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Ducati to auction twelve Panigale V4’s from its ‘Race of Champions’
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Twelve race-configured Ducati Panigale V4 S bikes will be going under the hammer straight after World Ducati Week’s ‘Race of Champions’. They’ll be ridden by veritable who’s who of Ducati racing – including Dovizioso, Lorenzo, Petrucci, Miller, Davies, Melandri, Rinaldi, Pirro, Abraham, Rabatand Fores, in addition to Ducati legend, Troy Bayliss – and will…
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WATCH THIS VIDEO: The desert dunes of Morocco with the Tènèrè 700 World Raid
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Yamaha has released an awesome video showing the 700 Tenèrè World Raid in action out in the Moroccan desert. It’s bloody superb. Picking up the reins from Rodney Faggotter (who showed off the bike in Australia), six-time Dakar champion Stephane Peterhansel has been riding the Yamaha Tènèrè 700 World Raid around the dunes of the…
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EVENTS: Suzuki announce CLASSIC trackday at Cadwell Park
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Suzuki has announced that it will host a classic Suzuki-themed trackday at Cadwell Park on September 13 – in partnership with its Vintage Parts Programme. Spots are available for £125 – and will be open to all Suzuki machinery manufactured before 2000, with riders able to book into one of four groups – novice, two-strokes,…
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VIDEO: Red Bull’s EPIC battle of the mopeds!
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Red Bull runs some really cool events. And we’ve just found out about its Epic Rise. Essentially, it’s a hillclimb competition in Italy for customised mopeds – and it looks awesome. Riders battle each other on the steep 50m slope, and try to reach the top. Get up the hill the fastest and you win.…
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EVENTS: After a project? Or some spares? Netley Marsh Eurojumble confirmed for 2018.
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Whether you need one particular part or you just fancy a mooch through mountains of motorcycling memorabilia, you should make a date in your diary for one of Britain’s biggest bike jumbles. The Carole Nash Eurojumble is celebrating its 25th year, returning to Netley Marsh, between Cadnam and Totton, Hants SO40 7GY, on Friday, August…
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Ducati unveils all-new multimedia guide for its Museum
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Ducati has just revealed a new, downloadable multimedia guide for the Ducati Museum – allowing you to access extra content and learn even more about the motorcycles on display. Renewed recently to celebrate Ducati’s 90th anniversary celebrations, the museum is stepping into the 21st century, with its new multimedia guide. Through the digital guide visitors…
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EVENTS: Bike Shed’s Café Racer Cup heads to Lydden Hill
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Café Racer Cup – Bike Shed’s brand new summer event heads to Lydden Hill later this month. Taking place on Saturday 21st July, the all-new event promises a packed day of Café Racer action. Celebrating the bikes that kick-started the new-wave custom scene, and a whole crop of new machines from the mainstream manufacturers, the…
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VIDEO: Kenny Roberts and Randy Mamola showboating at Laguna Seca in ‘85
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We’ve been sent this fantastic footage which shows Kenny Roberts and Randy Mamola tearing round Laguna Seca on 500cc two-strokers, with plenty of back wheel action, during the 1985 Champion Spark Plug 200 GP round. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIOvB-pb2L0 The action mainly features triple 500cc World Champion Kenny Roberts, taking on racer-turned-TV commentator Randy Mamola – with some…
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Yamaha’s Yard Built XSR700’s inspired by ‘Back to the Future’. Which is your favourite?
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Yamaha unveiled six Yard Built SXR700’s at this year’s Wheels & Waves Festival – all inspired by ‘Back to the Future’. This year, it was down to bike builders and custom shops from Miss Bikes, Ton Up Garage, Le French Atelier, Russell Motorcycles, Yamaha Klein and Ironwood Motorcycles to make their marks on the XSR700…
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Energica Ego takes Guinness World Record. Covers 1,260 km in 24 hours.
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Two blokes and an Energica Ego have managed to cover 1,260 km in 24 hours – proving that it is possible to tour with an electric vehicle. And the Energica Ego has entered the Guinness World Record books, as the electric bike capable of covering the greatest number of kilometers in a single day. Strickler…
