Isle of Man TT
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John McGuinness opens up about concerns over Guy Martin’s TT ambitions this year: “I’m a bit worried about him. He needs a year or two back.”
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Legendary Isle of Man TT winner John McGuinness has spoken about his worry over Honda teammate Guy Martin in this year’s event on The Island. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Motor Sport magazine, out now, McGuinness says that he’s nervous that Martin is out of practice when it comes to racing. McGuinness said: “I’m a…
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Buy a 2017 Jurby T-shirt and help support the Manx Grand Prix injured riders and helicopter fund
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Over the past two years, Wemoto has raised over £26,000 for the Manx Grand Prix Supporters’ Club through that sale of its Festival of Jurby T-shirts. This year, it wants to raise more. 2017 marks the 60th anniversary of Bob McIntyre becoming the first person ever to lap the 37.73-mile Mountain Course on the…
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Ex-racer sells TT trophy to fund Ferrari-powered motorcycles!
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With a relatively successful racing career behind him, including a Canadian National Championship and an Isle of Man TT podium, former racer Andreas Georgeades decided to hang up his leathers and pursue his passion of squeezing powerful car engines into custom built motorcycles. Between 1978 and 1998, Andreas built three Ferrari powered custom motorcycles. Two…
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Gary Johnson to race WK650 at the 2017 TT
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WK Bikes CFMOTO Factory Team has confirmed Gary Johnson will ride for the squad once again at the Isle of Man TT races. Gary and the team just missed a podium finish in 2016 by just two seconds. The WK650 bike is made by Chinese bike builder CFMOTO which has a deal with motorcycle manufacturing…
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Video: Road to Race – the story of the new Honda CBR1000RR
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Honda Racing has just released the first episode of their brand new ‘Road to Race’ web series, which looks at just what’s involved when transforming a road-spec Fireblade into a race-ready Superbike. The first episode of the new series goes behind the scenes of the three Honda Racing teams, at their workshop in Louth in…
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Top DJ Carl Cox is backing 13 times TT winner Michael Dunlop at the 2017 TT
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At 27, Dunlop has already made TT history, being the first rider to lap the 33¾ mile circuit in under 17 minutes (with a 133.962mph average speed lap) and with 13 wins is placed fifth in the all-time standings. In 2017 Dunlop will be campaigning machinery in the Superbike, Supersport and Superstock classes at the…
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Michael Dunlop to race new GSX-R1000 at the Isle of Man
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Michael Dunlop is set to race the all-new GSX-R1000 in 2017, the 13-time Isle of Man TT winner signing for the new-look Bennetts Suzuki team for the forthcoming season. Dunlop will race the new machine at the North West 200 in May, before competing at the all-important Isle of Man TT races in June, as…
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Video: John McGuinness – A Life Behind The Bars. A must-watch for TT fans.
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Video: John McGuinness – A Life Behind The Bars. A must-watch for TT fans. An absolute legend on the roads, John McGuinness has scored 23 TT wins in his career and is still considered as one of the men to beat around the 37.75-mile Mountain course. And now Honda has made this video ‘A Life…
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Fancy the TT in 2017? Then stay here at the Metzeler tented village. We at MoreBikes do every year. It’s bloody excellent.
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Fancy the TT in 2017? Then stay here at the Metzeler tented village. We at MoreBikes do every year. It’s bloody excellent. A great option for TT fans who haven’t booked their accommodation for TT2017 : the METZELER Village. Based in the unique setting of the National Sports Centre on the outside of Quarterbridge, Douglas…
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First look: Arai’s 2017 Isle of Man TT helmet design
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First look: Arai’s 2017 Isle of Man TT helmet design. Here’s the 2017 TT-themed Arai Isle of Man Special Edition helmet. The muted colours on the RX-7V follow a similar look to previous editions of the helmet but feature The Island’s Triskelion (the three-legged Celtic symbol) much larger on each side. The design is another…
