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EWC: Kawasaki Team Green on pole at Suzuka
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Kawasaki Team Green has claimed pole position for the Suzuka 8 Hours following a qualifying session in lieu of the Top 10 Trial, which had to be cancelled due to rain showers this morning. Red Bull Honda with Japan Post moved up to 2nd place on the grid, ahead of Yamaha Factory Racing Team. Rain…
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EWC: Kawasaki Team Green pulls off double coup at the Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance
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Kawasaki Team Green has picked up provisional pole at the Suzuka 8 Hours and Jonathan Rea has set a new Endurance lap record with a 2:05.168. Kawasaki Team Green rider Jonathan Rea has smashed the lap record in qualifying set by Pol Espargaró (a 2:06.000) in the 2015 Top 10 Trial. The FIM Superbike triple…
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Want to ride a Yamaha NIKEN? Then get to Matlock tomorrow and Sunday for a go on the three-wheeler
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We reckon you’ll have to move fast to book your place on this because the spaces available for a go on the MT-09-powered funkster aren’t going to hang around for long. The NIKEN Tour truck carries a large fleet of NIKEN bikes and customers will be taken for a test ride lasting almost one hour…
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Spy Shots: KTM’s front and rear radar bikes caught during tests
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Here’s this week’s spy shots of the next generation big KTM 1290 Adventure just after a batch of secret tests using the Austrian firm’s front and rear radar systems. KTM announced in April that is would have working radar systems looking after vehicular distance and early-warning electronic programmes on its bikes by 2020, and based…
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Team Classic Suzuki shows this one-off GSX-R1000R in super cool colours
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Team Classic Suzuki has applied its eye-catching and standout retro livery to the latest in Suzuki superbikes, creating a replica GSX-R1000R. It’s a one-off at the moment – but if Suzuki gets enough feedback from interested parties… well, we’ve been told that it wouldn’t be out of the realms of possibility that something like this…
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Spy Shots: Peugeot 2019 super scoot caught out and about
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Our spy snappers have caught this during today’s hunt – it’s a very highly camouflaged Peugeot Citystar scooter undergoing final bodywork tests at a private track. It’s hard to tell exactly what the nuances of the new bodywork are, largely because of the effective camo colourscheme, but what is instantly obvious is that the new…
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Fancy yourself a biking Vlogger? Want to get a KTM 790 Duke for a fortnight PLUS MotoGP full VIP luxury? Check this out.
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KTM has just sent us details of this pretty cool promotion it’s starting for eager motorcycle video makers everywhere – so get yer phone out and start filming. The prize for the best bit of film saying why you want to be the winner is an amazing fortnight of fun of the absolutely brilliant…
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VIDEO: Check this out! BSB and TT riders messing about on Suzuki GSX-S125s. It’s EXCELLENT.
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We’re loving this video and you will too. This is the inaugural Suzuki All-Star 125 race, which saw a gaggle of top level racers compete for glory on identical GSX-S125s around Bruntingthorpe kart circuit. The line-up including Buildbase Suzuki’s Bradley Ray, Richard Cooper, and Billy McConnell, plus OMG Racing Suzuki’s Gino Rea, Burrows Engineering Racing’s…
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Japan-EU trade deal announced. Free trading cuts 99% of tariffs on Japanese goods INCLUDING motorcycles!
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It might be one of those stories that passed you by when we ran it last week – but the effects on the prices we pay for Japanese goods, including motorcycles, could be massive and felt for years to come. It’s the world’s largest bilateral free trade deal which has been announced by both the…
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Troy Bayliss’ WDW Ducati Panigale V4 S is on Ebay right now, with days still to go, and the bids are up to a staggering £106,688!
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So if you fancy buying the Ducati Panigale V4 S that Troy Bayliss competed on in last weekend’s Race of Champions at Word Ducati Week then there’s good and bad news… the good news is there’s still three and a bit days to go to place your bid on Ebay, the bad news is…
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