now, Suzuki knows how important this sort of thing is to its customers. So here we go then, this is what we’ve just been sent…
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SPY SHOTS: KTM’s 1290 Super Adventure (next year’s bike – the new one) caught out in FINAL form. It’s ready. It’s done.
We first brought you these images just over a week ago – and we thought it’d be worth giving you the chance to have another look, just in case you missed them. OK, so this is the S variant of the 2020 bike (we’ve already shown you the R version which you can spot easily…
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