Carl Fogarty
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John McGuinness awarded the Segrave Trophy
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The Royal Automobile Club, today, awarded the Segrave Trophy to Isle of Man legend John McGuinness. Acknowledging the Lancashire man’s success, the citation read: “An outstanding contribution to motorcycle road and circuit racing, including setting the outright lap record at the 2015 Isle of Man TT. He is the greatest living exponent of the…
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Number 700! Race 2 in Aragón this weekend marks the 700th race in WorldSBK history
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WorldSBK came to life on the weekend of the 3rd of April, 1988, and exactly 28 years later is set to hit the milestone of 700 races in Race 2 at MotorLand Aragón. To celebrate three decades of the world’s top production motorcycle racing Championship, here’s a look through the landmarks that laid the way…
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WSB Aragon – the stats, facts and figures you need to know for this weekend
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WSB Aragon – the stats, facts and figures you need to know for this weekend. Want to pretend that you’re a WSB expert? Then here’s all you need to know! This is the facts and figures crib sheet that the telly people rely on – and you can have it too. This is how the…
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Triumph Thruxton R world launch review
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WORDS: MSL Editor, John Milbank PHOTOGRAPHY: Alessio Barbanti, Matteo Cavadini, Paul Barshon and Friedemann Kirn We rode the Thruxton R, which starting at £11,700 is the pinnacle of the new Bonneville range; the Thruxton is a similar machine, though at £10,400 has more classically–styled right-way-up forks, and the same Nissin two-piston calipers and fixed…
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WSB in Asia – the facts ahead of this weekend’s round in Thailand
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WorldSBK has a long history of racing in Asia, with more than a tenth of the races in the history of the Championship having taken place in the continent: 70 out of the 696 run to date. Asia also hosted a WorldSBK race weekend in the first season of the Championship in 1988, that beginning…
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New SHARK helmets at Motorcycle Live
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SHARK Helmets will be presenting its 2016 range of helmets at this year’s Motorcycle Live. The helmet manufacturer will be showcasing the latest models at The NEC in Hall 3, and this is what they say will be on offer: The brand new Evo-One is the latest innovation in the Evo range with an ‘Auto-up…
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Rea wins World Superbike crown
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The Pirelli Spanish Round has gone down in history as the WorldSBK race meeting at which Jonathan Rea was crowned World Champion of 2015. The British rider, standard bearer of the Kawasaki Racing Team, clinched the ultimate goal in Race 1 courtesy of his fourth position. He has been pursuing the title since his first full…
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National Motorcycle Museum announces “Live” Open Day
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The National Motorcycle Museum has announced 31st October as the date for their second annual free open day. Carl Fogarty and James Whitham will be on hand, hosting two one-hour chat shows as well as running some of the museum’s most iconic race bikes. The afternoon culminates in a handover to Fogarty of one of…
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VIDEO 1989 OWO1 Yamaha full-on at the Classic TT
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Watch this video of a 1989 OWO1 Yamaha full-on at the Classic TT Races, this year. The bike Manxman Dan Kneen is riding is the late ’80s bike in Valvoline Padgett’s colours. Make sure you turn the volume up loud for this one, the majority of the video has the bike on the ragged edge,…
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SCOOP Great British Bake Off Hollywood starting Bikes n Bakes festival!
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British Bake Off star Paul Hollywood is setting up a motorcycle and baking festival. No, we didn’t believe it either when we first heard about it – but it’s true. The brilliant lazer-eyed barn owl of baking is a life-long motorcycle fan and owns a few bikes including a Kawasaki H2. He’s trying to…
