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MotoGP Preview: The statistics going into Silverstone this weekend
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Cal Crutchlow’s maiden MotoGP win at Brno just over a week ago was the first in the premier-class by a British rider for 35 years, and is certainly one for the record books! So let’s take a look through both his victory and a little more from Team GB as the paddock heads for the…
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Video: Fast lap of Mantorp Park in Sweden with Filip (Backlund, that is)
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Here’s a cool video, worth a watch. It’s Filip Backlund going for a lap of Mantorp Park in Sweden, one of the tracks he uses on his own track-days. And he’s doing it quick with a pillion onboard… It’s fair to say that the lad’s a bit of an expert on how to get around…
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£350,000 for a sidecar combo? Really? Yep. Probably.
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A magnificent unrestored Brough Superior with sidecar, registration TV2003, will be on sale with H&H Classics at IWM Duxford on April 19th for an estimate of £280,000 to £350,000. The Brough Motorcycle marque will be forever associated with T.E. Lawrence, known as ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ who bought one of the first SS100s in 1925 having…
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Yamaha unleashes the Big Bad Wolf
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Yamaha unleashes the Big Bad Wolf. Yamaha has teamed up with Spanish customhouse El Solitario for the final XJR ‘Yard Built’ custom bike of 2015, celebrating 20 years of the iconic street machine. The result is a race inspired track monster, the Big Bad Wolf, or BBW to its mates. The bike was introduced for…
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Rhys takes Sweden! City number 40 in the bag
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MoreBikes’ Rhys Lawrey has reached Stockholm in Sweden, which is capital number 40 in his bid to set a new Guinness World Record for the most capital cities consecutively visited by motorcycle. The 23-year old had already ridden his Triumph Tiger 800XC from London to Thailand, across Australia and New Zealand, through North and…
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Victory bring ‘Ice Bike’ back to life
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In 2011, Victory Motorcycles in Sweden froze a V92 TC for the Ice Hotel in Sweden to exhibit – after just one-hour of workshop time, it was running again. Despite spending four years at sub-zero temperatures, the bike only needed an oil change, fresh fuel and a new battery. It even started using the same…
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The heart-warming motorcycle adventure to the Arctic
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Gordon Stuart tells the heart-warming story of his incredible motorcycle adventure through Northern Europe… I pulled my bike to the side of the road, coming to a stop with gravel and dust at my feet. I removed my helmet and felt the cold mountain breeze across my face. As I got off the bike I turned…
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Husqvarna Svartpilen and Vitpilen due in 2017
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Jonathan Balsvik, editor of Sweden’s Bike magazine has spoken to Reinhold Zens, one of Husqvarna’s MDs. He can now confirm that the two concept bikes – the black Svartpilen and the white Vitpilen – are due to go into production in 2017. MoreBikes.co.uk broke news of the two bikes when they were unveiled at the 2014 EICMA show. While we’re…
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British engineers to debut new motorcycle at the Dakar Rally 2015
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After two and a half years in development, Northamptonshire based Rally Raid Products have finally been approved to compete in the Dakar Rally 2015 this coming January with their own branded motorcycle – the LC4-50. The Dakar Rally – formally the ‘Paris-Dakar’, now held in South America – is the longest and most arduous off-road…
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Triumph Bonneville Newchurch | 2015 new motorcycles
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The New Special Edition Triumph Bonneville Newchurch will cost £6999, and is styled to celebrate the popular annual international Triumph Tridays festival in Austria. A contemporary new paint scheme comes in a choice of two colourways, and enhanced styling features include blacked-out mudguards, headlamp bowl, handlebars, mirrors and springs, along with black wheels with red…
