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VIDEO: Trick Kawasaki H2R track testing at nearly 240mph! Great onboard video with sound!
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Check out this amazing onboard footage of a cool white Kawasaki H2R nudging 240mph! The bike has been breathed on by Japanese aftermarket specialist Trickstar and they’ve just released this video of a test run. In the bit of footage you can just about make out the speedo on the bike as it gets to…
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SCOOP: Kawasaki’s patents revealed for an ultra-weird future roadster with huge beak and wings (might be a turkey… might not…)
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SCOOP: Kawasaki’s patents revealed for an ultra-weird future roadster with huge beak and wings (might be a turkey… might not…) Kawasaki has filed this whacky looking patent for some sort of midrange-capacity roadbike with a really weird front fairing and split aerodynamic wings to provide downforce on the front end. The patent…
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Insurance giant Aviva ‘will be funding £300m Circuit of Wales’
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Reports by the BBC claim that Aviva is putting forward £300m of funds to back the Circuit of Wales racetrack. The £300m project’s new chief executive Martin Whitaker said an announcement was expected “very, very soon” when he spoke to BBC Wales for the first time since his appointment. The track could bring thousands…
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VIDEO: Hero launches funky XF3R concept naked roadster
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VIDEO: Hero launches funky XF3R concept naked roadster Hero has launched this pretty funky-looking concept bike in India at the Auto Expo show. Called the XF3R, the bike features a fuel-injected, 300cc liquid-cooled, 4-stroke, four valve DOHC motor. It also gets a steel trellis frame and two riding modes. Looks-wise, the bike features a…
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VIDEO: AWESOME start up of a Honda RC181 from 1967 – turn it up LOUD…
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VIDEO: AWESOME start up of a Honda RC181 from 1967 – turn it up LOUD… OK, so this isn’t a new bit of video – but watch it and listen it – then you’ll understand why we’ve posted it. This is a Honda RC181, the 500cc GP bike that raced in the premier league…
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VIDEO: Suzuki MotoGP testing in Sepang
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VIDEO: Suzuki MotoGP testing in Sepang Suzuki has just released this video of the MotoGP squad testing. Riders Maverick Vinales and Aleix Espargaro explain how the testing went on the new GSX-RR MotoGP machine at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia at the start of February. There’s a few clips of the bikes at full…
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Triumph launching Street Twin at special dealer’s night this Thursday
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Triumph is holding a nationwide dealer launch night for its amazing Street Twin baby Bonnie. The event is being held at all Triumph dealers this Thursday, February 11. That means that up to 50 official Triumph dealerships across the UK are taking part and will be giving you the chance to get up close to…
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SCOOP VIDEO: Russian biker rides through horrific truck crash fireball (everyone’s OK)
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How about this for a hairy morning commute then? This footage comes from a Russian biker’s onboard camera during his morning ride to work, the incident happened in St Petersburg, Russia. Amazingly nobody was inured in the crash that saw two trucks collide, burst into flames and throw wreckage all over the snow-and-ice-covered road.…
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Here’s the German’s take on the ‘Super Blade’
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Top German motorcycle magazine Motorrad is getting suitably excited about the ‘Super Blade’ story now, and have gone and published this very sexy illustration on what they think it will look like. As we’ve been telling you for months now, Honda is going to bring out a high-spec Fireblade (possibly carrying the iconic model name…
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MT-10 figures leaked: 160bhp and 210kg in road trim!
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Yamaha has been playing it close to the chest about the output and weight spec of the MT-1o super naked with no figures being released by factory ahead of the bike’s launch – but over the weekend the all-important figures were leaked out during a trade fair in Japan. The figures do apparently come from…
