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Brit kid Brad Ray bags Moto2 Wildcard
British teenager Bradley Ray will make his Grand Prix debut at the Silverstone MotoGP, after being granted a wildcard into the British Moto2GP onboard an FTR. After careful negotiations between Steve Bones and Roger Keys, Brad’s manager, the former owner of the FTR factory has agreed to loan his FTR machine for use at this year’s…
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SCOOP! Honda’s secret plans: Two Strokes are BACK!
By Leon Rose and Tony Carter Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. Honda is planning to bring back two-strokes with a clean-burning, fuel-injected, all-new screamer engine. Patents have just been published that show the side and front elevation of…
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Suzuki issues recall of all GSX-S models
We told you yesterday that this was going to happen – and here’s the official notification of the recall on all GSX-S 2015 Suzukis. It’s not a huge issue with the bikes as such, but here’s what the factory has just sent out to customers: Suzuki has confirmed a recall of its GSX-S1000 and GSX-S1000F…
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See awesome classic Ducatis this weekend
Ducati Heritage display at Brands Hatch fundraising for True Heroes Racing. Fundraising event for True Heroes takes place this Saturday at Brands Hatch Ducati UK hospitality to host collection of exotic and historic motorcycles Preview evening on Friday 17th July with public access on Saturday from 11am until 5pm At Brands Hatch this Saturday during…
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Video: Wheelies in the living room!
It’s a Friday. so what better thing to watch than some American dude doing wheelies in his living room whilst watching MotoGP. Yep. Beats sitting there having to listen to waffle bleating out over the action… not a long video this, but still – fair play, fella.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by…
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Suzuki about to recall ALL GSX-S1000s (the naked and the faired)
Suzuki is about to recall all models of its new GSX-S1000 bike. That will include both the naked and the faired versions on the 2015 model.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. The reason for the recall isn’t too…
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Sena slashes price of first Audio-controlled action camera
With the elevated popularity of the Prism Bluetooth Audio Action Camera among motorcycle riders around the world, Sena Technologies, the maker of brilliant Bluetooth-audio controlled tech for the motorsports world has lopped about £75 off the price of it’s brilliant camera system.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly…
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SCOOP VIDEO: Guy Martin trying out the Triumph Streamliner record bike!
At the end of August Guy Martin is going to pilot the Triumph Rocket Streamliner in an attempt on the Land Speed Record, it’ll mean the Lincolnshire truck mechanic will have to do at least 377mph twice to bag the record, the attempt will be held on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. The Streamliner…
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Meet ‘Zecoo’. The world’s funkiest electric bike (and it’s real)
Normally, we’re not so bowled over by one-off electric scooters – but then, every now and then, we see one that looks like this. This is called the ‘Zecoo’ (urgh) and is built in Japan by a group calling themselves Kota Nezu. We don’t know that much about this bike at the moment other than…
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KTM issues recall on 2014 1290 Super Duke
KTM has issued a recall of the 2014 1290 Super Duke because of fears that the bike’s petrol tank could leak fuel.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. The announcement has been made in various markets around the world,…
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Rhys gets to Ireland – almost home for 2mororider
Our Rhys Lawrey, aka 2mororider, is almost at the end of his world-record-smshing global ride after 15 months of riding on his Triumph Tiger 800. Riding more than 56,000 miles through 70 countries, he has survived a collision with a car in China, food poisoning in Kazakhstan, extreme bureaucracy and terrible roads in Turkmenistan and…
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Woman driver crashes into fish van whilst ‘distracting herself’ when driving
As bikers, we’ve all heard about the dangers to us posed by seriously distracted drivers – and we all know how lethal people behind the wheel not paying attention can be, but this report takes the biscuit. According to the Gloucestershire Echo a woman crashed her Mini Cooper into the back of a fish van…
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Supercharged Honda super-commuter on the way
Just in case anyone out there is still unsure of where modern motorcycling is heading then here’s ANOTHER supercharged motorcycle in the pipeline. Honda has released a patent for a (effectively) NC700X supercharged bike. In the patents the supercharger, intercooler and other bolt-ons are mounted in the space within the dummy fuel tank – which…
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Podcast 20: BSB podium man Dan Linfoot
MoreBikes has been chatting to the very likeable BSB podium man Dan Linfoot. The Honda rider didn’t hold back when talking about the recent injury, his amazing start to the season and how competitive the ageing Honda Fireblade really is. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/214681353″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]
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Video: Michael Dunlop crashes then gets run over
That there Michael Dunlop got himself that there run-over during a race in that there Southern 100 event a couple of days back. The road racing superstar lost control while chasing race leader Guy Martin, as he fell Dunlop was then run over (at low speed) by roads big-deal-coming Ivan Linton. Dunlop wasn’t hurt in…
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Three old BMWs into one gets you a nitrous hound
We love this bike, as much for what it was (and now is) as for how funky it has ended up.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. This was a BMW R80 RT from the late 1980s, even better…
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SCOOP: Yamaha’s 2016 electric production bikes revealed
Reports are in this morning that Yamaha WILL launch its first production electric motorbikes in 2016 – and we will get to see the firm’s proddie electric tech in both on and off-road incarnations.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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The Ghostbusters get on their bike in new film
Who ya gonna call? Well, if it’s a ghost problem you’ve got then it’ll be a squad of Ghostbusters pottering about in some part on a battered old scrambler. Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. On-set pictures from the…
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30th Anniversary GSX-R colours revealed
It’s the 30th anniversary of the production of the GSX-R, a bike that changed the motorcycle world. To mark the occasion Suzuki is painting the 1000cc bike in special colours that ape the original scheme.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read…
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Feature: Flatshifter gives riders real leverage
If you know someone who’s not able to get about very easily, but fancies the idea of riding a motorcycle then get them to check out Flatshifter.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. Flatshifter is a British company specializing…
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SCOOP: Guy Martin to pilot land speed record attempt for Triumph
TT legend and adrenaline junkie Guy Martin confirmed as pilot for the Triumph world record attempt The Triumph Rocket III Streamliner is powered by two 2.3 litre Triumph Rocket III engines, producing 1,000 bhp Federation Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) world record attempt to take place at the Bonneville Speedway, Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah – 23-27…
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Guzzi Le Mans Radical to take on R-nine-T
Made by a small engineering workshop not far from the Czech republic, this is the awesome Radical Guzzi cafe racer. The engine is a Guzzi Griso V-twin lump, taken from 1200 to 1450cc and kicks out 135bhp at the rear wheel. Builder, Stefan Bronold says he was so keen for some genuine character with the…
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Podcast 19: Neck lock, broken back, Patrick Swayze and drinking – chatting with TT winner Gary Johnson
Time for a catch up with the funniest TT winner ever. Gaz stops off half way through a 100-mile long cycle ride to shoot the motorcycling breeze with MoreBikes. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/213644887″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]
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Launch report: Suzuki GSX-S1000FA
Tested by: John Milbank Pictures by: James Wright and Ula Serra £9,999//143.5bhp @ 10,000rpm//78.2lb-ft @ 9,500rpm//214kg//www.suzuki-gb.co.ukArticle continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. The new GSX-S1000FA has been carefully targeted by Suzuki – its typical buyer is expected to be an experienced forty-plus…
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