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Want to see Honda’s WSB 2020 Fireblade up close? Here you go.
It’s a lovely piece of motorcycle for a Monday morning that’ll get you smiling. This is the factory Honda World Superbike Fireblade in testing garb, photographed between test sessions. Campaigned this year on the world stage by Leon Haslam and Alvaro Bautista, the bike is all-new and comes with a host of aerodynamic wings. Think…
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MotoGP: Lorenzo: “Wild Card? Why Not?”
After the Sepang MotoGP tests, where Jorge Lorenzo debuted as Yamaha test rider, the five time world champion spoke out about what he found after his first sessions out on the Yamaha M1 motorcycle. During the test, Yamaha Petronas’ fast rising star Fabio Quatararo was quickest just 0.082s ahead of Cal Crutchlow on the Castrol…
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Honda’s CBR250RR hots up for 2020. The little Fireblade motorcycle gets sharper
According to our friends in Japan, there’s a proper war coming between the raft of new four-stroke 250s with Kawasaki’s ZX-25R spurring others to get serious with their quarter-litre screamers. The Kawasaki’s 4-cylinder engine has a redline of 17,000rpm and – although not yet confirmed by the factory – is expected to appear in two…
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Motorcycle legal advice: Can I be ‘nicked’ for drink-driving on private property?
I got nicked for drink-driving as I blew 130 micrograms in the car park – and that’s the point; I never made it to the road. If I had done, I reckon they would have had me bang to rights, but they mucked up.
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MotoGP: Valentino Rossi’s new winter testing helmet appears in Sepang
Another season, another Valentino Rossi winter helmet design and this one harks back to the glory days of the Sun & Moon era – albeit modernised a bit. As with other lids, there’s a good chance that this Aldo Drudi-designed helmet scheme will appear on an AGV topper that will be on sale soon. So…
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TT 2020: Michael Dunlop: ‘I’m still looking for a Superbike ride’
Michael Dunlop says he has ‘no agreement in place to ride a Superbike’ for the 2020 road racing season. As widely expected, the Ballamoney star confirmed he’d compete under his own MD Racing banner in the Superstock and Supersport classes: “As that has proved to be a good way of doing things.” Writing on his Michael…
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MSL’S Upcoming Great Adventures
Need an excuse to get out and explore on your bike? Well, Motorcycle Sport and Leisure magazine have ten of them!
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First Ride: 2020 Kawasaki Z1000SX Ninja
By Dave Manning, Motorcycle Sport & Leisure magazine Bringing the top model in Kawasaki’s sport tourer range into line with the rest of the road bike range – giving it the Ninja moniker – isn’t just a nostalgic reminder of bikes like the original 1984 GPz900R, but gives the new Z1000SX a sportier sell, alongside…
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Here’s the Ducati Superleggera! Project 1708 is HERE! 234hp, 152kg. Oh man… MEGA GALLERY of LEAKED images
Here’s the Ducati Panigale V4 Superleggera. It’s a 234hp, 152.2kg dry (with the race exhaust fitted) – MotoGP bike for the road with the GP16 aero package. It’ll cost around £76,000. and there’s only going to be 500 of them made. This mega gallery of leaked images of the bike shows it off in it’s…
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Honda patents it’s first all electric sporty (ish) roadster
So this drawing has appeared as part of a patent from Honda and in it you can clearly see that it’s an all-electric vehicle slotted into a semi-sporty outer. There’s not much detail on the intricacies of the bike itself; batteries are low slung, there’s braking regen from the front wheel and the rear triangular…
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MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo: “I will be faster”
Yesterday at Sepang saw five time World Champion Jorge Lorenzo make his return to the track on a MotoGP bike when he stepped out on the Yamaha factory M1 as official test rider. As the former King bedded into the 2020 motorcycle, his lap times dropped with his best time putting him second fastest after…
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You REALLY want a Harvey Mushman T-shirt. You REALLY do.
