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Podcast 23: Chatting with the Legend: Dave Thorpe
MoreBikes has been for a natter with the mighty Dave Thorpe, motocross legend and the man behind the Honda off-road school, to find out how and why those who haven’t ridden on dirt yet, can and should! https://soundcloud.com/morebikes/022-chatting-with-the-legend-dave-thorpe
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Exclusive 1000cc V8 Drysdale nicked
So what do you do with an almost-unique, hand-built, super-exclusive 1000cc V8 motorcycle – once you’ve stolen it?Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. There are some pretty dumb bike thieves out there, but we’ve got contenders for the…
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SCOOP Project Gemini – trick, 160bhp Speed Triples revealed
How do you like these Triumph triple specials? Limited to just 100 custom Speed Triples, these are some of the designs for Project Gemini. Made by T3 Racing and Kevin Taggart, Spirit of the Seventies designer, the bikes are more than just a tweak of the cosmetics.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by…
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VIDEO Scramblers in the Rockies. GREAT film with Ducati and Triumph.
Our good friends at Motorcyclist magazine have made a great video where they shun the big Adventure bikes for two modern-take scramblers and head out for some dirt fun.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. We love this, and…
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Video Kids and minimotos and GP-lines
Kids and minimotos, a go-kart track and a camera.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. It’s a cool bit of video and we like it, who says that the youth are all stabby/hoodie/indoorgamers? Not this lot. And check out…
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SCOOP: Guy Martin: Back to work tomorrow with a broken back!
Guy Martin says that he’ll be back to work tomorrow (Tuesday) just FIVE DAYS after that crash at the Dundrod 150 road race left him with a broken back. Martin was speaking from his hospital bed in Belfast. The 33-year-old also suffered a broken sternum and ribs in the fall and underwent more than five…
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VIDEO Guy Martin’s horror crash (broken back, sternum and ribs)
This video shows the bone-crunching moment that Guy Martin broke his back, sternum and ribs during Dundrod 150 race on Thursday. Martin was leading the Superbike race when he crashed at the Ireland’s section of the circuit in Co Antrim.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here…
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Guy Martin’s broken his back!
Guy Martin’s broken his back. After his fall at the Ulster GP the 33 year old has been diagnosed with a broken sternum, vertebrae and ribs. He’ll undergo surgery today to stabilise the back injury. Bugger.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read…
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SCOOP AWESOME KTM/RD350 special built by kid in India
Now THIS is what we want to have a go on next – this absolutely gorgeous mash-up between a KTM Duke 390 and a Yamaha RD350. This special has been built in India by Aseem Singh Pawar and is officially called the RD-Duke.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper.…
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SCOOP Atlantic Metals buys up Erik Buell Racing for $2.25m
The second half of the deal over Erik Buell Racing has now gone through after an auction yesterday – in which Altlantic Metals acquired all of EBR’s bike-making equipment. That means the machines, parts, tools and associated bits and parts of EBR PLUS the company’s trademarks, patents and databases are now owned by the American…
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Massive fire guts Fantic site and destroys bikes
A fire has swept through the Fantic production sheds at Treviso in Italy leaving bikes and machinery destroyed and causing a million Euros of damage. The fire broke out around midnight on Wednesday August 5, ten fire engines attended the blaze with the first unit arriving on site at 1.15am.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything…
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Mega collection of 60 exotic rare bikes going up for sale
An incredible collection of 60 rare, mostly American motorcycles will be put up for sale at Bonhams Autumn Stafford Sale, on October 17-18.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. “This is an incredibly rare find; 60 fantastic collectors’ motorcycles,…
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Sponsored story: The Official Motorcycle and Scooter Tagged Equipment Registration Security Scheme
In 2012, the Motorcycle Industry Association, a number of top manufacturers and the Police came together to launch the first ever industry wide anti-theft initiative – the MASTER Scheme. The manufacturers who have signed up to the scheme, mark their bikes with various technologies, free of charge by the dealer to the customer, before they…
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Sponsored story: Get ready for your best year of biking, with Carole Nash
We’ve all been there – the sun’s out, you’re gearing up for a thrilling ride-out to a summer bike meet when all of a sudden your trusty steed just won’t start. Or maybe it’s temporarily off the road. Wouldn’t it be handy to hop on your mate’s bike instead, if only your insurance would cover…
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Video: One of the dumbest crashes you’ll ever see NSFW
Ok, so this is one of the dumbest bits of riding we’ve seen for a while – and it ends up with a fat bloke in a t-shirt wiping out spectacularly. The cruiser ‘dude’ behind the cameraman clearly isn’t paying attention to what’s happening up front, panic brakes and ends up on his face. Dumb…
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Hot rumour’s from Ducati sources: 899 ‘S’ instead of new Streetfighter 1299
Hot rumours today about the Ducati 2016 line-up which are largely centering around a 899 ‘S’ type model Panigale. The grumbles about the bike are coming from America and they are virtually rubbishing the recent gossip-mongering elsewhere that claimed we could be about to see a 1299-based Streetfighter launched by Ducati.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy…
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SCOOP Video Yamaha’s MT-09-powered super sand buggy wotsit nearly here
Do you fancy a four-wheeled, super sand buggy type racer from Yamaha – powered by the firm’s three-cylinder MT-09 engine? Yeah, we wouldn’t mind a blat in it too. And looking at this very funky video released by the Japanese factory, it’s going to be with us by the start of next month.Article continues below……
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SCOOP Great British Bake Off Hollywood starting Bikes n Bakes festival!
British Bake Off star Paul Hollywood is setting up a motorcycle and baking festival. No, we didn’t believe it either when we first heard about it – but it’s true.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. The brilliant lazer-eyed…
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Our latest FREE weekly MoreBikes app is now LIVE
The latest issue of our FREE weekly MoreBikes app is out now. Full of the stories, kit reviews, features and news that matters – and some silly stuff and videos that don’t really matter but will make you smile.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here…
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Meet Honda’s funky Hornet 160R. About to go on sale.
What do reckon to this little beauty then? This is the Honda CB Hornet 160R, a bike that’s going on sale in the Indian market. Powered by a 162cc single-cylinder air-cooled engine that makes 14.5bhp @ 8,000rpm, maximum torque is 14.61Nm @ 6,000rpm and the bike gets a five-speed gearbox – top end on the…
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Podcast 22: One Steph Beyond
Steph Jeavons is an amazing rider who has travelled the world on her Honda and is still going on crazy, massive mileage missives. MoreBikes caught up with her for a chat about all things global. https://soundcloud.com/morebikes/022-one-steph-beyond
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SCOOP Kawasaki 2016 colours and stuff (so far)
Kawasaki has just sent us these updates for the 2016 range so we thought we’d let you read what the factory itself is saying about the changes to the range. Mostly just colours at this stage, new models like the new ZX-10R and possibly the new junior supercharged bike, both of which we scooped a while back,…
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SCOOP Jurassic World Scrambler sells for £28,000
Last weekend, the global charity auction of an iconic Triumph Scrambler ridden by film star Chris Pratt in Jurassic World closed after ten days and 90 bids. The bespoke bike, which was featured racing alongside Raptors in this summer’s blockbuster is a one-off piece of movie history and raised $43,752 or£28,000 in aid of those battling…
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SCOOP Indian confirms flat-track plans for 2017
Well, we told you that this was going to happen and here’s the official word on Indian Motorcycles returning to the AMA flat-track series in 2017. Here’s is what Steve Menneto, Vice President of Polaris, the company that owns Indian, said: “I don’t have anything more to tell you at this stage, beyond the fact…
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