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Bennetts offer cover for lost or stolen keys
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Motorcycle insurer Bennetts has announced that it will now offer key cover as standard, for policyholders with comprehensive insurance cover. If your key is lost or stolen, Bennetts will pay up to £400 towards the cost of any replacement, no matter if it’s for the ignition, transponders, steering lock, seat lock and side panel lock…
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Norton Motorcycles join forces with Chinese manufacturer Zhongshen
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Norton and Zhongshen have entered into a 20 year Design and Licence agreement based around Norton’s all new 650cc twin-engine. The 650cc twin-engine has been jointly engineered and developed by Norton and Sussex-based Ricardo engineering and has been specifically designed to the requirements of Zhongshen. It will be Euro 4 compliant, which enables Zhongshen to…
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Lambretta UK importer announced – models arrive Dec 17
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The latest Lambretta scooter models will be distributed in the UK and Eire by the MotoGB group. Initial stock will arrive early December 2017 and will hopefully be with dealers prior to Christmas. THE LAMBRETTA BRAND In the scooter world, the Lambretta brand has always been an icon and has been a popular choice since…
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Kawasaki closes down USA streets to shoot commercial for NEXT YEAR’S Ninja 400.
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OK, so this cat’s well out of the bag. We’re getting a new 400 Ninja for next year. As you’d expect, there’s no details on the new bike but put you can be sure that this motorcycle is definitely going to be a part of the 2018 model year because Kawasaki has been using the…
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SPY SHOTS: BMW 2018 S 1000 RR caught out in tests
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There’s not many pics (as in, there’s one) that’s broke surface at the moment, but this is the first picture of the 2018 BMW S 1000 RR. The bike has been caught out and about by the top German magazine Motorrad. And, as you might expect, is the star of the next issue of…
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Video: The 2017 Motoball European Championships kick off this week!
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The 2017 Motoball European Championships kick off this week – with six teams competing for the prestigious title. Motoball was born in France in the 1930s, going on to become extremely popular in Eastern Europe and Russia – and since 1964, the Motoball European Championships have been held every year. The current champions are Germany, who…
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Keep your eyes on the road with REYEDR HUD
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The REYEDR HUD is an innovative new heads-up display system that shows speed, navigation, distance and more. It runs in unison with the REYEDR smartphone app, which provides key information about the bike, route and ride group. It also offers the ability to alert emergency services in the event of an accident. Essentially, the REYEDR…
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Honda and Yamaha set to start electric scooter testing in Japan
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Last year it was announced that Honda and Yamaha would be working together to manufacture electric scooters – and it’s been confirmed that they’ll begin testing for the E-KIZUNA Project in Saitama City in Japan this September. Under the E- KIZUNA Project banner, both manufacturers are embarking on a project to assess the viability of global…
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Norton opens new Technical Academy amid plans for a completely British-made motorbike
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Plans for an all-new British-made motorbike have taken a step forward with the opening of the new Norton Technical Academy in Leicestershire, which aims to train up to 300 young engineers over next couple of years. Norton is recognised around the world as a quintessentially British brand, and CEO and owner Stuart Garner has a…
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Video: Scott Redding explains the array of buttons on his Ducati Desmosedici MotoGP machine
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We all know that MotoGP race bikes are packed with electronics – from GPS to gyroscopes, but what do riders actually control? Modern MotoGP machines feature an abundance of buttons which are used to control the engine control unit. To the uninitiated, it looks pretty confusing – so, to make sense of it all, Scott…
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