Harvey Mushman wasn’t a real person – at least, not in the motorcycle racing sense (although there’s probably a few real Harvey Mushman’s around the world, let’s be honest. Hello, Harveys!) but he was iconic because Harvey Mushman was the pseudonym used by Hollywood legend Steve McQueen when he wanted to enter motorcycle races. In…
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Triumph + Bajaj deal to start off with SIX A2-friendly motorcycles that WILL be sold over here
More details are emerging, this time from France, of the ins and outs of the recent merger of Triumph Motorcycles and Indian bike builder Bajaj. The two companies announced last week that they were pooling ideas, designs and manufacturing to come up with a series of small-to-middleweight motorcycles, ranging in size from 200 to 750cc.…
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ADVERTORIAL: A Ride Less Ordinary: Harley-Davidson Low Rider S
There’s nothing ordinary about the Low Rider S, a machine with styling that represents a modern take on the iconic Low Rider motorcycles of the 1980s SoCal cruiser scene.
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MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo second quickest and bags 46 laps on first day of testing for Yamaha at Sepang!
So this is the third day of the pre-test test (with the two-day test at Sepang happening later this week) but it’s also the first day Lorenzo has been out on the factory Yamaha in his role as test rider. And check this out – he’s gone and bagged the second-best time of the day,…
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Triumph teases launch of NEW Street Triple R. And it’s happening on February 11. Save the date.
Triumph has just announced that there’s a new Street Triple R on the way – and we’re only going to have to wait another week to get our hands on all the details. Over the last couple of months, Triumph has released its Street Triple RS and S – so it’s not come as a…
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MUST DO THIS: Go Off-Road with Beta Motorcycle Experience Days
New for 2020, Beta Experience Days offer a challenging and safe introduction to off-roading, guided over dramatic terrain by top ‘Hard Enduro’ rider Wayne Braybrook. Aimed at road bike and Adventure Bike owners, this new Yorkshire based activity is backed by Beta UK and is fully equipped with a wide range of two and four-stroke,…
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SEVEN questions raised about the Norton Motorcyles COLLAPSE.
Norton Motorcycles has gone into administration, as it is pursued by HMRC for £300,000 in unpaid taxes read about this HERE. Whilst the dust on this news settles, we’ve had a dig through our news archive to see what the company has been doing over the past few years – and doing this has raised…
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MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo is out at the Sepang test today
It’s Tuesday so that means it’s the third and final day of the MotoGP pre-test test session at Sepang, and it’s the first day back on a works Yamaha for five-time World Champion Jorge Lorenzo. Out of retirement to take up the official role of development rider, Lorenzo will spearhead the rapid development of the…
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THIS WEEK! Ducati is unveiling the Superleggera. Project 1708 (it’s codename) unveiling on Feb 6.
This (notification image at the bottom of this article) has just appeared from Ducati. It’s the official unveiling of the Ducati Panigale V4 Superleggera (codename Project 1708) – the 2016 MotoGP on the road. It’s going to make 234bhp and weigh 152kg dry. It has HUGE wings for real MotoGP downforce and looks like it’d…
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Norton Motorcycles collapse. More information comes to light.
Following last week’s news that Norton Motorcycles has gone into administration, more information has come to light which indicates that the latest collapse of the iconic British brand was a long time coming. -Metro Bank has confirmed it has spent months working with Norton to find a solution before bringing in the administrators as…
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MotoGP: Alex Rins has signed for Suzuki for the next two years (apparently), expected to line up alongside Joan Mir
According to Spanish outlets, Alex Rins has already signed a contract for two more years with Suzuki, knocking Ducati interest to have him in its team on the head. With Maverick Vinales (Yamaha’s team leader for this year and next) and Fabio Quartararo (signed to stay with Yamaha this year and move to the factory…
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Suzuki’s new winter offer now has 0% finance on GSX-R1000R and Katana
Suzuki has announced its winter offers, which run until the end of March 2020 and include 0% APR finance on a number of key models in its current on-road range, plus £500 off its 125cc motorcycles. Suzuki’s headline offer of 0% HP finance over 48 months is available on the range-topping GSX-R1000R and GSX-R1000, the…
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Paul Ricard circuit is up for sale
It might be one of the legendary circuits in motorcycle racing folk lore, one that’s conjured up some of (if not THE) greatest 500GP races of all time, but Ricard is up for sale once again. Ricard’s general manager, Stephane Clair has confirmed the intent for ownership to change hands. He announced the decision by…
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