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Valentino Rossi unveils new helmet design at winter tests
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Valentino Rossi unveils new helmet design at winter tests. It’s the first day of the MotoGP winter tests today and – as usual – nine times world champion Valentino Rossi has unveiled this new helmet design which he will use for the opening salvo of quick laps at Sepang. Despite the sweltering weather in Malaysia,…
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Video: Maverick Vinales rides the Yamaha R15 at Indonesian launch
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Yamaha new-boy Maverick Vinales has been out in action on the new Yamaha R15 for a launch of the mini-superbike at Sentul, Indonesia. Here’s the footage that Yamaha has put up from the four laps that the MotoGP chap put in on the new bike. https://www.facebook.com/yamaholigan/videos/10154323472452643/ And here’s the pics. Nice touch to get Vinales…
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Ducati CEO CONFIRMS that next superbike is going to be a V4! Not a V-twin. And you’ll be able to buy it.
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So amid all the guff and bluster of the past few days something has happened that will get every single sportbike fan on the planet bubbling away – the boss of Ducati confirming that the company’s next superbike is going to be a V4… The quotes have been reported by the excellent MotoGP journalist David…
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CES tech show Las Vegas: meet the airbag vest that’s so smart it phones for help after a fall
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It was a year ago that sport protection company In&motion launched an airbag vest for skiers that grabbed the company a CES Innovation Award. Now, at the hi-tech trade show currently being held in Las Vegas, the firm has launched a version of that tech for motorcyclists. This time, however, the vest is connected to…
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Keanu Reeves sponsors 13 year old American kid’s road racing dream
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Keanu Reeves sponsors 13 year old American kid’s road racing dream. Let’s face it, Keanu Reeves is a genuine modern mega star. He’s also a life long biker and seems to be pretty much an all-round good egg. We like him for all these things. And now we like him for something else, too. The…
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Aprilia unveils the RSV4R FW-GP. A 250bhp, factory supported ultimate superbike that’ll be built to your spec. 250bhp!
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Aprilia unveils the RSV4R FW-GP. A 250bhp, factory supported ultimate superbike that’ll be built to your spec. 250bhp! In case the Aprilia RSV4R isn’t quite enough for you in stock trim – the Italians have come up with this. This is a 250bhp RSV4R FW-GP. Aprilia has announced the bike as a top-flight spec option…
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Graziano Rossi says Valentino’s switch to F1 was: “Very, very close to happening”
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Graziano Rossi says Valentino’s switch to F1 was: “Very, very close to happening”. Valentino Rossi’s father has spoken out for the first time about his son making a real switch to Formula One. Speaking during a recorded interview recently, Graziano Rossi (below), himself a former 350cc motorcycle GP rider said that Valentino had come: “Very,…
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Video: Valentino Rossi takes on dirt track legend Brad Baker at the Rossi ranch
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Video: Valentino Rossi takes on dirt track legend Brad Baker at the Rossi ranch. https://youtu.be/lD3XCRrWqZc Check out this video of two legends having some dirt track fun and games. This is nine-time world champion Valentino Rossi doing a load of sliding on the muck with AMA Pro Flat Track racer Baker. Baker is a former…
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Ben Spies return: Now there’s a NEW Spies replica helmet out for 2017! Still think he ain’t looking into this comeback seriously?
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Ben Spies return: Now there’s a NEW Spies replica helmet out for 2017! Still think he ain’t looking into this comeback seriously? Last week we brought you the first news of a potential comeback to the global racing world by American Ben Spies. And here’s the latest twist in that most tantalizing of track-based tales……
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KTM Chairman says that a 1000cc V4 that makes 240bhp is coming for 2018! – look out Honda RC213V-S…
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KTM Chairman says that a 1000cc V4 that makes 240bhp is coming for 2018! – look out Honda RC213V-S… KTM has said that it WILL make a 1000cc V4 MotoGP-bike-that-you-can-buy for 2018. And it’s going to make 240bhp! Speaking to the German publication SPEEDWEEK, KTM Chairman Stefan Pierer (above) said: “Next year we well be…
