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Marquez romps to another win in MotoGP – loads of others crash out though
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A fourth victory in Austin and an extended championship lead for Marc Marquez after a perfect race in Texas. For the fourth time in as many races, Marc Marquez started from pole position at the Red Bull Grand Prix of The Americas and everyone expected him to go on and take victory once again. And…
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Honda’s secret designs for the MORPHING tourer in 2017 – REVEALED
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Honda’s secret designs for the MORPHING tourer in 2017 – REVEALED. Honda’s next step in motorcycle evolution is going to be tourers and sport tourers that actually change the footrests, footboard AND seat construction underneath you as you ride. With the morphing seat patent it shows how both the rider and pillion seats change shape…
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Rossi CONFIRMS Lorenzo Ducati deal is DONE: ‘He had the balls… he will do well…’
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Rossi CONFIRMS Lorenzo Ducati deal is DONE: ‘He had the balls… he will do well…’ Valentino Rossi has CONFIRMED that Jorge Lorenzo had done the deal with Ducati to ride in MotoGP – even though there’s been no statement yet from either Lorenzo or Ducati itself. That’s the dynamite claim that’s appeared this morning. A…
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Watch iconic documentary ‘Being Evel’ right now on BBC iPlayer!
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Watch iconic documentary ‘Being Evel’ right now on BBC iPlayer! BBC Four is showing the excellent documentary ‘Being Evel’ right now, and you can watch it for a limited time on the BBC iPlayer service. The movie is a documentary and homage to the world’s greatest ever stuntman and self-promoter. Made by Jackass star Johnny…
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MotoGP Wings – to be knifed in the back this weekend in Texas?
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MotoGP Wings – to be knifed in the back this weekend in Texas? Marc Marquez has said that he and other riders are going to talk to the MotoGP Safety Commission this weekend over whether or not the ‘Wings’ on current machines are to continue – after Marquez was hit in the back with one…
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Triumph recalling Street Twin and Bonneville T120 over fuel leak fire risk
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Triumph recalling Street Twin and Bonneville T120 over fuel leak fire risk. Triumph America and Triumph UK will be recalling the 2016 Street Twin and Bonneville T120 because if a fear that fuel might leak into the electrical system, creating a fire risk. Reports from the USA this morning say that the USA’s National Highway…
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Yamaha launches the 04GEN – those MotoGP bikes don’t have wings, THESE are wings!
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In a motorcycle world that’s suddenly got a wing fetish – how about these for wings then? We’ve seen three cool concepts in the ‘GEN’ range from Yamaha so far and last night the factory unveiled a fourth installment – this see-thru-bodywork future scooter. Shown at the Vietnam Motorcycle Show under the corporate…
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TT hero Cam Donald pens punchy column on why he left Norton
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Aussie road-racer Cam Donald has penned a pretty ruthless column about his time riding for Norton at the past couple of Isle of Man TT events and it makes for some pretty interesting reading. Donald has written this for the Aussie outlet, trademotorcycles.com.au – an Australian bikers website that he’s a regular columnist for and…
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SEASON PREVIEW: 2016 British Superbikes is about to get underway!
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By Philip Wain The latest British Superbike Championship season is now upon us with the opening round taking place this weekend at Silverstone and with a winter that’s seen numerous changes, it’s arguably one of the most open seasons ever. Of course, we say this most years but we’ve got plenty of unknown quantities and…
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BMW to make mini-GS in 2017, bike based on G310R’s motor – CONFIRMED by BMW Boss!
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BMW is going to launch a mini-GS adventure bike (like the big 1200cc Adventure, above) based on the smaller G310R’s motor and the bike is likely to appear in 2017. The news comes direct from BMW top brass and confirms that the smaller-bike modular concept will spawn other models from the original 34bhp single-cylinder…
