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MotoGP heads to Thailand for first test
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MotoGP testing heads for Buriram, Thailand – the newest venue on the race calendar for 2018. New country, new culture, new challenge… It’s time for Chang International Circuit in Buriram to debut in MotoGP, with a three-day test giving the grid their first taste of the track ahead of the first ever PTT Thailand Grand…
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WSB stats for Phillip Island: First round fun
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Want to be an instant WSB ‘Expert’? Then do what they do and read this below. Boom – straight away you know more about WSB at Phillip Island on Feb 23- 25 for the season opener. Simple stuff. 324,6 – The fastest ever top speed recorded at Phillip Island is 324.6kph, set by Max Biaggi on…
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VIDEO: Racer gets run off the track and exacts revenge
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A video of a motorcycle race has gone viral after two riders were caught on camera in a furious battle – and it doesn’t end well for either of them. The clip shows a large crowd assembled to watch the racing, as two bikes round a corner close together. But, one of the competitors…
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Arai celebrate thirty years of the Honda RC-30
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Over the last few years, Honda and Arai have joined forces to release a selection of awesome commemorative helmets, celebrating the iconic models of Honda’s illustrious history – and the latest to get the Arai treatment is Honda’s RC-30. Arai’s new lid is matches the colour scheme of the thoroughly collectable Honda RC-30 racer (or…
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Video: Marquez and Pedrosa explore aerodynamics in a skydiving simulator
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Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa have been exploring the importance of aerodynamics ahead of the MotoGP season kicking off – by jumping in a skydiving simulator together. Marquez and Pedrosa donned their flight suits, and jumped in the simulator at Madrid Fly – which is basically a glass tube in which the air circulates at…
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Alpinestars has just revealed its new GP Plus suit for kids!
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In advance of the race season kicking off, Alpinestars has just unveiled its new, specially designed GP Plus race suit for kids (and smaller framed riders) – and it looks awesome. The new Youth GP Plus suit pulls together the top level performance technologies developed in MotoGP and World Superbike racing, in a smaller, more compact package,…
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60 years of Hagon at the Classic Dirt Bike Show
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The Classic Dirt Bike Show sponsored by Hagon Shocks, which takes place in Telford across the weekend of February 17-18 – is set to house one of the biggest displays of Hagon Shocks machines seen in one place. As part of the company’s 60th anniversary celebrations, the British suspension-specialist Hagon asked anyone with a Hagon-framed…
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VIDEO: TT 2018 – John McGuinness joins Josh Brookes at Norton
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Three weeks ago we told you that John McGuinness had said that he was: “Very, very interested in a Norton deal for the TT,” and today we can confirm he has signed to ride for the Norton factory team in the Superbike and Senior TT Races at the 2018 Isle of Man TT. McGuinness joins 2015…
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VIDEO: SHARK launches Jorge Lorenzo Austrian GP Race-R Pro Replica
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Last year, Shark launched a limited edition replica of the “White Shark” that Jorge Lorenzo wore at the Aragón GP in 2016 – and for 2018, it has created a special edition replica of his top of the range GP Race-R Pro that he wore at the Austrian GP 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=NJMUB7IXZco The Shark Race-R Pro…
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Jorge Lorenzo-approved Ducati Scrambler ‘Trackster’
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Melbourne-based Skunk Machine created this AWESOME MotoGP inspired Ducati Scrambler ‘Trackster’ – and then Jorge Lorenzo signed it at last year’s Melbourne GP! The bike was brought to Skunk Machine’s owner Carl Cerra by a long-time customer Anthony who wanted something special creating to sit in his new bar. His brief to Carl was fairly…
