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Guy Martin is OUT of the Southern 100
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It’s not much of a surprise, but Guy Martin is now not taking part in the Southern 100 next week – a message from the event organisers is citing the Honda Fireblade as the reason for the withdrawal saying that Martin’s bike ‘was not available with further testing to be carried out’. The news is…
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WOW! Check out these pics of the Yamaha T7 Adventure bike in action!
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Check out these brilliant pictures of the upcoming Yamaha T7 Adventure bike undergoing some off-roading with our German cousins at Motorrad Magazine. The bike has already been out in action before with Italian bike magazine DueRoute – about five months ago – but these recent pictures show that the bike that’s about to join…
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Ducati unveils new XDiavel special
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Following two concept bikes based on the XDiavel (the XDiavel by Roland Sands and the draXter by the Ducati Design Center), Ducati has now placed its cruiser in the creative hands of Belgian customizer Fred Krugger. The result is Thiverval, a fresh, futuristic power cruiser boasting extreme attention to detail; while retaining its ties with…
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Video: Remember this? Biker’s phone revenge on cut-up driver with attitude
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It’s ages since we first brought you this video – but we’ve just watched it again and reckon that it’s time for the joy that is this bit of footage to be seen again. Originally we published this in November 2016 – yeah – but it’s worth looking at again. It’ll make you laugh.…
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Video: KTM 1290 Super Duke R sets new record at Pikes Peak
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Pikes Peak newcomer Chris Fillmore secured a new outright two wheel lap record, finishing in 9 minutes 49.625 seconds, as KTM dominated the standings. KTM team mate Australia’s Rennie Scaysbrook was second, just over eight seconds behind, as 2016 winner Bruno Langlois, finished off the podium. Following the successes of Ducati and Kawasaki over the…
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Royal Enfield unveils awesome ‘custom’ specials
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It’s not a production bike – but it really should be. This is the Surf Racer, a one-off custom creation for Royal Enfield designed to show what can be done to the pretty simple donor bike. It came about when Royal Enfield showed off two new ‘custom’ creations at the recent Wheels and Waves…
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MotoGP in-race message dash given the go-ahead. Yeah, messages to the racers live, as they race
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It’s a year since the idea was first suggested, but now it’s been passed for use in the MotoGP and Moto3 classes. Race Direction bosses in the premier class can already send some notifications (like being black flagged) to the dash of MotoGP bikes but the new system expands what can be sent to a…
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Buy a KTM Super Duke GT and get over £1000 worth of ‘Touring Package’ parts thrown in!
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KTM is now offering a PowerParts ‘Touring Package’ worth over £1000 with every new 1290 SUPER DUKE GT. The fastest production V-twin sports touring bike in the world, the KTM 1290 SUPER DUKE GT (£15,999) punches out 173bhp and 144nm of torque. The 1290 GT also has a 23-litre fuel tank, WP semi-active suspension adjustable by…
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Max Biaggi out of hospital and heading home
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SIX-time World Champion Max Biaggi has left hospital 20 days after a huge crash that nearly killed him. Biaggi was in intensive care for 17 days whilst undergoing an operation on a torn lung and surgery to help his 11 broken ribs heal, he also broke his collarbone in the big crash. The accident happened…
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Spy shots: Ducati V4 Superbike caught in action (worth showing you again after we posted this LAST WEEK)
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We’ve been sent the first photos of Ducati’s V4 Superbike project – and it looks awesome. Admittedly, we’ve just found it the story made it onto Asphalt and Rubber and MaxxMoto first, so credit where credit’s due – but it’s a fantastic story, and we just couldn’t ignore it. Sources reckon that the V4 engine will borrow…
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