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Do you ride an e-bike? Compulsory insurance could be coming to the UK
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If you’re an e-bike rider, you might soon need an expensive insurance policy to ride it legally. That’s because the European Commission has proposed updated laws, which would mean you’ll need the same level of insurance cover as any other motor vehicle. Last month, the European Commission issued a statement, including a paragraph which clarified…
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Want to look like Deadpool? HJC unveils its latest Marvel lid – celebrating the release of Deadpool 2.
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Marking the release of the second Deadpool film – which tells the story of ex-special forces agent Wade Wilson – HJC has given its premium HJC RPHA 11 sports helmet a swanky new Deadpool paintjob. Looks cool, doesn’t it? Getting down into technical specifications, HJC’s RPHA 11 helmet is constructed from carbon fibre, aramid and…
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IOM TT 2018: William Dunlop reveals heartbreaking reason for withdrawing from last week’s races
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Road racer William Dunlop has released a statement revealing why he withdrew from the 2018 TT races. The statement reads: “I just thought I would put a few words down about my recent withdrawal from 2018 TT races as I have a lot of good people around me and I felt this is something that…
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MotoGP: Dani Pedrosa to announce retirement at Catalunya GP this Thursday (rumour)
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We brought you this story last week but given all the TT news that was happening around it, figured a few of you might have missed it. In case you did, here’s the hot-trot rumour going around MotoGP paddock right now… There’s been no official confirmation or denial so far from Dani Pedrosa or any…
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EWC: Video of Greg Leblanc manfully getting a mashed Fireblade back to the pits
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Check out this video from the 8-Hour race at Oschersleben at the weekend. The footage shows Honda’s Greg Leblanc stuffing this Honda Endurance Racing 111 very quickly near the end of the race. As ever with the endurance lads, Leblanc wasn’t for sitting out the remainder of the race and gets to his feet sharpish…
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Celebrity ‘Wall of Death’ TV Show coming to Channel 4 – presented by Guy Martin
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Channel 4 is commissioning a new version of Guy Martin’s Wall of Death Live, which will see the Lincolnshire lorry mechanic and motorcycle racer showing celebrity contestants how to ride the Wall of Death. The show is based on Martin’s televised 2016 attempt — which saw him bag the Wall of Death world speed record,…
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AMAZING: When Zero RS electric bike meets Ducati Panigale… electric drool…
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OK, so NOW we’re properly wanting one of these – it’s the outcome of a Zero RS electric bike and a Ducati Panigale – it’s absolutely beautiful. Made to order by Hollywood Electrics, the bike has been given a liquid cooling kit for the electric motor to boost performance plus a host of other parts.…
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FIRST LOOK: Inside the Bosch jet thruster system that’ll save a front end wipe-out. Apparently.
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When we first brought you the jet thruster sytem being pioneered by Bosch a month ago we never thought that we’d get more of a view of weird set-up than the video and diagrams released by the company. But how about this little collection of snaps and a further video that’s doing the rounds…
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WSB: Jonathan Rea STAYING with Kawasaki for another two years. He’s just signed a new contract.
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It’s now confirmed that 60-times race WSB race winner Jonathan Rea is staying in world superbike – and with Kawasaki for another couple of seasons. The new two year contract will see his partnership with the Provec Racing squad stretch to five seasons. First joining Kawasaki in 2015 and winning his first race with the…
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WSBK: Phenomenal Lowes leads Yamaha one-two at Brno
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Maiden WorldSBK win for the British rider in crazy Czech Race 2 Alex Lowes (Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team) took his first-ever MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship race win at the Acerbis Czech Round, in an astonishing Race 2 which saw championship leader Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) crash out early on. The thousands…
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