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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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BMW confirms 212bhp HP4 RACE carbon superbike. Yours for £68k and there’s only going to be 750 of them made.
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Last week we brought you our spy shots of BMW’s HP4 RACE carbon superbike out on final form during track tests in Spain – and today the factory announced that the bike is indeed going on sale to the general public. For nearly £70k. The bike is the first BMW motorcycle to feature a…
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Gary Johnson to race WK650 at the 2017 TT
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WK Bikes CFMOTO Factory Team has confirmed Gary Johnson will ride for the squad once again at the Isle of Man TT races. Gary and the team just missed a podium finish in 2016 by just two seconds. The WK650 bike is made by Chinese bike builder CFMOTO which has a deal with motorcycle manufacturing…
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Ducati turnover and sales continue to grow
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The year’s financial data presented at the AUDI AG annual press conference 55,451 motorcycles sold and €731 million turnover for Ducati in 2016 Claudio Domenicali, CEO of Ducati Motor Holding: “Solid growth once again demonstrates the effectiveness of our strategy” 2016 was another positive year for Ducati according to figures released by the Italian motorcycle giant.…
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Honda and Hitachi announce partnership company to build electric vehicles! Now, this electric stuff is seriously targeting mass markets.
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Honda and Hitachi announce partnership company to build electric vehicles! Now, this electric stuff is seriously targeting mass markets. Honda is teaming up with Hitachi to develop the next generation of electric motorcycles – and the agreement is being underwritten with a substantial £35 MILLION of what will be, effectively, start-up cash. Both business yesterday…
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Ducati sales soar with 55,000 bikes sold last year
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Ducati sales soar with 55,000 bikes sold last year. Ducati’s Scrambler and other new models has helped the Italian firm log to its seventh year or continued growth – it sold more than 55,000 bikes throughout 2016. That is 1.2% up on the previous 12 month period. 2015 saw Ducati shift 54,809 bikes compared to…
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Guy Martin abandons record attempt because of injury: ‘I was papering over the cracks by carrying on’
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Guy Martin abandons record attempt because of injury: ‘I was papering over the cracks by carrying on’. Guy Martin has been forced to pull out of his latest world record attempt because of an injury. The plan had been to ride a pushbike for 4,800 miles around the UK in an attempt to be the…
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Watch this video: It’s the 2014 hot onboard Isle of Man TT lap between Guy Martin and Michael Dunlop. You’ll LOVE this!
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Watch this video: It’s the 2014 hot onboard Isle of Man TT lap between Guy Martin and Michael Dunlop. You’ll LOVE this! As he’s back on your telly screen this coming Monday at 9pm with the Channel 4 series Our Guy in China – what better reason do we need to show you this brilliant bit…
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Guy Martin is back on telly next Monday – cycling across the Gobi desert in China (and other things)
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Guy Martin is back on telly next Monday – cycling across the Gobi desert in China (and other things). Your favourite sideburned lorry mechanic is back in action on the telly next Monday with a new three-part series; Our Guy in China. Channel 4 (showing the series which starts next Monday evening) says that he will be ignoring…
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Chinese police punish drivers using full beam by forcing them to stare into cop car’s lights (on full beam). Yep.
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Chinese police punish drivers using full beam by forcing them to stare into cop car’s lights (on full beam). Yep. This sounds like something we could use over here. Numpties caught driving around with their car lights on full beam in China are being pulled over and then made to sit in front of a…
