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Video: We’ve all got motorcycle mates like this baby chimp…
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Video: We’ve all got motorcycle mates like this baby chimp… https://youtu.be/N21RDbdUqhc Awww… it’s only 25 seconds long but in this video you see the whole gamut of motorcycle emotions. From the first time getting on a bike to the heart-wrenching moment when you’re denied the thrill of the ride, it’s all here in one funny,…
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Audi CEO confirms commitment to Ducati (for now)
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Earlier this year, we brought you the news that Audi was poised to sell Ducati – but Audi’s chief executive Rupert Stadler has finally confirmed its commitment to the iconic Italian brand. Stadler explained that, Audi is working to reduce costs by €10 billion, cut red tape and deepen ties with fellow Volkswagen-owned brand Porsche,…
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Motorcycle action on the set of Spiderman spin-off ‘Venom’
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Photos have emerged from behind the scenes of Sony’s latest Spider-Man spinoff, Venom – and from what we can see, it looks sure to be action packed. The snaps we are particularly interested in show Venom’s alter ego Eddie Brock riding a motorcycle that’s being lifted into the air by a harness, while a nearby vehicle…
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Research points to higher risk of fatal motorcycle crashes under a full moon
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A report in the British Medical Journal pulls together 40 years of data on motorcycle deaths across the US, and has found that the risk of having a fatal crash is higher under a full moon. Writing in the British Medical Journal, Donald Redelmeier – together with Eldar Shafir from Princeton University – said; “Our…
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On Any Sunday’s director and narrator Bruce Brown has died. His profession – motorcycle film maker.
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Bruce Brown, the director and creator of iconic motorcycle film On Any Sunday, passed away on Sunday, December 10 aged 80. Brown’s iconic film, released in 1971, brought motorcycling into the mainstream. No other single piece of media did more to fire the imaginations for two-wheel fun and helped banish the misconception that motorcyclists were largely…
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Video: Scooter shootout in Burkina Faso
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Back in 2004, as the Dakar Rally passed through the city of Bobo-Dioulasso in Burkina Faso, the locals changed the date of the Ramo, a traditional moped race featuring the most reckless riders from around the country, so it could be held during the Dakar rest day and attract a greater audience. The annual race…
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Suzuki to launch GSX-700 T in 2018. Turbocharged middleweight on the way (according to dealers talking after Suzuki meeting)
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Suzuki is going to launch a GSX-700 T, a TURBOCHARGED modern cafe-roadster-cum-naked that’s based on the factory’s Recursion concept. That’s the claim by a host of Greek Suzuki dealers who have told the local motorcycle press there that at a meeting between them and Suzuki recently, they were told about the new model. Reported…
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Fancy a Royal Enfield Himalayan? OTR price has been announced = £3,999.00
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British Enfield importer MotoGB has just announced the price for the 2018 Royal Enfield Himalayan with advanced orders now being taken for the bike costing a pound under four grand on the road. The SOHC carburetted air-cooled engine kicks out 24.5bhp at 6,500 rpm and 32Nm of torque between 4,000-4,500rpm. It gets a 5-speed gearbox…
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Video: Incredible gymkhana action in the wet. Well worth a watch
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OK, so this isn’t a new video (the fashions on show, alone, would point this to being a few years ago) but you know what – it’s well worth a watch. Japanese police riders love a competition and if that can be held on a vacant car park then its game on for the two-wheeled…
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Price emerges for the TVS Apache RR 310 (BMW) mini-superbike. UK conversion = £2,317!
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When we showed you the first images and video of the finished TVS Apache RR 310 (the bike powered by the BMW motor… it’s the upcoming BMW S310RR mini-superbike in different clothes because BMW and Indian company TVS have been working together to develop this exquisite piece of tiny-bike tech), we didn’t have a…
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