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Marc Marquez looking for another win this weekend in Texas
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Marc Marquez has never been defeated at the Circuit of the Americas which is where MotoGP rolls into this weekend in Texas and that’s a statistic he’s keen to keep as he seeks to extend his championship lead. It was a dramatic weekend at the Termas de Rio Hondo last Sunday, safety concerns forcing riders…
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Honda’s new sport headlight revealed for 2017 bike
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Honda has filed another patent, but this time its for a specific part of an upcoming model – and this one is sporty. The patent illustration is a very finished design for a headlight unit that looks pretty similar to the one bolted into the CBR250RR concept motorcycle shown at last October’s Tokyo Motor…
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Glorious new images of the Husqvarna 2017 cafe racer emerge. VERY pretty stuff!
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It was on October 5 last year that we brought you the exclusive quote from one of two managing directors of Husqvarna, Reinhold Zens that: “I can tell you that they will come as 2017 models,” – he was talking about the Svartpilen and Vitpilen cafe racer and scrambler models – and so here we…
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Honda’s new Gold Wing REVEALED. DCT, rider tech and more mpg coming. OFFICIAL drawings for next gen bike
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Honda’s new Gold Wing REVEALED. DCT, rider tech and more mpg coming. OFFICIAL drawings for next gen bike. Honda’s Gold Wing may have a few weird and whacky ideas pending in its future, but for the next phase of the massive mile-eater the big bike is getting a host of tech to make thing much…
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Video: Riding the 3D printed motorcycle (The Gadget Show’s film)
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Here’s a decent bit of video from the latest edition of The Gadget Show, channel five’s nerdfest (which we never miss). This week, ageing Lex Luthor lookalike Jason Bradbury (who we also like) takes to the road in Italy on the Ego electric bike. It’s not much of a test of the bike to be…
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Victory enters two bikes for Pikes Peak 2016 – the 156 and the electric Empulse
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Victory enters two bikes for Pikes Peak 2016 – the 156 and the electric Empulse. The Project 156 prototype bike will be ridden by 2014 Pikes Peak Heavyweight Champion Jeremy Toye and the Empulse RR electric prototype (raced in last year’s TT Zero at the Isle of Man) will be ridden by Cycle World’s…
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Ducati’s MotoGP implosion – how the Italian press sees it…
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The Italian press is – as you might expect – raging about what happened between Iannone and Dovizioso in the final set of corners at the Argentian GP. Motociclismo is calling the coming together of the Ducati pair, which left both on the deck and allowed Rossi to effectively cruise to a comfortable second…
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Honda’s thinking ‘haptic’ motorcycle danger feedback designs break cover
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Honda’s thinking ‘haptic’ motorcycle danger feedback designs break cover. Hot news from the USA where the guys at motorcycle.com have uncovered these patent drawings for a blind-spot monitoring system from Honda which will go on the company’s bikes. In a report by Dennis Chung, the patent drawings are clearly shown and will work as a…
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Video: KLR650 brrraaaapp-ing up a hill climb
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Here’s a cracking bit of film to get yer juices flowing. It’s from a french hill climb, there’s nothing like a crash or near miss in the footage, but it’s well worth a watch. In fact, if you ever want to know how manic a quick climb feels right from the start – then…
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Monza dropped from WSB calendar for this year
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Monza is off the WSB calendar according to a report we’ve just been sent by Dorna’s office. Here’s what the notification says. Nope, we don’t think that this is some sort of unfunny April Fool’s, this looks serious to us. 2016 Calendar Update The FIM and DWO would like to announce the cancellation of…
