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Want to be in Quadrophenia spin-off movie?
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Fancy being in a Quadrophenia spin-off film? Well you can for a wedge of cash. It’s a film called ‘Being’ which is being shot in London and Brighton later this coming summer. It’s going to star Mark Wingett (Dave in the cult 1979 movie) and Trevor Laird (Ferdy). The project is being sourced through a…
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Tweaked image of BMW/TVS sportster 300 appears
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It’s only a mock-up, but we like it. This is a finished off tweaked image of the BMW/TVS Akula 310, a faired version of the BMW G310R that was launched last year. The Akula (Russian for Shark, donchaknow) is expected to be launched later this year. TVS and BMW have been working together on…
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An hour of riding skills assessment for FREE for EVERY motorcyclist in the UK!
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Every motorcyclist in the UK is being offered the unique opportunity of a free 60 minute skills and safety riding assessment, courtesy of the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM), over the next four months. The IAM has embarked on its biggest ever free giveaway to riders to coincide with the start of spring and the…
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Lewis Hamilton: F1 is broken and MotoGP is cool (and I want to ride a MotoGP bike)
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Reigning F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has said that Formula One is broken and MotoGP is a better championship. Speaking to Autosport magazine, after the penultimate day of testing at Barcelona, Hamilton was asked if F1 was: “Broken, lacking direction, or in rude health?” He answered: “I would probably say the first two you suggested.” He…
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Video: Pannier-riding pillion styles it up in a Santa hat… nope, we don’t know why
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So this video has just popped up on YouTube. Nothing really to say about it other than it’s a guy wearing a Santa hat riding a bike. He’s riding it by squatting on top of a massive metal pannier set used to transport hot lunches around India. Not entirely sure how the throttle’s being kept…
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MotoGP test day two: Top three split by 0.1s, Vinales quickest
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The second day of testing in Qatar saw three manufacturers split by under 0.1s at the top of the timesheets with Maverick Viñales back to his best. Once again it was Hiroshi Aoyama and Michele Pirro who were the first out of the pits at the Qatar Test, the rest of the field beginning to…
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Gang arrested in hunt for stolen Padgetts motorcycle collection
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Police investigating the theft of new and vintage motorbikes worth an estimated £100,000 from Padgetts Motorcycles in Batley have made a series of arrests across Leeds. Padgetts was targeted by thieves and 20 new and vintage motorcycles were stolen between December 20 and January 4. Some of the stolen bikes were part of the company’s…
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Image appears of what CB250X mini-Adventure bike will look like
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We brought you the news about a Honda CB250X mini-Crossrunner type of bike that a Honda boss had let slip about a few days ago and now this image has appeared. The emerging markets of Indonesia and Malaysia have been buzzing with the news that the little Adventure bike is on the way and…
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Behold! The 360 degree, spherical tyre of the future!
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So what do you think to this future-concept spherical 360 tyre from Goodyear? This idea, called the Eagle-360, has been debuted at the Geneva Motor Show and although it looks largely like one of those wishful-thinking projects it does throw up a couple of ideas that are incredibly interesting for our next-generation rubber interaction. In…
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Marquez: “Things are a bit tough!”
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Marquez: “Things are a bit tough!” Marc Marquez admits he is struggling on corner exit as he ended the first day of the Qatar Test in tenth, over a second off the pace. Marquez headed out at half past five, and ended his work with one hour to go in the session, when temperatures began…
