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Moto GP: Lorenzo’s first thoughts on the Ducati Desmosedici GP
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Jorge Lorenzo’s speed was rather impressive at the post-season Valencia test, considering that this was his first ride on the Ducati Desmosedici GP. He finished the test in 8th position, 0.769 seconds behind the quickest rider, Maverick Viñales on the Yamaha M1 (a bike that Lorenzo knows very well indeed). Officially Lorenzo was not allowed…
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Get 25% more power with a bolt-on drum charger. And it won’t cost the earth!
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Want to get up to 25% more power and torque out of your bike without spending a fortune? This new bolt-on drum charger might be just the thing you need! The power gains are reasonable, and although official prices aren’t available yet, the simple design of the product suggests that it will be more affordable…
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Check this out: huge design’s Mono Racer idea
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Check this out: huge design’s Mono Racer idea. Huge moto is a custom motorcycle design and fabrication shop run by a handful of motorbike enthusiasts with industrial design and engineering backgrounds. the company is a spin-off from a product design firm located in San Francisco, California — huge design. The american outfit is now tackling its most ambitious…
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Video: 2017 Benelli Tornado 302R in full-on launch action
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Video: 2017 Benelli Tornado 302R in full-on launch action. https://youtu.be/FlqO_AJnvsw Here’s a new video for the upcoming Benelli Tornado 30R2 released by the factory. In it, the bike gets the usual light-stick treatment (there’s some cut-aways to a half-dressed woman, not entirely sure why) and then there’s some pretty decent track action on the bike…
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Witch doctor + swarm of Bees = stolen motorcycle retrieved
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Witch doctor + swarm of Bees = stolen motorcycle retrieved. OK, so we’re not entirely buying into this – but as a story it’s something to take in on Monday morning. Here’s the report as filed by mpasho.co.ke, a Kenyan news agency: A swarm of bees that had been sent to retrieve a lost motorbike…
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New TCX boots include Gore-Tex and Waterproof models to the range for 2017
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New TCX boots include Gore-Tex and Waterproof models to the range for 2017. Fuel Gore-Tex (pictured above) and Fuel Waterproof (pictured below) New for 2017, the Fuel Gore-Tex and Waterproof models have joined the popular custom line. The Fuel Gore-Tex model features a highly breathable Gore-Tex Performance Comfort Footwear membrane meaning that the boot can…
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Fernando Alonso tries out a proper MotoGP factory bike at ‘works’ Christmas do
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Best. Works. Christmas. Do. Ever. This happened over the weekend. It’s the Honda Racing ‘Thanks Day’ which was held at the Motegi circuit in Japan. The great and good of racing across two and four wheels got together in front of a big crowd of Honda employees to try out each others vehicles, have a…
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Video: Riding trials around an active volcano
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Video: Riding trials around an active volcano. https://youtu.be/9FWSI2yb0qo It’s been a while since we put this out there, but it’s worth watching again – and if you’ve not seen this video of our friend, trials god Julien Dupont doing his thing then we’re pretty sure that you’re going to enjoy it. It was made last…
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Video: AMAZING skills on show from Enduro God Graham Jarvis
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So this video from Husqvarna is supposedly a ‘Jarvis passes on his skills to young wonder Pascal Rauchenecker’. That might be so, but we keep watching this over and over because it’s some of the most incredible riding by two of the most skilled motorcyclists in the world that we’ve ever seen. Watch this. It’s…
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Designer Bezzi’s BSA 355 sketch is proper tasty!
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Designer Bezzi’s BSA 355 sketch is proper tasty! We like this – but it’s proper pie-in-the-sky stuff. This is a ‘concept’ design sketch (a bit of wishful thinking, in other words) by motorcycle designer and pretty darn good scribbler, Oberdan Bezzi. Following the news some time ago that BSA was coming under the financial Pheonix…
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