Search results for: “MotoGP”
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Brad Pitt spends £250,000 on WWII nazi sidecar combo
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We all know that actor Brad Pitt loves his bikes, he’s got a growing collection and recently part-funded and narrated the MotoGP film Hitting the Apex, but his latest motorcycle purchase might raise a few eyebrows. Pitt has splashed out a quarter of a million punds on a rare WWII motorbike. The motorbike itself is a…
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Yamaha’s Speed Block R1 and second block of R1-Ms announced
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Yamaha has announced that is to sell the awesome R1 superbike in Yamaha North America colours – the iconic yellow and black speed blocks.The 200bhp superbike is also getting a titanium slip-on Akrapovic end can. The Japanese company is also going to sell another production run of the higher-sped R1-M after the initial production cycle…
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Rea wins World Superbike crown
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The Pirelli Spanish Round has gone down in history as the WorldSBK race meeting at which Jonathan Rea was crowned World Champion of 2015. The British rider, standard bearer of the Kawasaki Racing Team, clinched the ultimate goal in Race 1 courtesy of his fourth position. He has been pursuing the title since his first full…
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Suter to launch new 500cc V4 two-stroke
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Fancy a new 500cc V4 two-stroke racebike? Well you can get your hands on one pretty soon when the Suter 500 V4 – called the ‘Legends 500’ is officially revealed at the end of the month. Suter says that it was spurred on to make the motorcycle for classic racing events after the success…
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VIDEO Marc Marquez rides the Africa Twin
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VIDEO Marc Marquez rides the Africa Twin. Honda’s MotoGP man, Marc Marquez (he of the elbow-down, twice world MotoGP world champion titles) has been out riding the new Africa Twin. Here’s the video of the Spanish guy doing just that. And he’s – unsurprisingly – good in the air.
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Circuit of Wales boss lashes out
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Michael Carrick, head of the Circuit of Wales, has hit back at critics. Following news the Welsh Deputy Minister for Farming & Food is “Mindful to grant” the circuit’s application to deregister common land needed, Carrick took the chance to take critics to task. “First it’s that we’re not going to get planning consent, then…
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Chris Walker gearing up for 300th BSB race
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Chris Walker gearing up for 300th BSB race this weekend at Oulton Park. The 43-year-old rider completed his first motocross race in 1983 and his first road race in 1994. Since then, he’s raced in the British Superbike Championship, World Superbikes and MotoGP and has been part of Team Green in BSB since 2010. Currently 17th…
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Podcast 24: Off-duty and off the cuff with Sam and Alex Lowes
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MoreBikes’ Editor, Tony, spent some time with the fastest twins on the planet. The three of them have been a daft unit since the lads started racing and rather than bother any racetrack they decided to go golfing. What follows is a rambling hour (nearly) of time with the Lowes boys – two of the…
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Meet Cal Crutchlow in person
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Calling all Cal Crutchlow fans (and there’s a LOT of you out there!) – your favourite rider is making a guest appearance at P&H Motorcycles in Crawley, West Sussex next Tuesday. P&H has the MotoGP megastar at its showroom on the 25th August in the run up to the British round of MotoGP as part…
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Brit kid Brad Ray bags Moto2 Wildcard
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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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