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EICMA 2018: Ducati’s Panigale V4R breaks cover in Milan. 234hp @ 15,500rpm. Wow.
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Well, this might just about be the most nuts motorcycle at the EICMA show this year. Ducati has just shown it’s V4R Panigale as part of the 2019 model line-up… and the V4R (with a full Akrapovic pipe) kicks out 234hp @ 15,500rpm. Yep. Ducati says that compared to the previous R version, the Panigale…
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BMW says there are SIX new bikes coming at EICMA next week!
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The German factory has just announced that it’s turning out more new motorcycles at EICMA, Italy next week than was previously thought. Here’s what the factory has said, directly: The Milan EICMA motorshow is one of the most important international motorcycle shows. From 6 to 11 November 2018, visitors will not only be able to…
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VIDEO: Jonathan REA rides the NEW Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R
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Following its big reveal a couple of weeks ago, Kawasaki has just released a short video showing its all-new Ninja ZX-6R for 2019 being put through its paces on track by none other than World Superbike champion Jonathan Rea. Here’s a story we ran a couple of weeks ago with the new bikes latest technical…
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VIDEO: Marc Márquez rides the HAKONE TURNPIKE in Japan.
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Marc Márquez has been out to Japan for MotoGP – and ahead of the weekend’s racing, he took the chance to blast up the Hakone Turnpike on his race-ready Honda RC213V. Red Bull was on hand to produce this brilliant short film of him firing his way up the famous stretch of tarmac, which runs…
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MotoGP: Marc Marquez tops FP4 despite crash, Cal Crutchlow P2
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Championship leader set the pace ahead of fellow HRC rider but suffered a late fall at Turn 9 Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) topped the final Free Practice of the weekend at the Motul Grand Prix of Japan, setting the fastest time of 1:45.531 to beat Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda Castrol) by 0.310, with Team…
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MotoGP: Freddie Spencer appointed Chairman of the FIM MotoGP Stewards Panel
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American Champion and MotoGP Legend set to take on a new role for 2019 MotoGP Legend Freddie Spencer will be taking on a new role in 2019, with the American set to assume part of the role of Mike Webb and become Chairman of the FIM MotoGP Stewards Panel. Webb is currently both Race Director…
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MotoGP: Out of the shadows: Dovizioso fastest on Friday
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Italian topped the dry FP1 session to take opening day honours in Japan as Pedrosa goes quickest in mixed FP2 Thanks to his FP1 time, Ducati Team’s Andrea Dovizioso ends Day 1 at the Motul Grand Prix of Japan as the man to beat as Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team) set the fastest FP2 time…
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MotoGP: Dovizioso heads Crutchlow and Zarco in FP1
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Italian kicks off his weekend in fine form to lead the way by just over a tenth, Marquez fourth fastest Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team) was the man to beat in the opening premier class session of the weekend at the Motul Grand Prix of Japan, a 1:45.358 enough to beat second fastest Cal Crutchlow (LCR…
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Jonathan Rea: “I could do better than Cal Crutchlow in MotoGP”
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Four-time World Superbike champion Jonathan Rea has claimed that he could “do better” than Cal Crutchlow in MotoGP. Rea is surely flying high after clinching his fourth-straight WSB title at Magny-Cours, but it seems the Northern Irishman is thinking about what might have been – after drawing a series of strange comparisons between himself at…
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WSB: Two-time World Champion Max Biaggi. “There seems to be no way out for the WSB”
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Max Biaggi has taken to social media, expressing his opinion about the decline of the World Superbike Championship. Italy’s first Superbike World Champion has a unique perspective on WSB, taking the title twice over his five year run in the race series – and he also spent three years racing MotoGP too – so he’s…