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STAFFORD CLASSIC BIKE SHOW: TEN TIME sidecar CHAMPION Steve Webster set for starring role. Get your tickets NOW.
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Steve Webster has been announced as the Guest of Honour at the Carole Nash Motorcycle Mechanics Show this October – and advance tickets are on sale now, if you fancy meeting the most successful sidecar racer of all time. Webster’s career began back in 1980 – and over the coming years he went on to…
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WORLD RECORD auction price for a Brough Superior SS100. Reaches £425,500.
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Specialist auction house H&H Classics has sold a Brough Superior SS100 for a world record price of £425,500. The Brough Superior SS100 which went under the hammer was owned and ridden by FP ‘Gentleman’ Dickson; a famous 1920’s rider who had success at rallies and races across the UK and Europe. Sold on March 2nd…
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WATCH THIS! Lightning Motorcycle’s LS-218 goes from 100-150mph in TWO SECONDS. Yep. TWO SECONDS!
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Lightning Motorcycles has just released a short video of its LS-218 electric superbike on the dyno – showing how quickly the world’s fastest electric motorcycle can accelerate from 100-150mph. One of the main advantages of electric motorcycles is their innate ability for fast acceleration. And there’s probably no better example than Lightning’s record-setting LS-218 electric…
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Energica Ego takes Guinness World Record. Covers 1,260 km in 24 hours.
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Two blokes and an Energica Ego have managed to cover 1,260 km in 24 hours – proving that it is possible to tour with an electric vehicle. And the Energica Ego has entered the Guinness World Record books, as the electric bike capable of covering the greatest number of kilometers in a single day. Strickler…
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Street Hawk (now a grandad) to jump 20 double-decker buses and break his own World Record
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Back in 1983 stuntman Chris Bromham leapt 196ft over 18 buses on a KTM495, breaking the world distance and obstacle records – and now the Street Hawk stuntman is hoping to go one better at the age of 61. Chris retired in 1997 after a 21-year career inspired by legendary stuntman Evel Knievel – but…
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Video: 58 men on one 500cc Royal Enfield… it’s pretty impressive stuff!
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https://youtu.be/GAJfYxCVPnw How’s about this to do with your mates on an otherwise pretty boring Sunday then? What we have here is the new world record for the amount of people on a single motorcycle. Yep, 58 members of the Indian Army Service Corps (ASC) set a new record at the weekend when 58 of them…
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“The World’s Fastest Indian” 50th anniversary to be celebrated with a Bonneville Land Speed record attempt by Burt Munro’s great nephew Lee
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It’s been 50 years since Burt Munro took his Indian Scout Streamliner to the Bonneville Salt Flats and made history – and to celebrate, Indian Motorcycle is teaming up with Kiwi road racer Lee Munro (Burt Munro’s great nephew) to recreate the historic run on Sunday 13th August. The team isn’t be competing in any…
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Video: Robbie Maddison sets new world record for riding on water
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Robbie Maddison has honoured a fallen fan by setting a new record for riding on two wheels (on water)! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge2Rp7Fcw78 If you’ve not heard of Robbie Maddison, he’s an internationally renowned Australian motorcycle stunt rider, whose incredible career has consisted of doing the seemingly impossible on two wheels. He’s been setting new records for more…
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Kawasaki H2 world speed record at 229.1mph
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Rickey Gadson has set a new world speed record on a modified Kawasaki H2, reaching 229.1 mph at the Texas Mile. The name Rickey Gadson might seem familiar to some of you. He’s an 11-time ¼ mile champion drag racer, RG62 performance parts manufacturer, star of US tv show ‘Caffeine and Octane’, and he’s recently…
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Carl Reese sets new motorcycle distance record – 2,119 miles in 24 hours on a BMW
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American Carl Reese has smashed the world record for most distance covered in 24 hours on a motorcycle – by bagging 2,119 miles in 24 hours on a BMW K1600GT. Reese went through four rear and two front tyres in the run and had to stop with more than an hour remaining, meaning that in…
