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VIDEO: Elbow down is so last year… it’s all about the ‘bars down now…
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Check out this video from Alta Motors showing its bikes being worked pretty hard. The film last just over a minute and a half and there’s a cracking bit of ‘bar sliding going on around the 30 second mark. We like it.
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Next-gen Hayabusa: Suzuki patents semi-automatic transmission for the bike
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News has emerged Stateside of a series of patents from Suzuki that has the next-generation Hayabusa fitted with a semi-automatic transmission. The patents have been filed by the Japanese company with three sets of the design being registered each in Japan, Germany and the USA. First reported on by www.motorcycle.com, the files show the use…
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VIDEO: Max Anstie and Gautier Paulin get to grips with the 2018 Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing MXGP machines
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Husqvarna Motorcycles has released an official pre-season video of the Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing MXGP team, showing team riders Gautier Paulin and Max Anstie getting to grips with their new rides ahead of the 2018 season. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhdawTNqSPM Following a solid debut season aboard FC 450 machinery in which he secured third in the 2017…
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VIDEO: Bristol bike thieves torch 1951 Triumph Thunderbird
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Bike thieves in Bristol set fire to a stolen 1951 Triumph Thunderbird, after demanding £1,000 in ransom from its owner. The group took to the ‘biketakerrr’ Instagram page, bragging about being in possession of the bike, and threatened to burn it, unless the owner paid them £1,000 for its safe return. After failing to pay,…
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Dumb and Dumber mini-bike goes under the hammer
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One of the mini bikes used for the close-up riding shots in the Farrelly Brothers classic comedy Dumb and Dumber is going under the hammer – offering the chance to get your hands on a piece of movie motorcycling history. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYCwIxdSRQs In fact, there’s only one more bike still in existence – that was gifted to…
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Team Classic Suzuki to offer ride to Bandit Challenge champion
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Team Classic Suzuki and Suzuki’s Vintage Parts Programme have joined forces with the Bandit Challenge race series, and will offer this year’s champion the chance to race under the team’s banner in the popular one-make championship in 2019, racing its own Bandit 600. The team is currently building a bike to fit the class regulations – with support from the Vintage Parts Programme – and at the…
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Street Hawk (now a grandad) to jump 20 double-decker buses and break his own World Record
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Back in 1983 stuntman Chris Bromham leapt 196ft over 18 buses on a KTM495, breaking the world distance and obstacle records – and now the Street Hawk stuntman is hoping to go one better at the age of 61. Chris retired in 1997 after a 21-year career inspired by legendary stuntman Evel Knievel – but…
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TVS Zeppelin Hybrid unveiled at Auto Expo 2018
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TVS, India’s third largest two-wheeled manufacturer and partner to BMW, has unveiled its all-new Zeppelin Hybrid concept at Auto Expo 2018. In short, it’s a belt-driven hybrid motorcycle, driven by a 220cc single-cylinder endothermic engine, which kicks out 20bhp at 8,500 rpm and 18.5 Nm of maximum torque at 7,000 rpm – to which its…
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Bennetts returns as British Superbike Championship title sponsor for 2018
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Bennetts, the motorcycle insurance specialist, and its online news channel BikeSocial, has announced a three-year deal as the title sponsor and official digital media partner of the British Superbike Championship. The association will mean the return of the familiar red and white Bennetts logo across all of the events, showcasing unrivalled branding and communications opportunities…
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Pol Espargaro to miss Thai MotoGP test with herniated disc spinal injury
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Pol Espargaro (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) will be forced to sit out the upcoming test at Chang International Circuit in Thailand, having been diagnosed with a hernia in his fourth lumbar vertebra. The Spaniard was left reeling after a 250kmh crash at Turn 4 at the second day of last month’s Sepang MotoGP test,…
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