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Brain cancer survivor plans Tasmania to Scotland motorcycle journey
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Raymond Longmuir plans to celebrate his recovery from brain cancer by undertaking an incredible motorcycle journey from the tip of Tasmania back to his family in Angus, Scotland. He’s hoping to raise a quarter of a million Australian dollars (close to £150,000) from the 17,500-mile challenge from his adopted homeland to his family in Friockheim,…
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McGuinness and Mercer test TT Isle of Man: Ride on the Edge video game
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Information about the exciting Isle of Man TT video game has started to trickle through – and with John McGuiness and Steve Mercer involved, expectations are running high. Although the agreement was initially announced last year (accompanied by some early gameplay footage – below) we still know remarkably little about the new game which is…
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Go to the Prescott Bike Festival on April 9! Advance tickets with money off are on sale right now!
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Iconic British manufacturer Norton will be the featured marque at this year’s Prescott Bike Festival, which takes place at the famous Gloucestershire Hillclimb on 9 April. The Norton Owners Club is set to stage a huge display, including parade runs, with two rare Nortons expected, the 1956 Manx 350cc Reverse Head, built by…
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Launch report: Yamaha XSR900 Abarth
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“This’d be fantastic around Cadwell,” exclaimed one journo as he jumped off the XSR900 Abarth. He’s right, but it’s a shame I found it so uncomfortable on the tight twisting roads of Sardinia where we were riding it. To be fair, I was the only one who didn’t seem enamoured with the limited-edition…
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Indian storms to first and second in the American Flat Track season opener
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After a 63-year hiatus Indian has marked its first full season return to the American Flat Track with a 1st and 2nd place on the Scout FTR750. “You don’t know how special it is to win the first Daytona TT on the Indian,” said Rider Jared Mees (above). “I’m so excited just for…
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Now it’s Guy Martin: Education centre builder!
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Over 50 local politicians, business leaders and development officers met with representatives of Guy Martin this week after he revealed plans for an educational centre and residential park north of Lincoln. At the closed-doors meeting on Monday, March 6 at Lincolnshire County Council, involving Guy Martin’s agent and a Channel 4 production company, attendees heard about Guy’s latest venture: the…
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Carl Reese sets new motorcycle distance record – 2,119 miles in 24 hours on a BMW
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American Carl Reese has smashed the world record for most distance covered in 24 hours on a motorcycle – by bagging 2,119 miles in 24 hours on a BMW K1600GT. Reese went through four rear and two front tyres in the run and had to stop with more than an hour remaining, meaning that in…
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New colours available for the SHARK Helmets Spartan Carbon
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Following the launch of its brand-new Spartan Carbon last year, SHARK Helmets has now launched 11 new colours on the state-of-the-art model – and they are available in UK dealers now. The Spartan has been developed using the latest reverse engineering and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) technology recently developed on other top-end SHARK models. Everything…
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Launch ride: 2017 Yamaha MT-10 SP & Tourer Edition
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Yamaha’s MT-10 is a stunning machine. Launched last year, the company was keen to stress that it wasn’t ‘just’ an R1 with wide bars, though given the fact that it uses the hyper-sports bike’s frame, swingarm, suspension and headlights, not to mention many of the crossplane crank motor’s main parts, you’d be forgiven for thinking…
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Video: Police investigating THIS motocross jump over an open motorway road
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Police in California are investigating this huge jump over a live freeway that happened at the weekend. Click the play arrow above to watch the monster jump across four lanes of open traffic. Rider Kyle Katsandris jumped Freeway 60 in Moreno Valley, California – once footage of the stunt was uploaded to Instagram the police…
