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Hi-res images of 2016 Desmo 16 GP bike show four fairing wings in detail
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HI-res images of 2016 Desmo 16 GP bike show four fairing wings in detail. Yesterday was the official launch of the Ducati Desmosedici MotoGP squad for 2016 and it gave us some amazing hi-res pics of the new bike. Called the Desmo 16 GP, the bike is an evolution of the Desmo GP15…
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Sykes smashes top spot in WSB Phillip Island test
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Kawasaki Racing Team ended the first day of testing in Phillip Island 1-2 on the timesheets with 2013 WorldSBK Champion Tom Sykes beating reigning Champion Jonathan Rea to the top spot by 0.196 seconds. It was a day marred by drizzle and interruptions that saw Honda rider Michael Van Der Mark come home third fastest…
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VIDEO: 2016 Honda CBR150R on track
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We have just been sent the new video of the Honda CBR150R taken to the limit on track and roads – and it looks great! Honda’s MotoGP star Marc Marquez provides comments on the new bike that looks like it would be enormous fun to ride. This looks like a fantastic low-displacement racer that has…
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Insurance giant Aviva ‘will be funding £300m Circuit of Wales’
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Reports by the BBC claim that Aviva is putting forward £300m of funds to back the Circuit of Wales racetrack. The £300m project’s new chief executive Martin Whitaker said an announcement was expected “very, very soon” when he spoke to BBC Wales for the first time since his appointment. The track could bring thousands…
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Here’s the German’s take on the ‘Super Blade’
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Top German motorcycle magazine Motorrad is getting suitably excited about the ‘Super Blade’ story now, and have gone and published this very sexy illustration on what they think it will look like. As we’ve been telling you for months now, Honda is going to bring out a high-spec Fireblade (possibly carrying the iconic model name…
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So you’re doing 180mph and THIS happens underneath you…
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This is what the soft Michelin rear race tyre looked like after an horrific 180mph crash during MotoGP testing in Sepang. The crash happened during the first of a three-day test at the end of the start/finish straight and since this picture was taken Michelin has removed the soft compound tyre from the rest of…
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Yamaha extends 2016 buying slot for £18,749 YZF-R1M
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Yamaha has just announced that has granted an extension on orders for the 2016 YZF-R1M until the end of this month. The last day that you can order one of the awesome track weapons is February 28. The bike, which has 2011 MotoGP electronics and 200bhp-ish will cost £18,749 including VAT. Registration takes the…
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Rossi interview: “No forgiveness for Marquez!”
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There has been a quite remarkable interview with Valentino Rossi appear from top journalist Manuel Pecino, in the interview Rossi says that there is NO forgiveness for Marc Marquez (“He decided to make me lose the title”), that he’s not even thinking of quitting (“I’ve heard many times that it should be my last season:…
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Marquez pulls his fan kit and merchandise from Rossi’s Apparel company
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Reports have surfaced this morning that Marc Marquez has properly split all professional associations with Valentino Rossi’s companies (or is in the process of doing so). The news comes weeks after the Marc Marquez official fan club said that it was not going to the 2016 Mugello MotoGP because of fear of attack by other…
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Japanese journos go public with latest ‘Super Blade’ pic and info
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Here’s what the top Japanese magazine Young Machine reckons the next generation Honda CBR1000 Fireblade is going to look like. Dubbed the ‘Super Blade’, this is the bike we’ve been telling you about for around ten months now. The machine is a mid-point model between the basic Blade and the RCV213V-S (the MotoGP biek for…
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