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Video: Bosch vehicle-to-vehicle communication system revealed
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Bosch Mobility Solutions has revealed its prototype vehicle-to-vehicle communication system – and the company reckon that its “digital protection shield” could prevent one-third of all motorcycle accidents. Vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) is a relatively new technology that allows vehicles to communicate with each other. The technology could be extremely advantageous to motorcyclists, for whom visibility is often…
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Bigger Royal Enfield on the way. Confirmed by RE boss. Likely to be a 750cc version of the Adventure bike.
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Royal Enfield CEO and Managing Director Siddhartha Lal has confirmed that a bigger-engined Himalayan is on the way from the Indian company. In an interview with Motorcycle Magazine, Lal admitted that the company has already picked out which models will get a larger engine and that the motorcycles that are on their way are being…
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KTM unveils its new fuel injection enduro bikes
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Following on from the lighter, stronger and faster all-new generation of EXC released last year, which saw the launch of a full range of Enduro models that had been re-designed from the ground up, KTM has created the world’s first serial production fuel injected 2-stroke offroad motorcycles with its EXC TPI (Transfer Port Injection)…
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Triumph Motorcycles launches bike insurance for its 80,000 UK owners
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Triumph Motorcycles has launched two new, tailor-made insurance products, developed to meet the needs of its 80,000 UK owners. Enhancing the Triumph purchase and ownership experience, Triumph Insurance and Triumph Insurance Plus policies provide our riders with fully comprehensive insurance at an affordable price. Triumph Insurance, which is administered by one of the UK’s…
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BikeSafe takes delivery of ten Ducati Multistrada 1200s
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RAF Brize Norton was the location for the official handover of ten Ducati Multistrada 1200 motorcycles to BikeSafe, a police led initiative to reduce the number of motorcyclists involved in accidents on the road by improving skills, knowledge and hazard awareness. The location was also chosen to highlight BikeSafe’s partnership with the RAF that will…
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MotoGP: Guintoli gets call up to French round. Will replace injured Alex Rins on the factory Suzuki
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Sylvain Guintoli has been designated the rider to race Suzuki´s GSX-RR in the French GP in Le Mans on May 21st and following races, until Team SUZUKI ECSTAR’s factory rider Alex Rins is fully recovered and able to return to competition. Guintoli will join Team Suzuki MotoGP, already in Jerez, to take part in Tuesday´s…
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Launch Ride: Harley Street Rod
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Hardcore Harley devotees best look away now. Flag-waving Trump supporters probably won’t be impressed either, but for many riders – particularly those a little younger – be they open-minded new bikers, or indeed anyone looking for their first Harley, this could well be a game-changer. Words: John Milbank, editor of Motorcycle Sport & Leisure…
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WSB: Manufacturer’s ups and downs at Assen – Which team should you keep an eye on in The Netherlands?
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Aprilia has won twice at Assen, with Eugene Laverty in Race two, 2013, and Sylvain Guintoli in Race one, 2014: which was the factory’s last podium finish here. Last year the best Aprilia results were provided by Lorenzo Savadori: sixth in Race one and fourth in Race two. The best result for BMW at Assen…
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Launch ride: 2017 Yamaha TMAX DX
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Out of maybe twenty motorcyclists coming the other way, only two returned my waves. Why should they? Yamaha’s TMAX DX isn’t a ‘proper’ bike – it’s an automatic… pah; what soft biker is going to want that? And it’s got enough space under the seat for up to one full-face and one open-face lid. Or…
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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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