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BMW to offer ride-sharing in congested cities
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BMW is looking to start offering up the back seats of its motorcycles and scooters to get around congested cities. BMW already offers car sharing through its DriveNow brand, which allows customers to rent a range of vehicles by the minute. As a first step to bring motorcycles to a broader audience, the Bavarian brand…
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Pol Espargaro to miss Thai MotoGP test with herniated disc spinal injury
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Pol Espargaro (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) will be forced to sit out the upcoming test at Chang International Circuit in Thailand, having been diagnosed with a hernia in his fourth lumbar vertebra. The Spaniard was left reeling after a 250kmh crash at Turn 4 at the second day of last month’s Sepang MotoGP test,…
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MotoGP heads to Thailand for first test
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MotoGP testing heads for Buriram, Thailand – the newest venue on the race calendar for 2018. New country, new culture, new challenge… It’s time for Chang International Circuit in Buriram to debut in MotoGP, with a three-day test giving the grid their first taste of the track ahead of the first ever PTT Thailand Grand…
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MotoGP Sepang Test: Lorenzo dominates third and final day
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Five-time World Champion Jorge Lorenzo put in the fastest ever lap of Sepang, during Day Three of the MotoGP Test. Jorge Lorenzo (Ducati Team) decimated the competition on the third and final day of the Sepang MotoGP Test, setting the fastest ever lap around the Malaysian venue; an impressive 1:58.830. His closest challenger was Repsol…
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SHOCK NEWS: MotoGP boss Ezpeleta says Dorna considering MotoGP race on a ROAD circuit.
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It’s the latest shock news to bounce around the paddock in the off season, but this isn’t some wishful thinking by those who want to ‘pep up’ MotoGP action, this has come from Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta with the MotoGP big cheese revealing that the premier league motorcycle racing series is seriously looking at holding…
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WATCH THIS! The 417bhp, 235lb-ft, 211mph Aurora Hellfire V8 with frikin’ AWESOME DYNO VIDEO
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Whoa. Now THIS is what you call an engine! And it does 211mph. And it sounds like Thor, the God of Thunder, shouting at the moon whilst gargling with spanners. You get the idea… This is the Aurora Hellfire OZ26, a 2,575cc liquid-cooled DOHC V8 with 4-valves-per-cylinder. At 9,500rpm the huge motor kicks out 417bhp,…
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Brain cancer survivor plans Tasmania to Scotland motorcycle journey
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Raymond Longmuir plans to celebrate his recovery from brain cancer by undertaking an incredible motorcycle journey from the tip of Tasmania back to his family in Angus, Scotland. He’s hoping to raise a quarter of a million Australian dollars (close to £150,000) from the 17,500-mile challenge from his adopted homeland to his family in Friockheim,…
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Official Honda 150SS Racer concept unveiled!
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This awesome Honda 150SS Racer Concept has just been unveiled on the Honda stand, at the Bangkok Motor Show in Thailand. The 150SS has been designed and produced by Honda Thailand, and it harks back to the heady days of the SS50 and SS125, two of the best looking, café racer styled, small capacity…
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Video: Want to see a 125cc scooter hand it out to 1000cc superbikes on track?
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Ok, hands up with this video, it’s not new and it’s done the rounds before, but we figured that some of you might not have seen it. So we’re putting it up again (mostly because it made us smile when we re-watched it this morning). This is a Yamaha 125cc scooter taking on a group…
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Launch ride: Triumph Bonneville Bobber
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WORDS: John Milbank, editor of Motorcycle Sport & Leisure magazine PHOTOGRAPHY: Triumph It seems I’m the only person in the UK who didn’t really like the Bobber when it was launched. In photos I thought it looked too bulky at the front. Even in the metal at Motorcycle Live I wasn’t impressed. This was a…
