Tony Carter
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Clutch of great 200cc specials appear in India – mini-Adventure and mini-Superbikes from dealers
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Here’s a couple of specials from Indian bike dealers that have caught our eye – mainly because they’re so well done. Both of these bikes are made from the TVS Apache 200 donor bike. The 12v power supply, upright fairing and various Adventure-type add-ons make the small-capacity bike a real looker in this pic snapped…
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Yamaha recalls 15,072 small bikes over oil pump and front brake issues
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Yamaha has recalled over 15,000 R25, MT25, R3 and MT320 bikes. So far, the recall is only effecting Japanese bikes, there has been no news concerning any European bikes in any of those ranges and if we hear anything about European stock being included in the recall we’ll let you know. The issues surround the…
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RUMOUR: VW to put Ducati up for sale – seems unlikely but USA finance press says it might happen today
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RUMOUR: VW to put Ducati out for bids – seems unlikely but USA finance press says it might happen today. We’re expecting an announcement today (Thursday) from VW about the company’s future – and there’s some rumblings in the financial world that one option the car giant is looking at is to off-load Ducati for…
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Is Guy Martin racing under the alias Terry Smith? We’ve been told that he is. If that’s right then here’s how he’s going on the Tour Divide!
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Yesterday we asked the question: Where is Guy Martin? after the live tracking for the punishing Tour Divide mountain bike race through America showed no sign of the housewife’s favourite – well last night we were told that Guy IS competing in the event and he’s doing it under the fake name Terry Smith! Now,…
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So where is Guy Martin? Because he’s NOT showing on the live tracking system for the Tour Divide mountain bike event
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So where is Guy Martin? Because he’s NOT showing on the live tracking system for the Tour Divide mountain bike event in the USA. OK, so there’s probably a perfectly reasonable explanation for this – like his tracking unit has broken, or he’s already completed it but hasn’t shown up on the results or he’s…
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WSB round 8: Misano this weekend and here’s the stats that matter
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Fancy being better in the know than the weekend’s professional ‘experts’? Then here’s the stats that you need ahead of this weekend’s WSB round at Misano. The Riviera di Rimini round is the eighth outing for the WSB boys this year and sees our own Tom Sykes making his 200th start in the class. It’ll…
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Sam Lowes interview: ‘After Assen it’s my first ride on the Aprilia MotoGP bike!’
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Sam Lowes interview: ‘After Assen it’s my first ride on the Aprilia MotoGP bike!’ Sam Lowes has been doing the PR-bit with the powers-that-be at MotoGP and has given this interview to them about his first upcoming official test on the Aprilia RS-GP MotoGP machine that he will be riding in 2017. It makes for…
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Honda’s Kumamoto factory is back to business
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Honda’s Kumamoto factory is back to business. Since the devastating earthquakes that hit the area on April 14th, the Honda factory in Kumamoto, Japan has been in almost total shutdown (minor operations started on May 6), but now things are starting to be fired up again. Honda says that all of the debris has…
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First look: Indian’s 109bhp, 10,000rpm liquid-cooled motor
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First look: Indian’s 109bhp, 10,000rpm liquid-cooled motor. Here’s the first look at the new motor which Indian will use in it’s upcoming, purpose-built, road legal flat tracker, MoreBikes told you about this bike first a full year ago and Indian finally confirmed its existence yesterday with some serious details about the new model. The bike…
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Indian confirms MoreBikes story from a year ago with flat-track announcement
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Indian has just confirmed the scoop that we told you about first – a year ago! The American firm has just said that it is going to go AMA flat track racing with it’s first full factory racing effort since the 1950s. And it’s going to do it with a new liquid-cooled motor. And here’s…
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