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IOM TT 2018: Steve Mercer confirmed as second rider who fell last night
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A statement from the ACU has just confirmed that the second rider to fall last night during Superbike qualifying is Steve Mercer. Mercer, 36, was riding for Jackson Racing having been recently fine-tuning the factory Fireblade as a possible replacement for Honda man Ian Hutchinson if injuries prevented Hutchy from taking part in the TT…
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Ducati: We’ll have a motorcycle with FRONT and REAR radar soon. It’s in the pipeline for 2020!
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Ducati has just made this announcement about a double-radar motorcycle which is OFFICIALLY on its way. Yeah! Here’s what the factory has just said: Ducati brings forward some of the innovations from its “2025 Safety Road Map”, the strategy aimed at introducing new safety systems and technologies. Phase one already started: ABS Cornering to…
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WSB: Rea scores massive win at restarted Aragon Race 1
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KRT rider increases lead at top of championship after crash forces early red flag Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) had mixed feelings about his bike throughout Friday and the Saturday Superpole, but in Race 1 of the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship Round Three he put to bed any worries he or his team…
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VIDEO: Essex Police defends ‘first use’ of stinger on motorcycle
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Essex Police has released a video defending an officer who used a stinger on a motorbike – for what is believed to be the first time on British roads – during the Southend Shakedown on Easter Monday. Scroll down to take a look at the video of the incident. . @CSuptNolan talks about our use of…
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BBC Report – Mum launches motorbike awareness campaign in son’s memory
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Mum Ria Brisland is campaigning for a motorbike awareness course to be included in the driving theory test. Three years ago her 19-year-old son Nick was killed in a collision in Southampton. Now she is hoping to send a petition with almost 100,000 signatures to the transport minister. Watch the BBC video via this link…
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Research points to higher risk of fatal motorcycle crashes under a full moon
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A report in the British Medical Journal pulls together 40 years of data on motorcycle deaths across the US, and has found that the risk of having a fatal crash is higher under a full moon. Writing in the British Medical Journal, Donald Redelmeier – together with Eldar Shafir from Princeton University – said; “Our…
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Public’s dashcam and helmetcam videos being used as evidence by police to prosecute
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A pilot scheme for police forces to use dashcam footage sent to them by ordinary members of the public as a source of evidence allowing them to prosecute law breaking on the roads could go nationwide across the UK. Operation Snap, as it’s called, is pioneering the use of dashcams after a boom in the…
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Video: dguard – the world’s first eCall system for motorcycles
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dguard, an innovative new product from German company digades is the world’s first eCall system for motorcycles. It can automatically detect a crash and quickly contact the emergency services – and it’ll let you know if your bikes on the move without your presence too. Sounds amazing, right? *In the last issue of MCM we reported that fitting…
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Video: Just somersaulting over a R nineT Racer… like you do…
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https://youtu.be/XZmqk8ZoI70 So you’ve got a mate with a BMW R nineT Racer and you’re at a bit of a loss as to what to do with it. So you figure a somersault over the bike and rider, dodging an horrendous collision, is a pretty good idea. Stuntman Olol Shestyarenko performed the stunt in the…
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Video: Riderless ‘ghost’ motorbike caught on Paris motorway
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Footage has emerged, showing a mysterious ‘ghost motorbike’ travelling along the motorway – with no rider. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd4VRrsYrKk The video shows the riderless motorbike driving in a straight line, tight to the central reservation on the A4 outside Paris – and reportedly sparked confusion among other motorists. But the mystery of the ghost rider appears to…
