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VIDEO: Awesome slo-mo MotoGP footage (safe for work)
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VIDEO: Awesome slo-mo MotoGP footage (safe for work). Here’s a cracking bit of video to get your day going well – it’s some awesome slow motion action from 2014’s MotoGP round at Brno. This was round eleven of the championship and conditions were half damp, half dry. Not much more needs to be said about…
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First pic of Aprilia’s MotoGP 2016 bike caught in testing at Qatar
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Top Italian website GPone has bagged this, the only image of the 2016 Aprilia MotoGP bike. The snapshot was taken during the bike’s first outing at Qatar, two weeks before the full IRTA MotoGP test. Aprilia test rider Mike Di Meglio took the bike out for the initial shakedown laps. Aprilia test riders Alvaro Bautista…
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VIDEO: Suzuki MotoGP testing in Sepang
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VIDEO: Suzuki MotoGP testing in Sepang Suzuki has just released this video of the MotoGP squad testing. Riders Maverick Vinales and Aleix Espargaro explain how the testing went on the new GSX-RR MotoGP machine at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia at the start of February. There’s a few clips of the bikes at full…
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Loris Baz 180mph crash: suit data shows 29.9g impact on rider’s shoulder! Tyre pressure sensors now mandatory in MotoGP
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Here’s what a 180mph crash looks like from the data-capture available from the Alpinestars leather suit. Avintia Racing’s rider, Loris Baz, crashed at a speed of around 290 km/h during the morning session of the opening MotoGP 2016 season test, at Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia, on Tuesday. The accident happened on the circuit’s main…
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Awesome hi-res pics of Lorenzo’s MotoGP 2016 machine
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Following on from the pictures of the Suzuki GSX-RR 2016 MotoGP bike, here’s some equally mega studio shots of the Yamaha YZR-M1. The 17 inch wheels, some minor cosmetics and more power look like part of a raft of changes to the bike for this year although the majority are more internal – like…
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SCOOP: Awesome hi-res Suzuki 2016 GSX-RR MotoGP bike studio pics emerge
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Lovely pictures of the Suzuki MotoGP bike have been released by Suzuki. The 2016 bike has a more chunky (read: stiffer) frame and revised air intakes on the fairing, the exhaust is longer and more upswept and there’s some subtle cosmetic tweaking with the bodywork. Other than that, the rest of the changes are largely…
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VIDEO: Stoner talks at length about Sepang test, Ducati’s MotoGP bike and the future
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It’s the first time that Casey Stoner has been out on the new Ducati MotoGP bike – and the first time he’s been out on a MotoGP bike at all for the past 12 months, so there’s a lot of interest in what the former world champion’s got to say. As such, this 16 minute-long…
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Jack Miller breaks ankle riding motocross – likely to miss first MotoGP test
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Australian MotoGP rider Jack Miller has broken his right ankle in an accident whilst riding motocross. Yep, this is the ankle in question, clearly knackered for a bit, eh? Miller was riding at the Bellpuig motocross circuit in Spain on Sunday when he landed heavily fracturing the fibula and tibia near the ankle joint. The…
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KTM’s MotoGP Fan Package offer announced with corrected dates.
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KTM’s MotoGP Fan Package offer announced with correct dates. Check out this MotoGP deal to the Austrian round of MotoGP on August 12-14. The meeting is being held at the Red Bull Ring across the weekend and will be the first time the firm’s MotoGP bike – the KTM RC16 – heads out in public.…
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Jorge Lorenzo and Shark Helmets confirm partnership in MotoGP
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Spain’s triple MotoGP World Champion, Jorge Lorenzo, and Shark, the French helmet manufacturer, have announced the signature of a three-year partnership in MotoGP. Lorenzo will be wearing the Race-R PRO, SHARK’s flagship product, in all races. According to Shark, this model is acknowledged to be one of the safest on the market. It features unrivalled optical…
