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Guy Martin to get special honour from the Queen – likely to be the Order of Merit for TV work
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Guy Martin is to be honoured by the Queen for services to motorsport. Unless there are objections to the honour, the star of the Speed series on Channel Four is going to be receive the honour from the Honours and Appointments Secretariat office later this year, he will be presented with the honour in…
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MotoGP: Lorenzo and Rossi head to head over fan’s attitude into Argentinian round this weekend
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It looks like things are already coming to a head in the run up to this weekend’s Argentian round of MotoGP with Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi winding each other up. It happened at the pre-event press conference. Lorenzo was asked about how he was dealing with the threat of more booing and animosity from…
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John McGuinness awarded the Segrave Trophy
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The Royal Automobile Club, today, awarded the Segrave Trophy to Isle of Man legend John McGuinness. Acknowledging the Lancashire man’s success, the citation read: “An outstanding contribution to motorcycle road and circuit racing, including setting the outright lap record at the 2015 Isle of Man TT. He is the greatest living exponent of the…
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“Best thing I’ve done – ever” Guy Martin Wall of Death interview
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Most of you probably watched Guy Martin take on the Wall of Death challenge live on tv, but here’s a post-ride interview with the fast man that you might not have seen yet. Guy talks about the ride, all the preparation and even the LED lights of his van. It’s a cracking video and well…
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Number 700! Race 2 in Aragón this weekend marks the 700th race in WorldSBK history
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WorldSBK came to life on the weekend of the 3rd of April, 1988, and exactly 28 years later is set to hit the milestone of 700 races in Race 2 at MotorLand Aragón. To celebrate three decades of the world’s top production motorcycle racing Championship, here’s a look through the landmarks that laid the way…
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Kawasaki Z900RS future model – image appears in Japan
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Hot on the heels of news that Kawasaki has filed a trademark for the name Z900RS, we’ve been sent this mock-up image of the bike from a top Japanese magazine. Autoby magazine in Japan features what it thinks the Z900RS will look like on the cover of its next issue. The bike is styled like…
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Kawasaki files trademark for all-new Z900RS retro-bruiser!
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Kawasaki has filed a trademark application for a new bike called the Z900RS and the rumour-mill has the name being used for a motorcycle that’s going to be pretty much a new version of the factory’s iconic 1970s bruiser, the Z1 (pictured below). The actual application for the trademark has little detail in it…
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Agostini: ‘Audi has made Jorge a super offer to ride Ducati in MotoGP’
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Well, well, well. If anyone out there thinks that Yamaha is the only option for Jorge Lorenzo for next year (or the year after… or the year after that, apparently) then check out what Giacomo Agostini (pictured above) has just said. Ago, the living legend and 15-times world champion, has been talking to Italian…
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WSB Aragon – the stats, facts and figures you need to know for this weekend
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WSB Aragon – the stats, facts and figures you need to know for this weekend. Want to pretend that you’re a WSB expert? Then here’s all you need to know! This is the facts and figures crib sheet that the telly people rely on – and you can have it too. This is how the…
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2016 Mugen Shinden electric TT racer gets power boost to 161bhp
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2016 Mugen Shinden electric TT racer gets power boost to 161bhp. We showed you pictures of the new Mugen Shinden Go electric racebike being put through its on-track paces last week ahead of an official reveal at the Tokyo Motorcycle Show and the bike’s details have now been released by the company. Mugen has shed…
