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Ducati Museum pays tribute to ‘Mike the Bike’ Hailwood
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Ducati has just unveiled a new exhibition at its factory museum – bringing to together three amazing Grand Prix machines built by the iconic Fabio Taglioni for a young Mike Hailwood. More specically, Taglioni built the 125, 250 and 350cc Desmo Twins to order between 1958 and 1960, for an ex-racer and motorcycle dealer named…
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VIDEO: Getting under the skin of Honda’s WSB CBR1000RR’s electronics
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Electronics play an increasing important role in the racing world – but to an outsider looking in, it’s difficult to understand just what’s going on. And so, Honda has released a video of Vincente Pechuan Vilar, Electronics Coordinator at Honda, getting under the skin of the World Superbike CBR1000RR Fireblade SP2.
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WSB: Donington Double for extraordinary Van der Mark
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Flying Dutchman rounds off amazing weekend ahead of surprising Razgatlioglu. The floodgates were opened on Saturday, and now there’s no stopping Michael van der Mark (Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team). The Dutchman closed an extraordinary weekend at Donington for the Pata Yamaha team with the second win of his MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship career,…
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Gorgeous! Mugen MRV1400 illustration appears in Japan
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CHECK out this amazing illustration from our Japanese friends at YoungMachine – the magazine has shown its version of the MVR1400 cruiser which is heading our way in 2020. The drawing is based on a concept four-valve OHV air-cooled V-twin, 1400cc motor that was unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show earlier this year. Based on…
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SPY SHOTS: KTM’s 1290 T and 790 T Adventure bikes caught out and about (the smaller bike has wings, the bigger bike is coming with a virtually full fairing)
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Here’s the latest KTM spy shots ahead of the launch of the Austrian firm’s upcoming 790 T and 1290 T Adventure bikes. Both bikes will be major players in KTM’s 2019 model line-up. And both bikes get major bodywork changes. What’s now apparent with the 1290 T is that the bike is getting…
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VIDEO: Getting to grips with the Japanese dark art of Moto Gymkhana
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At MoreBikes, we’re always looking for something new and different to get our teeth stuck into. And while poring over videos of small Japanese men tearing through a pre-set course of multi-coloured cones on motorcycles twice their size, we couldn’t believe the level of skills and close quarters control on display. It caused our jaws…
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WSB: Van der Mark shocks Donington with first WorldSBK win
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Dutchman defies expectations and defeats British riders with extraordinary ride. No non-British rider had won at Donington Park since 2012, and from the Free Practice sessions and Superpole, few would have predicted that would change today in Race 1. But Michael van der Mark (Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team) threw out the script for the…
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WSB: Super Sykes grabs Donington pole and record
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Superpole 2 leaves KRT 1-2 at top, with Baz jumping to front row It was bound to happen this year, and where better than at home? Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) has taken the Tissot Superpole at Donington Park with a blistering final run, and with that becomes the best poleman in MOTUL FIM…
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Isle of Man TT 2018: Island Racer annual OUT NOW! The BEST Isle of Man TT publication of the year has hit the shops. Be quick before it sells out (again)
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This year’s brilliant Island Racer is out now and it’s packed full of entertainment and information for the TT fan. Costing just £7.99, the 148 page publication comes with a FREE Duke DVD that tells the story of Mike Hailwood’s 1978 Return to the Island for that memorable time 40 years ago. The DVD is…
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WSB UK: Sykes strikes back in Donington FP2
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All-British top-4 with Lowes and Camier trailing KRT pair Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) mirrored Jonathan Rea’s (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) performance in the morning Free Practice session by marking a late best lap to overtake his teammate and lead the way into the last Free Practice of the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship’s…
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