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So you’re doing 180mph and THIS happens underneath you…
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This is what the soft Michelin rear race tyre looked like after an horrific 180mph crash during MotoGP testing in Sepang. The crash happened during the first of a three-day test at the end of the start/finish straight and since this picture was taken Michelin has removed the soft compound tyre from the rest of…
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Yamaha extends 2016 buying slot for £18,749 YZF-R1M
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Yamaha has just announced that has granted an extension on orders for the 2016 YZF-R1M until the end of this month. The last day that you can order one of the awesome track weapons is February 28. The bike, which has 2011 MotoGP electronics and 200bhp-ish will cost £18,749 including VAT. Registration takes the…
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Rossi interview: “No forgiveness for Marquez!”
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There has been a quite remarkable interview with Valentino Rossi appear from top journalist Manuel Pecino, in the interview Rossi says that there is NO forgiveness for Marc Marquez (“He decided to make me lose the title”), that he’s not even thinking of quitting (“I’ve heard many times that it should be my last season:…
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Marquez pulls his fan kit and merchandise from Rossi’s Apparel company
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Reports have surfaced this morning that Marc Marquez has properly split all professional associations with Valentino Rossi’s companies (or is in the process of doing so). The news comes weeks after the Marc Marquez official fan club said that it was not going to the 2016 Mugello MotoGP because of fear of attack by other…
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Japanese journos go public with latest ‘Super Blade’ pic and info
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Here’s what the top Japanese magazine Young Machine reckons the next generation Honda CBR1000 Fireblade is going to look like. Dubbed the ‘Super Blade’, this is the bike we’ve been telling you about for around ten months now. The machine is a mid-point model between the basic Blade and the RCV213V-S (the MotoGP biek for…
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Stoner: “Marquez felt threatened”, Marquez: “Stoner only says these things for publicity”
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Casey Stoner has stirred up a right old hornet’s nest by claiming that Marc Marquez “felt threatened” by the Aussie’s work as a tester at HRC. Stoner switched at from Honda to Ducati at the end of last year and will continue his mostly part-time duties as a tester for the Italian brand’s MotoGP program.…
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LIVE VIDEO: Watch Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo launch 2016 YZR-M1 HERE
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LIVE VIDEO: Watch Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo launch 2016 YZR-M1 HERE. It’s a 2016 world launch and nine-times World Champion Valentino Rossi is taking today’s lead in the unveiling of the new Yamaha M1 MotoGP bike. And you can watch it happening LIVE. Joining Rossi is World Champion and Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo…
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Terrific Honda video: Building the RCV213V-S engine
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So the RCV213V-S is the MotoGP racer for the road, yep, we know this much. But as it’s coming along in such limited numbers (a couple of hundred-ish is all that the world’s going to get), it’s worth noting the huge amount of human effort that goes into putting this sort of motorcycle exotica together.…
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4000 Marc Marquez fans not going to Mugello because of fear of attack
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4000 Marc Marquez fans will NOT be going to the Mugello MotoGP round because they are scared of physical attacks from other GP rider’s fans! The news comes from Marquez’ official fan club, which has put the announcement up on it’s facebook page. The club claims that during the 2015 round at the Italian race…
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SCOOP: Order details for new Blade hint at new name for Honda’s updated superbike
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An importer in Indonesia has left part of a manifest form open for long enough to get photographed, and it shows a new code name for a top-end version of the 2016 Fireblade. On the order form – placed on December 30 – the bike is called the CBR10. We’ve been told that this is…
