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Supercharged! The Yamaha SR400 Yard Built special made by Rossi’s mechanic
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Over the last three years Yamaha’s Yard Built programme has worked with the world’s top custom builders to deliver fresh takes on the Sport Heritage range of motorcycles. The latest collaboration, with Belgian builder Fred ‘Krugger’ Bertrand (above, right), takes it to a whole new level with a stunning layer of MotoGP history worked into the custom…
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Circuito de Tenerife given the green light
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How do you fancy getting out to watch some MotoGP racing in the balmy year-round weather of the Canary Islands? It’s on the cards because a new facility has been given the go-ahead. Costing around £20m, the Circuito de Tenerife has been pushed forward with a view to F1 racing there. But given the climate…
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Ducati Riding Experience 2016 in the Middle East
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Fancy riding the latest Ducatis on track in Bahrain? This could be your chance! Wheels of Arabia and the Ducati Riding Experience present DRE International, a unique event on the calendar of the prestigious riding school that will take place, for the first time, at the Bahrain International Circuit. On 28 and 29 October 2016,…
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Video: Nicky Hayden hosts Honda Racing TV
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Episode five of the ongoing series from Honda Pro Racing has gone live and you can watch it here. This time out, it’s former MotoGP world champion, and current WSB star, Nicky Hayden at the controls. Join the Kentucky Kid as he takes you on a tour of the Hayden ranch in Owensboro, visits the…
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Moto2: Luthi takes the win, Zarco and Sam Lowes collide
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Tom Luthi (Garage Plus Interwetten) has taken the win in the intermediate class at the British GP, as the Swiss rider came back from having sat out the Czech GP to get straight back to the top. In the battle behind over the last few incredible laps of the race, Franco Morbidelli (Estrella Galicia…
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Moto3: A battle in Blighty as Binder breaks clear
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After spots of rain punctuated morning Warm Up for the MotoGP grid, Moto3 got out on a dry track as the weather held off – grey skies and cool temperatures, but dry asphalt for the first showdown of the day. Francesco Bagnaia (PULL&BEAR Aspar Mahindra) got a good start from his first ever pole position,…
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Sheene parade lap celebrates Great British legend
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British motorcycling legend Barry Sheene has been mentioned a lot recently, as the former world champion was the last Briton to win a premier class race before Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda) took the record in Brno in the Czech GP. Sheene, who came to define an era of two-wheeled motorsport as he took back-to-back premier…
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Moto3: Drama in the rain as Bagnaia takes pole
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The skies opened at Silverstone for the promised Saturday drizzle at the Octo British Grand Prix, and unfortunately for Moto3 it was just ahead of their qualifying session that the rain came down. After almost no track time for the lower class having been affected by the weather, the session was sure to throw…
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Silverstone: Sam Lowes quickest out the blocks in rain-hit Moto2 session
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With only a few dry laps at the start of each FP session in Moto2 today at the Octo British Grand Prix, the race was on to make the most of the reduced dry track time. With the intermediate class getting the brunt of the British weather with rain in the middle of the first…
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Video: Andrea Iannone smashes in his own car’s window
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It’s a bit of self-deprecating video just posted that shows how nothing’s getting the Ducati MotoGP rider down – not even having to stove in a window on his Cayenne with a hammer because he’d locked his keys inside when filling up the vehicle. Smashing. Sorry.
