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EVENTS: Ride to Save Lives 2018
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Next month it’s the third annual Ride to Save Lives event at Newark Showground – raising money for the Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance. And there’s still time to book your place… Taking place on September 23, the scenic 62 mile route starts from Newark Showground at 11am – and will traverse through rural Lincolnshire…
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VIDEO: Dani Pedrosa interviews HIMSELF.
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We’ve just been sent this video of Repsol Honda rider and three time World Champion Dani Pedrosa interviewing himself, shortly after announcing his retirement from MotoGP. If you’ve got a few minutes to spare, it’s well worth a watch. In the video, Pedrosa digs deep and talks about a range of experiences and sensations that…
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Bonhams reveals ICONIC metal going under the HAMMER at its Stafford Autumn Sale.
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Bonhams is set to offer the chance to get your hands on several of the world’s most iconic modern superbikes – including a 1993 Honda NR750 with less than 1,500km from new and a 2017 Kawasaki H2R Ninja – at its annual Autumn Stafford Sale. Taking place as part of the 25th Carole Nash Classic…
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VODKA-powered Yamaha XS850 sets new SPEED RECORD at Bonneville
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Montana-based Montgomery Distillery has set a new record average speed of 113mph at the Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials – on a custom 1980 Yamaha XS850 which has been converted to run on recycled-vodka. The XS850 custom was hand-built by the distillery’s owner Ryan Montgomery – who reportedly began planning for the event last winter after…
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Classic TT: Dean Harrison wins RST Superbike Classic TT Race
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Dean Harrison, riding a Silicone Engineering Kawasaki, dominated the RST Superbike Classic TT Race to win the final race of the 2018 Classic TT presented by Bennetts, his fourth Classic TT win, by over a minute. After the race he revealed that it had taken him a while to get going in the race: “I…
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Classic TT: Dom Herbertson takes maiden TT course win in Junior Classic
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Dom ‘the bomb’ Herbertson clinched his first Mountain Course win with victory in today’s Locate.im Junior Classic TT Race at the 2018 Isle of Man Classic TT Races presented by Bennetts. After the race the Newcastle-based rider, riding the Davies Motorsport Honda, revealed what the race win meant to him. “It’s a feeling like no…
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NASA engineer WINS Indian ‘Wrench: Scout Bobber Build Off’
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Alfredo Juarez, a NASA engineer from Las Cruces, New Mexico has won the Indian Motorcycle ‘Wrench: Scout Bobber Build Off’, with his custom Indian Scout Bobber. Juarez’s bare-bones chopper, featuring a completely custom hardtail frame, drew inspiration from a number of different mechanical works of art, both in and out of the motorcycle industry. Juarez sites…
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Kawasaki Ninja H2 breaks WORLD RECORD at Bonneville
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A team of Kawasaki engineers and test riders set a new speed record at this year’s Bonneville Speed Week on a Ninja H2 – with an average speed of 209.442 mph (337.064 km/h). Team 38, entered its Ninja H2 into the P-PB 1000 class (for production models with supercharged engines up to 1000cc) – and…
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SPOTTED: Yamaha’s new YZF-R3 caught testing. SPY SHOTS confirm it’s on the way.
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Yamaha’s new YZF-R3 has been caught on camera while out and about testing – and from what we can see in the snaps, the latest version of the potent A2-licence sportbike is well on its way to production. There’s been talk that Yamaha has been hard at work developing a new R3 for well over…
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VIDEO: Lorenzo and Marquez’s last lap BATTLE at the Austrian GP
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Jorge Lorenzo and Marc Marquez put on a show to remember at the Red Bull Ring for the Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich. It went right down to the wire, but it was Lorenzo who came out on top, taking his third win of the season. In case you missed the battle, here’s a…
