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  • Spy Shots: Royal Enfield Conti test bike out on the road

    Spy Shots: Royal Enfield Conti test bike out on the road

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    Spy Shots: Royal Enfield Conti test bike out on the road. This is the 2017/18 Royal Enfield Continental GT out in final on-the-road consumption testing. Or pictures are from the same location that gave us the first look at the KTM 800 Enduro (which they’ll call the 790… natch) last week – and as a…

  • Launch ride: Triumph Bonneville T100

    Launch ride: Triumph Bonneville T100

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    It was only a matter of time until this happened. As popular as the Bonneville range has been, what Triumph could really do with was a smaller capacity machine, one that’s suitable for new riders, even those on restricted licences. So, the T100 was a no-brainer really: take the 900cc engine from the Street Twin,…

  • MotoGP: Valencia test day two – Maverick stays at the top of the timesheet

    MotoGP: Valencia test day two – Maverick stays at the top of the timesheet

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    MotoGP: Valencia test day two – Maverick stays at the top of the timesheet. Maverick Viñales (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP – above) is settling into his new home well – fastest on day one at the Valencia test and then repeating the feat on day two for an amazing debut. A 1:29.975 in the afternoon saw…

  • MotoGP: Andrea Iannone crashes out of the session, destroys factory Suzuki which then hits barrier so hard that the barrier needed rebuilding

    MotoGP: Andrea Iannone crashes out of the session, destroys factory Suzuki which then hits barrier so hard that the barrier needed rebuilding

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    MotoGP: Andrea Iannone crashes out of the session, destroys factory Suzuki which then hits barrier so hard that the barrier needed rebuilding. The bad news for Suzuki MotoGP continues with a second crash today at the second day of testing in Valencia. The squad’s Alex Rins has already fallen and had to be taken to…

  • MotoGP: Alex Rins taken to hospital for back scans after ‘heavy fall’ from factory Suzuki MotoGP bike at Valencia test

    MotoGP: Alex Rins taken to hospital for back scans after ‘heavy fall’ from factory Suzuki MotoGP bike at Valencia test

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    MotoGP: Alex Rins taken to hospital for back scans after ‘heavy fall’ from factory Suzuki MotoGP bike at Valencia test MotoGP new boy Alex Rins has been taken to hospital after a big fall during day two of the MotoGP test in Valencia. The Suzuki rider is reported to have suffered a ‘heavy fall’ and…

  • MotoGP Valencia test: Maverick Vinales proves Yamaha credentials by going fastest

    MotoGP Valencia test: Maverick Vinales proves Yamaha credentials by going fastest

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    MotoGP Valencia test: Maverick Vinales proves Yamaha credentials by going fastest. Maverick Viñales (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP – above) topped the first test day for the 2017 MotoGP season, up to speed quickly before then stealing the top spot from new teammate Valentino Rossi as the day wore on. With a 1:30.930, Viñales beat his 9-time…

  • PICTURES: Usain Bolt takes his motorcycle test in LONDON!

    PICTURES: Usain Bolt takes his motorcycle test in LONDON!

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    Usain Bolt might have finished off the Olympic triple triple at the Rio Olympics a couple of weeks ago – but the fastest man on Earth hasn’t had enough speedy excitement for the moment. The track legend has been busy swapping the sprinting shoes for two wheels because he’s been out taking his motorcycle test at…

  • Zarco ends two day Austrian Moto2 test: “We’ve done a great job.”

    Zarco ends two day Austrian Moto2 test: “We’ve done a great job.”

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    Zarco ends two day Austrian Moto2 test: “We’ve done a great job.” Two weeks after winning the German GP, Johann Zarco was back on track this Tuesday and Wednesday to put in laps on his Kalex Moto2 bike. The Ajo Motorsport was out in action at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, where the Austrian…

  • MotoGP test in Austria: Ducati strongest so far – Dovi, Iannone, Stoner top three at the moment, Rossi sixth

    MotoGP test in Austria: Ducati strongest so far – Dovi, Iannone, Stoner top three at the moment, Rossi sixth

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    The first day of testing at the Red Bull Ring in Austria for the MotoGP masses has proved the Ducati point we raised this morning when we brought you what Danilo Petrucci said about Casey Stoner. You remember that, right? How it was that Stoner wants to race at the MotoGP round at the track…

  • Test ride a BMW at the Bikesafe Show & Squires Cafe this Summer

    Test ride a BMW at the Bikesafe Show & Squires Cafe this Summer

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    BMW Motorrad’s demonstration fleet will attend two Summer motorcycling venues over the next two weeks.   BMW Motorrad UK is bringing its test ride fleet to two big locations this month. Customers with a full UK Motorcycle Licence are invited to choose from the 20 motorcycles and scooters at their preferred location. The BMW Motorrad…

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