Search results for: “The End We Start From”
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WSB preview: Round 9, Laguna Seca – the stats that matter
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Ahead of this weekend’s WSB round at Laguna Seca, California here’s a vast stack of excellent stats to get your bike racing brain firing on all cylinders. Check out the amount of time that Tom Sykes appears in the important-stats list! 17 – A European rider won here for the first time after 16 races:…
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Yamaha ‘s Yard Built continues with the XSR700 Otokomae
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Yamaha’s Yard Built Platform returns to Spain for a special build just in time for summer with Ad Hoc Café Racers. The partnership has delivered a rough and tough take on the XSR700. Ad Hoc’s David Gonzalez is no stranger to customising Yamaha motorbikes. The Barcelona based custom builder has already received international recognition for…
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My bike review: 1991 BMW R65GS
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Personal fitness trainer, 56-year-old Duncan Evans reveals his home-built custom… I served my apprenticeship as a mechanical engineer, then worked my way through a number of industries finishing in aerospace, before being a trainer for the past ten years. I started riding at 14 and got an FS1E at 16, before a new RD 200…
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BMW announces facelifts for R1200 range
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BMW has confirmed that model year 2017 will see a number of updates on models that can be ordered from all BMW Motorrad dealers in the new configuration from August 2016. When the new model year starts in August 2016, the engines of the liquid-cooled boxer models will be subject to supplementary technical changes as…
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One to go to: Fowlers Motorcycles 90th Birthday Party!
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One to go to: Fowlers Motorcycles 90th Birthday Party! In 1926, Frank and Alice Fowler opened a small corner shop in the heart of Bristol and were joined a year later by their eldest son, Harry, then just 14 years of age. Nine decades later, on Sunday 17th July, Fowlers Motorcycles will be warmly welcoming…
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New Husqvarna FS 450 Supermoto for 2017
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Husqvarna has just unveiled its new 2017 FS 450 Supermoto bike. According to the company, the new 450cc machine features updated and top-of-the-line components (including WP’s AER 48 forks and a composite subframe made from 30% carbon fibre), further advances in engine management (launch control, new handlebar map switch, traction control) and a fresh design…
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Vindis Group opens second Ducati outlet
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Good news Peterborough! There will be a new Ducati dealership near you very soon. The Vindis Group that recently opened a store in Cambridge is now about to follow up with a Ducati store in Wansford, near Peterborough. If you want go and have a look yourself they are opening the doors on June 18, 2016, with the Be…
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So where is Guy Martin? Because he’s NOT showing on the live tracking system for the Tour Divide mountain bike event
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So where is Guy Martin? Because he’s NOT showing on the live tracking system for the Tour Divide mountain bike event in the USA. OK, so there’s probably a perfectly reasonable explanation for this – like his tracking unit has broken, or he’s already completed it but hasn’t shown up on the results or he’s…
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WSB Misano: Preview – Past the Halfway Marker, All Bets Are Off
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Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli lies on the Riviera di Rimini in Italy, surrounded by the beaches of the glittering blue Adriatic coast. Now renamed in honour of fallen local hero and former 250 World Champion Marco Simoncelli, the circuit was remodeled in 2006 and the layout now winds clockwise around its 4km length, through…
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TT 2016: Birchalls take their fourth Sidecar TT victory
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Ben and Tom Birchall took their fourth career TT win on Friday with victory in the second Sidecar race at the 2016 Isle of Man TT Races. The IEG Racing duo were locked in battle with Dave Molyneux/Daniel Sayle for the first lap but when they retired, they had a comfortable lead and eventually took…
