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Mugen unveils its latest electric superbike – ahead of the 2018 TT
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Team Mugen has confirmed it’ll be competing in the 2018 TT Zero races – with Bruce Anstey, John McGuinness and Lee Johnston riding its all-new Shinden NANA. The Japan-based bike builders have dominated the Zero TT over the past few years – and 2018 is sure to be no different, with Mugen fielding a (very…
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Rea joins Haslam and Watanabe on Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR’s for the 2018 Suzuka 8 Hours
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Triple World Superbike champion Jonathan Rea will partner Leon Haslam and Kazuma Watanabe at the 2018 Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race – as Kawasaki looks to topple three time consecutive winners Yamaha. Last year, Kawasaki finished in second place at the iconic Japanese endurance – with Haslam, Watanabe and Azlan Shah Kamaruzaman coming in just…
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Rossi unveils latest neo-retro lid design – inspired by Formula One helmets of the 70s and 80s
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Valentino Rossi has unveiled his latest helmet design, at the first round of the MotoGP World Championship in Dubai. Looks awesome, right? Following on from the helmet Rossi wore during the Sepang test, inspired by a lid he wore 20 years ago – here’s his latest classic styled AGV helmet, inspired by the Formula One racers…
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MotoGP: Dovizioso takes first honours of 2018 in Qatar
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Andrea Dovizioso took the first victory of the new MotoGP season at the Losail International Circuit – just 0.027 seconds ahead of Marc Marquez in second place. Opening the season with a sensational final lap performance, Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team) beat Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) to the line at the Losail International Circuit by just…
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MotoGP: Johann Zarco takes surprise pole position and sets new lap record in Dubai
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Johann Zarco (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) has taken pole position at the Grand Prix of Qatar – setting a new lap record for the Losail Circuit, with a lap time of 1.53.680. Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) will line up in second position on the grid, with the reigning world champion putting in a time…
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Neil Tuxworth confirmed as Guest of Honour at the April Stafford Classic Bike Show
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Racing legend and ‘King Maker’ Neil Tuxworth has been confirmed as the guest of honour at the 38th Carole Nash International Classic MotorCycle Show on April 21-22 at Stafford County Showground. From his first track outing at Cadwell Park, in 1969 aboard a humble BSA Bantam to racing in British National and International meetings and…
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Get your hands on a front fairing from Kevin Schwantz’s 1988 Pepsi Suzuki RGV500
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If you want to get your hands on a rare piece of motorcycle racing history, a genuine Suzuki RGV500 fairing from Kevin Schwantz’s 1988 French Grand Prix machine is up for sale on eBay. 1988 was a big year for Kevin Schwantz. To kick it off, he won the Daytona Superbike race with a broken…
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VIDEO: Casey Stoner gets to grips with the new Ducati Panigale V4
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Casey Stoner has been out to Valencia to ride the new Ducati Panigale V4, the first mass-produced Ducati to be equipped with a 4-cylinder engine, derived from the Desmosedici of the MotoGP. And he’s really impressed. Check out the video below to find out why… https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=-zF9y72Hv8Q For more information on the new Panigale V4, click…
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Video: PGM V8 – The world’s most powerful production motorcycle?
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Out of Australia comes the new PGM V8 motorcycle, powered by two Yamaha R1 engines. Pat Maloney is the man behind the new PGM V8. Maloney is an Australian engineer who previously worked with the F1 Sauber team, and helped develop the three-cylinder Petronas engine for MotoGP that ended up in WSBK. He now runs…
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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…
