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Nicky Hayden taken to hospital following cycling crash
Nicky Hayden has been hit by a car while training on his bicycle along the Rimini Coast in Italy. Hayden was in Italy following last weekend’s Superbike World Championship round at nearby Imola and was riding around the city of Rimini, on the Adriatic coast, when he was involved in a collision with a car.Article…
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Outrageous (105bhp!) Ducati Odioso sidecarcross custom outfit unveiled!
Custom bike builders Revival Cycles have just unveiled their latest project – an outrageous Ducati SP4 sidecarcross outfit that they’ve aptly named Odioso (which is Italian for obnoxious). In the custom bike world, there are few bigger names than Austin based Revival Cycles, founded by designer Alan Stulberg and mechanical engineer Stefan Hertal. Each year they…
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Video: Royal Enfield Himalayan custom scrambler revealed
Kerala based custom shop GRID7 Customs has just unveiled their latest creation – a Royal Enfield Himalayan scrambler. The guys at GRID7 Customs have scalped a Royal Enfield Himalayan – the 2017 dual-sport 400cc adventure bike that’s been available in India since the start of the year. They’ve completely overhauled the Royal Enfield (visually, at…
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Limited edition Marco Melandri Nolan X-802RR Helmet revealed
In celebration of this weekend’s round of World Superbike racing at Imola, Marco Melandri is donning a special Nolan X-802RR ‘Italian Tourist Tour’ helmet – and if you fancy getting your hands on one, there are only 15 available. Marco Melandri is celebrating the first Italian stage of the WSBK Championship with a special version…
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Call goes out to vigilante groups to form and catch bike thieves in big UK cities
A leaflet is doing the rounds in London calling for motorcyclists to join a group to ‘Sort out’ bike thieves and scumbags carrying out crimes on scooters. Alongside the flyer being handed out to riders, one of the call-to-arms posters was posted on the notceboard at the Ace Cafe in north west London.Article continues below……
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Awwww. Sweet! Meet the mini-me 110cc Monster that Ducati definitely hasn’t built (and it costs just over a grand!)
You know, this is probably one of the cutest ‘lookalikes’ we’ve seen from the Asian copycat market so far. And when you consider that this bike, all-in – with the plastics, decals and everything else – costs just over £1k, then you might end up liking this as much as we do.Article continues below……
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KTM unveils its new fuel injection enduro bikes
Following on from the lighter, stronger and faster all-new generation of EXC released last year, which saw the launch of a full range of Enduro models that had been re-designed from the ground up, KTM has created the world’s first serial production fuel injected 2-stroke offroad motorcycles with its EXC TPI (Transfer Port Injection)…
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Video: Algae oil powered wooden motorcycle
A motorcycle made of wood and powered by burning algae oil has been developed by a couple of guys from the Netherlands. The motorcycle is the work of designer Ritsert Mans and scientist Peter Mooji. The two friends hatched a plan to produce an algae oil powered wooden motorcycle to highlight one of the options…
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Yamaha’s concept scooter revealed – and it’s ‘Glorious’
Yamaha has shown this funky modern/retro scooter at the Ajang Vietnam Motor Show. The Yamaha Glorious 155 Concept – what a name! – might ‘just’ a concept at the moment but, to be honest, it’s a pretty standard chassis, engine etc under the swish bodywork so this scooter would be pretty straightforward to take from…
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Video: Laverty’s horrific World Superbike fireball smash at Imola
In case you were out in the sun at the weekend instead of watching WSB, here’s something that happened that you might fancy a peak at – the fireball that engulfed Eugene Laverty’s Miwaukee Aprilia. Click on the image below to watch a video of the huge crash: https://youtu.be/zoWBR-NoqUAArticle continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More…
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Video: super-slow mo (1200fps) of Cody Webb and Taylor Robert doing some amazing stuff on Enduro Bikes. WATCH THIS. It’s mega!
Video: AMAZING super-slow mo (1200fps) of enduro stars Cody Webb and Taylor Robert doing that there enduro stuff. Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. We can’t get enough of this super-slow motion footage of enduro chaps doing their enduro…
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McGuinness breaks vertebrae, leg and ribs
John McGuinness will miss this year’s Isle of Man TT races after suffering severe injuries at the North West 200 road races. 23-time TT winner John has been diagnosed with a compound fracture to his right lower leg, while in theatre last Thursday night it was not possible to plate the leg as initially thought…
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WIN WIN WIN the new KTM RC 390!
