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Bennetts insurance sold to company that owns Carole Nash and Swinton
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Mortorcycle insurance company Bennetts has been sold to Ardonagh’s Atlanta division which already owns Autonet, Carole Nash and Swinton. Ardonagh has exchanged contracts ahead of the purchase going through, the news means that Bennetts is now leaving the Saga Services group which has owned the brand since 2015. Back then, Saga Services paid £26.26m for…
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Photo snapped at dealer conference in China confirms small Harley-Davidson 350 WILL appear later this year – new Benellis coming too.
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A ‘stolen’ photograph of an official future model line-up in China has confirmed some of the Benelli models we will see in 2020 – and it confirmed that the small Harley-Davidson HD350 will be on sale sometime this year, too. The deft piece of image grabbing shows clearly that several machines are going to be…
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BSB: Barberá in OMG Racing move for 2020 Bennetts British Superbike Championship
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Former MotoGP rider Héctor Barberá will line up for his first full season in the Bennetts British Superbike Championship in 2020, signing a new deal with the OMG Racing team which switches to BMW machinery for its new campaign. Barberá has a wealth of experience as a race winner in both the 125cc and 250cc…
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Oschersleben returns as WorldSBK heads back to Germany in 2020
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The German round is back on the calendar and will take place at Oschersleben for the first time since 2004. From July 31st to August 2nd, the 2020 MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship takes place in Motorsport Arena Oschersleben. This means WorldSBK is returning to Germany after two seasons without a round. The Motorsport Arena…
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EICMA 2019: Benelli’s NEW Leoncino 800 and Leoncino 800 Trail.
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Benelli’s resurgence is in full swing – and at EICMA 2019, the Chinese-Italian factory has just unveiled TWO new 800cc versions of its Leoncino. Building on the success of its 500cc Leoncino, Benelli has just revealed its Leoncino 800 and Leoncino 800 Trail. Powered by an all-new water-cooled twin-cylinder 754cc engine which kicks out around…
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Honda’s getting serious about ELECTRIC. Benly E and Gyro E unveiled at Tokyo – and it’s rolling out charging infrastructure across Japan in time for March 2020.
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We told you about Honda’s Benly and Gyro e-scooters a few weeks ago – but alongside the official unveiling of the new bikes at the Tokyo Motor Show, the Japanese factory has confirmed it’s going to be rolling out charging infrastructure and battery swapping stations across Japan in time for March 2020. The electric variants…
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Saga putting motorcycle insurer Bennetts up for sale
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Well this is going to worry a few people – a six-month interim report from Over-50s insurer Saga Plc has flagged up that the company is looking to sell its motorcycle venture, Bennetts Insurance. The news, pre-reported in the Evening Standard, comes on the back of Saga’s interim results for the six months up to…
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FIRST RIDE: Benelli Leoncino Trail
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Benelli is back in business with its electric mix of modern-retro metal – and building on the success of its recently reimagined Leoncino, the Italian factory has gone one step further and kitted it out for the dirt. Introducing Benelli’s Leoncino Trail. There’s no denying the overwhelming popularity of the new breed of neo retro-styled…
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BSB: Andrew Irwin claims first Bennetts BSB victory with stunning race one win
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Andrew Irwin delivered an incredible performance in the opening Bennetts British Superbike Championship race of the day at Thruxton, claiming his first win in the series to become the sixth different race winner of the season to take Honda Racing back to the top. At the start of the race Peter Hickman launched off the…
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SPY SHOTS: Here’s Benelli’s secret squirrel 2020 TNT 600. Looks pretty different.
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Making 85bhp @ 11,500rpm and 54.6Nm of torque @ 10,500rpm, don’t expect much in performance to change when this motorcycle is officially unveiled at the big motorcycle shows later this year – but from these leaked photographs we can see that the new Benelli TNT 600 for 2020 will look a LOT different. The four-cylinder…
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