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Japanese mag goes with updated images of H2GT, a Honda Grom 125 AND CBR250RR (which might be launched on Monday…)
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Check out this gorgeous cover of the Japanese motorcycle magazine YoungMachine which has just appeared with the much-awaited H2GT in full flight. It’s a computer-generated image of the bike that will be part of Kawasaki’s 2017 line-up, we first told you about the bike back in February when insiders told us that the iconic hyperbike…
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Stuntman to attempt Evel Knievel’s Snake River rocket jump! The rocket’s built, Slash from Guns N’ Roses has recorded a song about it and: “Doing this is like touching Superman’s cape!”
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This is going to make every child of the 1970s with a passion for motorcycles sit up and take notice. That’s because this is Evel Knievel’s iconic launch, Take II. Hollywood stuntman Eddie Braun, fuelled by the memory of the late daredevil, plans to strap himself into a steam-powered rocket cycle on September 17 for…
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2016 Day of Champions tickets now on sale (as of 10am today!)
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Great news for MotoGP fans who were worried that the Day of Champions wouldn’t happen this year – the tickets have now gone on sale for the 2016 event. The Day of Champions event will happen on Thursday, September 1. Day of Champions is when the stars of MotoGP come together to help support…
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World GP Bike Legends roar into the Silverstone Classic
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There are now less than two weeks until the star-studded World GP Bike Legends make their eagerly anticipated UK debut at the Silverstone Classic at the end of this month (July 29-31). The magical event features an unrivalled line-up of races featuring the full spectrum of four-wheeled motor sport history. Now the addition of two-wheeled…
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Ducati launches Taste of Joy app for Scrambler riders (looks pretty sweet for those up for some Italian miles)
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Taste of Joy, Ducati Scrambler’s App for motorcycling and street food enthusiasts. Over 150 addresses of Italian street food points, from north to south, offering typical cuisine and original menus Taste of Joy also provides countless motorcycling routes to explore The new Ducati Scrambler App also shows you where to find petrol stations in Italy…
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Yamaha R125 and R3 2017 illustration appears and is a stunner
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Yamaha R125 and R3 2017 illustration appears and is a stunner. Check out this damned-fine illustration made by the chaps over at moto-blast.org. They say that this is what the R15 could end up looking like when it’s given some styling tweaks ahead of being released as part of the 2017 line-up from Yamaha…
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Austrian MotoGP: “Stoner is testing there because he wants to race there next month”
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Austrian MotoGP: “Stoner is testing there because he wants to race there next month.” There’s a hot rumour doing the rounds this morning that Casey Stoner is testing the factory Ducati at Austria today and tomorrow as a pre-cursor to him racing properly in a month’s time. Following on from the Sachsenring race last…
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MotoGP: Marquez pulls a master stroke in Germany
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Sunday didn’t get off to the best start for Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team), the Spaniard suffering a huge fall during morning Warm Up. He was declared fit for the race, but he’d clearly taken a beating in the fall. As the GoPro Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland got under way he seemed to be suffering,…
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Triumph Tiger Sport 2016 launch report – absolutely brilliant
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WORDS: John Milbank, editor MSL – PHOTOGRAPHY: Allesio Barbanti and Matteo Cavadini Thank you, Europe. Without your rules and regulations we wouldn’t have some of the world’s best engineers finding the solutions that bring us even greater motorcycles… The Tiger 1050 was launched in 2007, effectively carving its own niche as a ‘Sports Adventure…
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Spy shot: Honda’s City ADV Adventure super scooter is doing the city miles
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This picture of the Honda ADV City Adventure super scooter prototype out putting on the miles has appeared and gives us the best side-view yet of the bike that will be part of Honda’s 2017 line-up. The bike, first shown at last year’s Milan show as a ‘concept’ bike (shown below) is effectively a Honda…
