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BikeSafe takes delivery of ten Ducati Multistrada 1200s
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RAF Brize Norton was the location for the official handover of ten Ducati Multistrada 1200 motorcycles to BikeSafe, a police led initiative to reduce the number of motorcyclists involved in accidents on the road by improving skills, knowledge and hazard awareness. The location was also chosen to highlight BikeSafe’s partnership with the RAF that will…
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Get ready for the return of a Long Way with Charley and Ewan! Boorman says a third one could happen
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Motorcycling man Charley Boorman has said that he and Ewan McGregor could do a third Long Way motorcycle trip. The popular part-time Adventurer made the announcement on BBC Radio 5 live’s programme with Nihal Arthanayake and Sarah Brett. During the chat Boorman told the presenters: “We always talked about doing a third one, whether that’s South…
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MotoGP: Rossi from 22nd quickest: “We think we’ve solved the problems”
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Championship leader Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) had a difficult time with tyres in the Spanish GP, but despite finishing the post-race test in P21, the ‘Doctor’ found some positivity and solutions to his problems. The Italian legend tried a range of rubber during his 62 laps of the Jerez, and set a best of…
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MotoGP: JerezTest: Viñales and Marquez split by 0.002 at the top
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After Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team) took his first win of the year on Sunday, bikes were back out on track the following day for the Jerez Test – the first post-race test of the year. The tyre allocation for the test was the same as available throughout the weekend, plus an extra front option…
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Video: Robbie Maddison sets new world record for riding on water
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Robbie Maddison has honoured a fallen fan by setting a new record for riding on two wheels (on water)! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge2Rp7Fcw78 If you’ve not heard of Robbie Maddison, he’s an internationally renowned Australian motorcycle stunt rider, whose incredible career has consisted of doing the seemingly impossible on two wheels. He’s been setting new records for more…
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Royal Enfield set to buy Ducati?
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Royal Enfield has (reportedly) been approached by The Volkswagen Group regarding the possible acquisition of iconic Italian motorcycle brand, Ducati. Volkswagen is looking to offload as it considers options to fund a multi-billion pound shift to electric vehicles following the recent emissions scandal – and one way to release a bit of capital is to…
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Help four-year-old Izabella to get back on two wheels
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Izabella Tunnicliffe from Tetbury, Gloucestershire has offered to buy her stolen Yamaha PW50 back from thieves using money from her piggy bank – and to help her get back on two wheels we want the motorcycle community to come together and contribute to a recently launched GoFundMe campaign. Her beloved Yamaha PW50 was taken during…
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Rare Belstaff Motorcycle Jackets on sale
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Belstaff has partnered up with online fashion-resale platform Vestiaire Collective to sell ten vintage motorcycle jackets from its ‘60s and ‘70s archive. The collection pays tribute to the Scottish Six Days Trial — the world’s oldest motorcycle event, which inspired Belstaff’s signature hand-waxed Trialmaster jacket. “What we really wanted to share is both Belstaff’s sense…
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Ross Noble takes on the Scottish Six Day Trial for TV
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Ross Noble has taken part in the infamous Scottish Six Days Trial for a new three part TV series called ‘Ross Noble: All Torque’. ‘Ross Noble: All Torque’ is set to be shown on Dave, and will follow motorcycle fanatic Ross Noble as he takes part in the Scottish Six Days Trial. The three, hour-long…
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Gotcha! Registration documents for the TVS (BMW) 300cc mini-sportbike revealed.
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The Akula 310 all-carbon-fibre race bike concept (based on the BMW G 310 R), was unveiled earlier at the 2016 Auto Expo. Last week, TVS filed a trademark on The Government of India’s Intellectual Property website – revealing that the final production version of the bike will be the TVS Apache RR 310 S Over the last few weeks, we’ve…
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