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WSB Preview: Donington Park this weekend
WSB Preview: Donington Park this weekend. Donington Park is the next home for WSB with the worlds best production-based motorcycles descending on the Leicestershire circuit this weekend. Our own Tom Sykes is leading the WSB charge. The poleman in Sepang by seven tenths, a winner in Malaysia and Buriram and a consistent podium finisher in 2016,…
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VIDEO: What makes a great motorcycle race school?
Track days and on-track training are a great way to improve your riding. Many of us go back to the same tracks and race schools again and again. Graham has been going to the Ron Haslam Race School track training days for 12 years. We talked to him to find out what it was that…
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MT-10 gets fancy french paint makeover with nine colour options
MT-10 gets fancy french paint makeover with nine colour options. Ohhh la la! French painworks firm already offering funky new colours for the Yamaha MT-10. Fancy it in pink?Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. It’s just been announced by…
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Tito Rabat tweets from the operating table (nothing squeamish though)
MotoGP rider Tito Rabat was forced out of the Mugello GP round at the weekend after a crash in FP3 on Saturday morning. In the fall from the Estrella Galicia, Marc VDS bike the Spaniard had a big tumble and ended up badly breaking his left collarbone. Last night the MotoGP rookie tweeted out this…
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2017 Yamaha R6 image surfaces in Japan
2017 Yamaha R6 image surfaces in Japan. This is what the Japanese journalists closest to the insider source at Yamaha Japan say the next generation of R6 is going to look like.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. Now, there’s…
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X-Games gold medalists and World Champs line up for GAS at Goodwood Festival of Speed
Goodwood Action Sports (GAS) returns to the Goodwood Festival of Speed for its fifth successive year, with a veritable who’s who of action sport stars all ready for four days of two-wheel fast-paced, high-octane motorised and pedal-powered fun and games. The disciplines of Freestyle Motocross, BMX Dirt, Trials and Mountain Bike will be superbly…
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Video: Mind and Motor with Maverick Vinales
Check out this really good video stepping into the life of MotoGP-rumour-mill-of-the-year Maverick Vinales. The film has been put together by Alpinestars and tells more of the story about Vinales on and off the track.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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Details emerge for Guy Martin’s next set of TV challenges – boats and blimps
We told you last week about one of the main challenges facing Guy Martin in the next SPEED with series on Channel 4 which will be aired later this year – and now there’s more information about what we can expect to see from the Lincolnshire-based sideburned chap. In what could prove to be his…
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BMF debuts bike show in Kent ‘Merlins and Motorbikes’
The British Motorcycle Federation (BMF), has joined forces with Aero Legends, Bikesure and WWII Headcorn Aerodrome to launch a thrilling new weekend event, ‘Merlins and Motorbikes’. Enthusiasts can expect an action packed experience at ‘Merlins and Motorbikes’, which is being held on Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 June 2016 at the Headcorn Aerodrome in Kent. Article continues…
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Three more future Kawasaki drawings appear in Japanese journal including the Z900RS, Z800 SC and SC cafe racer
The floodgates have opened in Japan with a flurry of information appearing about new bikes, confirmation of a lot of stories we brought you some time ago and a better idea of how specific models will end up looking. Japanese magazine YoungMachine has commissioned these three drawings of future Kawasakis that we know are coming.…
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2017 Kawasaki H2 GT drawings from Japan confirm Morebikes patent story from February
2017 Kawasaki H2 GT drawings from Japan confirm Morebikes patent story from February. Top Japanese motorcycle magazine YoungMachine has just appeared with this amazing illustration on the cover of the next generation Kawasaki H2 – called the GT.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe,…
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VIDEO: Ron Haslam: 20 years of running the race school and his love of riding bikes
We caught up with Ron Haslam at his race school to talk about racing, learning, and how much fun it is. Ron Haslam Race School has been helping people get up to speed on track for 20 years, and it’s still going strong. In the below video Ron talks about his approach to running the…
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KTM SX latest models in British dealers soon
The READY TO RACE KTM SX Motocross range MY 2017 is currently arriving in dealers with various refinements and upgrades across its 2-stroke and 4-stroke line-up, as well as a brand new 250 SX machine. The range includes: 125 SX, 150 SX, 250 SX, 250 SX-F, 350 SX-F and the 450 SX-F.Article continues below……
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Riders for Health closes UK operations
The Riders for Health charity has closed its UK operations and that might mean that there will be no more Day of Champions preview day of fun and fund raising ahead of the British GP. Although MotoGP parent company Dorna is believed to be looking into holding some sort of pre-event day in the UK…
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Video: Failure to launch… majorly…
We don’t know more about this video than what we can see. It’s been put up on YouTube by some Spaniard. But it made us laugh. How to get it really wrong at the start of a race… https://youtu.be/gsjqMbFYPdAArticle continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to…
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Track time at Misano ramped up at World Ducati Weekend 2016
The countdown to the great Ducati get-together World Ducati Week 2016 has begun. For weeks now preparations have been under way for an event that will draw thousands of Ducatisti from all over the globe, seeing them arrive at the Adriatic Riviera and the “Marco Simoncelli” Misano World Circuit which, from 1to 3 July, which will host…
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Rossi’s 2016 Mugello-special AGV lid revealed
Rossi’s 2016 Mugello-special AGV lid revealed. Valentino Rossi debuted another Mugello-special helmet paintjob at the weekend with this bright-yellow piece of work from helmet painter Aldo Drudi.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. Drudi’s on a bit of a roll…
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UNBELIEVABLE! Harlow Council bans bikers riding in groups of TWO or more!
Harlow Council bans bikers riding in groups of TWO or more! Harlow Council in Essex has imposed an injunction banning: ‘unauthorised groups of two or more from taking part in ride outs from 10am to midnight on any public land or highway in the town.’Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the…
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BSB review: Brands bends to Haslam’s will
BSB review: Brands bends to Haslam’s will. By Philip Wain With Leon Haslam and Shane Byrne occupying the top two spots in the MCE British Superbike Championship after the first three rounds, you could be forgiven for thinking it’s been predictable thus far and very much going as expected. However, that couldn’t be further from…
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Review: K7 Jean from Hood Jeans
Tested by: Mikko Nieminen // RRP: From £122.99 // Sizes: Mens: 30”-44”, Ladies 8-18 (leg length adjusted for free) // Colours: Mens: Blue, navy, black, Ladies: Blue, black I have only recently started to use riding jeans instead of leathers or heavy-duty textile trousers. The biggest reason for my hesitation was always the level of…
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MotoGP Mugello: Rossi: “It’s a great shame”
The Italian GP was a race full of potential for Valentino Rossi but one that eventually ended in a puff of smoke and disappointment.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. For the first time since he last took victory…
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Mugello MotoGP: Lorenzo wins last-lap thriller as Rossi retires
Valentino Rossi may have been unable to score, but the fans in Mugello were treated to a do or die duel between Lorenzo and Marquez. For the first time since 2008, Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) lined up for the Gran Premio d’Italia TIM in pole. The last time he started from pole in Mugello…
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BMW unveils supercharged retro 500cc custom ‘special’
BMW has unveiled this air-cooled 500cc boxer twin as a part-concept/part-tribute bike to the firm’s legendary R 5 motorcycle from 1936. It was shown to the public for the first time at the Italian event, the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este at the weekend.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly…
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Pirelli and Metzeler £30 cashback offers
Pirelli and Metzeler are offering £30 cashback when you buy and have fitted in-store, a pair of selected tyres. The offer is now live and the campaign runs until the end of June 2016.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online.…
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