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XTR Pepo unveils its custom Ducati Ulster – inspired by 70s and 80s road racing
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Built from the bones of a Ducati Monster – custom house XTR Pepo has created a beautiful Ulster Desmo, which pays homage to the history of road racing, and Mike Hailwood’s 900SS from 1978. Using a 2001 Monster 750 as a base – while drawing inspiration from Ducati’s iconic racing history – is the perfect…
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WSB: Masterful Jonathan Rea does Laguna Seca Double
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Fourth win in California for the championship leader, who increases his lead to 75 points with five rounds to go Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) has taken his second win of the weekend at the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, becoming the most successful rider in MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship history at the US racetrack…
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WSB: Jonathan Rea roars ahead in race one to seventh win in 2018 at Laguna Seca
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Trademark consistency pays off for defending champion in new battle with Davies. Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) proved that his Friday form was no fluke by taking his seventh win of the campaign in Race 1 at the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. The MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship witnessed a new battle between the…
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Updated Honda CB1300 with Ohlins suspension and Brembo brakes – inspired by the CB750F
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There’s been talk that an updated CB1300 is in the works – and that it’ll come kitted out with a range of sport performance bits and pieces. Our mates Young Machine in Japan has fired over some mocked up images of the CB1300 SP, based on what’s been said about the updated model so far.…
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VIDEO: Yardbuilt Yamaha XSR900 with 3D printed parts
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Yamaha Europe has revealed its latest Yard Built custom – made by French bike builders, DAB MOTORS. Based on XSR 900, ‘The ALTER’ incorporates the latest 3D modelling and printer technology, with a range of custom parts and accessories. Clever stuff. The ALTER utilises a range of 3D printed parts – including its aluminium seat…
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KTM 1290 Super Adventure S kitted out with Bosch’s radar system
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Over the last few of months, we’ve brought you news of Bosch’s radar system and revealed that KTM and Ducati are working on integrating it into its new models for 2020 – and our friends at Young Machine have spotted a KTM 1290 Super Adventure S kitted out with the clever new tech. We’ve covered…
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VIDEO: Blasting through a tunnel on the back wheel. Awesome.
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We love this video that’s doing the rounds of a bike blasting through a tunnel on its back wheel. Made us smile. We reckon it’ll make you smile too. https://twitter.com/i/status/1009820829813825538
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VIDEO: Dyno flames and REALLY loud bikes! Watch this – and turn UP the volume!
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https://youtu.be/tIBYrkwF__8 So it’s a slow morning in the motorcycle world – the sun is out and we’re itching to get riding. But before we do that we figured we’d share this excellent video from Bike Throttle with you. It’s just over three minutes long, it’s a slapped-together compilation of big bikes on dynos belching…
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Today is the day: Europe has launched tariffs on Harley-Davidson this morning. Bikes now get a 25% levvy on UK soil.
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It wasn’t yesterday, it’s not tomorrow (despite what you might read in some quarters) it’s right now. Yep, from Friday am UK time Europe has put in place a series of tariffs on USA-made imports as retaliation to President Trump’s trade policy. The new duties on £2.4 billion worth of US products are now active…
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KTM’s 390 Adventure for 2019 CONFIRMED by Indian partner! Whoops…
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It’s been a while coming, and we’ve seen plenty of pre-production ideas and versions of the lightweight KTM Adventure bike appearing from time to time but this has somewhat let the orange Austrian cat right out of the bag. KTM’s India-based partner, Bajaj Motors (Bajaj is India’s leading manufacturer of two wheelers) makes the firm’s…
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