Yeah, it’s true. YOU can win this excellent new KTM little superbike and it won’t cost you a single penny to be entered into the draw. In fact, it only takes a few clicks of your mouse to be in with a shot of bagging this absolutely beautiful motorcycle for yourself. RC 390 receives host…
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WSB: This weekend it’s Imola for the diesels. Here’s the rundown of which manufacturers perform well around the technically demanding Italian track
Aprilia‘s only win at Imola came with their previous model – the twin-cylinder RSV1000 – back in 2001’s Race 2. Since then, ten more podiums followed: the last ones were three 3rd places in the second Races held here from 2013 to 2015. Last year the best result for Aprilia was recorded by Lorenzo Savadori,…
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Triumph Motorcycles launches bike insurance for its 80,000 UK owners
Triumph Motorcycles has launched two new, tailor-made insurance products, developed to meet the needs of its 80,000 UK owners.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. Enhancing the Triumph purchase and ownership experience, Triumph Insurance and Triumph Insurance Plus policies…
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Video: Guy Martin says he’s only at the North West 200 to: “Get signatures. It’s a means to an end.”
Terrific BBC journalist Stephen Watson is covering the North West 200 road races for the channel right now (go and see it at BBC NI in the channel’s excellent ongoing coverage of the event) and last night he caught a few minutes with a chatty Guy Martin. You can watch this very interesting bit of…
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Video: Police rider highsides out of Royal Cavalcade escort job in London
https://youtu.be/USdUeTXAvZI Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. Footage has emerged showing a police motorcyclist flung from his bike while escorting a member of the Royal family on Waterloo Bridge, London. The embarrassing incident happened on Monday while specialist officers…
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Saroléa confirms carbon electric racebike for this year’s Zero TT race
If you’ve watched the TT Zero race, the single lap competitive outing for electric bikes held every year on The Isle of Man, then you’ll have heard of the Belgian outfit Saroléa. The firm has competed on The Island three times before in the Zero race and it’s now announced that it will be part of…
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BikeSafe takes delivery of ten Ducati Multistrada 1200s
RAF Brize Norton was the location for the official handover of ten Ducati Multistrada 1200 motorcycles to BikeSafe, a police led initiative to reduce the number of motorcyclists involved in accidents on the road by improving skills, knowledge and hazard awareness. The location was also chosen to highlight BikeSafe’s partnership with the RAF that will…
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Get ready for the return of a Long Way with Charley and Ewan! Boorman says a third one could happen
Motorcycling man Charley Boorman has said that he and Ewan McGregor could do a third Long Way motorcycle trip. The popular part-time Adventurer made the announcement on BBC Radio 5 live’s programme with Nihal Arthanayake and Sarah Brett. During the chat Boorman told the presenters: “We always talked about doing a third one, whether that’s South…
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MotoGP: Rossi from 22nd quickest: “We think we’ve solved the problems”
Championship leader Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) had a difficult time with tyres in the Spanish GP, but despite finishing the post-race test in P21, the ‘Doctor’ found some positivity and solutions to his problems. The Italian legend tried a range of rubber during his 62 laps of the Jerez, and set a best of…
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MotoGP: JerezTest: Viñales and Marquez split by 0.002 at the top
After Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team) took his first win of the year on Sunday, bikes were back out on track the following day for the Jerez Test – the first post-race test of the year. The tyre allocation for the test was the same as available throughout the weekend, plus an extra front option…
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Video: Robbie Maddison sets new world record for riding on water
Robbie Maddison has honoured a fallen fan by setting a new record for riding on two wheels (on water)! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge2Rp7Fcw78 If you’ve not heard of Robbie Maddison, he’s an internationally renowned Australian motorcycle stunt rider, whose incredible career has consisted of doing the seemingly impossible on two wheels. He’s been setting new records for more…
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Royal Enfield set to buy Ducati?
Royal Enfield has (reportedly) been approached by The Volkswagen Group regarding the possible acquisition of iconic Italian motorcycle brand, Ducati. Volkswagen is looking to offload as it considers options to fund a multi-billion pound shift to electric vehicles following the recent emissions scandal – and one way to release a bit of capital is to…
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