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Bruce Anstey to race Honda RC213V-S at next month’s TT Races!
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Bruce Anstey is set to race a Honda RC213V-S at the 2016 Isle of Man TT Races. The Valvoline Racing by Padgett’s Motorcycles team has confirmed that the New Zealand rider will have a race prepared version of the exotic V4 machine for the RST Superbike and PokerStars Senior TT races. Anstey has yet to…
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WSB Preview: Donington Park this weekend
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WSB Preview: Donington Park this weekend. Donington Park is the next home for WSB with the worlds best production-based motorcycles descending on the Leicestershire circuit this weekend. Our own Tom Sykes is leading the WSB charge. The poleman in Sepang by seven tenths, a winner in Malaysia and Buriram and a consistent podium finisher in 2016,…
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Tito Rabat tweets from the operating table (nothing squeamish though)
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MotoGP rider Tito Rabat was forced out of the Mugello GP round at the weekend after a crash in FP3 on Saturday morning. In the fall from the Estrella Galicia, Marc VDS bike the Spaniard had a big tumble and ended up badly breaking his left collarbone. Last night the MotoGP rookie tweeted out this…
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Video: Mind and Motor with Maverick Vinales
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Check out this really good video stepping into the life of MotoGP-rumour-mill-of-the-year Maverick Vinales. The film has been put together by Alpinestars and tells more of the story about Vinales on and off the track. We really like this. Well made, decent music and editorially interesting. Especially the bit where he talks about possibly him…
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Riders for Health closes UK operations
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The Riders for Health charity has closed its UK operations and that might mean that there will be no more Day of Champions preview day of fun and fund raising ahead of the British GP. Although MotoGP parent company Dorna is believed to be looking into holding some sort of pre-event day in the UK…
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Video: Rossi meets the Yamaha Motobot!
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It’s the first time that the nine-times world champion has met his electronic counterpart – and it’s all a bit weird. This video has been released by Yamaha and shows the man who’s staying with Yamaha in MotoGP for the 2017 and 2018 seasons having a bit of a poke and prod around the robot…
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And here it is! Vinales CONFIRMED as Yamaha rider for 2017/18 alongside Rossi – Iannone switches to Suzuki
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Lovely stuff. As we outlined and dated a week ago. Here’s the announcement: Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd announce the signing of Maverick Viñales to ride for the Movistar Yamaha MotoGP team for 2017 and 2018. Viñales, who is presently fifth in the MotoGP Championship standings, will partner nin-time World Champion Valentino Rossi, whose contract…
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Pedrosa at Honda until end of 2018 – official announcement
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Well, we told you earlier today that the Maverick Vinales deal was done, and that an official statement is going to be made on Thursday – now here’s the first official part of the bigger-picture that the Vinales decision has influenced. Dani Pedrosa is now confirmed to be staying at Honda until the end of…
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Vinales signs for Yamaha. Official announcement to be made on Thursday (Spanish rumour)
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Vinales signs for Yamaha. Official announcement to be made on Thursday (Spanish rumour). Maverick Vinales will race for Yamaha in 2017 and on Thursday the official announcement that the youth is the new team-mate to nine-times world champion Valentino Rossi will be made. The news will be announced by Yamaha ahead of next weekend’s MotoGP…
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World Champions Gardner, Spencer and Read confirmed to race fearsome GP 500cc 2-Stokes at German festival
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World Champions Gardner, Spencer and Read confirmed to race fearsome GP 500cc 2-Stokes at German festival. Following a hugely successful first event at Jerez in 2015, World GP Bike Legends is back for 2016 with the iconic bikes and riders from the golden era of Grand Prix motorcycle racing. This year the battle will be…
