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Bookings to open for the 2018 Isle of Man TT ferry crossings!
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The Isle of Man Steam Packet Company has confirmed provisional bookings for sailings to the 2018 TT will open at 8.30am on Monday, 29th May. Provisional bookings, which are held with a deposit, can be made by visiting www.steam-packet.com or by calling 08722 992 992 (UK) or 0044 8722 992 992 (ROI & outside UK).…
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Video: Tom Cruise crashing off (and riding around on) a couple of stunt BMW R nineT bikes in Paris for Mission Impossible 6
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Check out this couple of videos caught by Parisian film site StormShadowCrew whilst Tom Cruise has been filming a climactic motorcycle chase stunt for the upcoming Mission Impossible 6 film. There’s a bit of to-ing and fro-ing, a bit of filtering and then there’s the stunt where the bike gets taken out by a…
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Next weekend: Action packed KTM extravaganza at the brand new Gear 4 showroom
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KTM specialist Gear4 is opening a brand new showroom – and next weekend they’re running an action packed open day to celebrate. If you’ve not heard of Gear4 before – they are the UK’s largest stockists of KTM gear (from clothing, to bikes, to spare parts – and there’s even KTM bicycles for sale too). But…
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Suzuki files 13 new patents for its turbocharged roadster. Designs getting close to finished machine now!
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Our ongoing story of the soon-coming turbocharged Suzuki roadsters (one in particular) has received a boost (arf!) with the latest lump of production-protecting patents filed from the Japanese factory. Suzuki has been granted protection on 13 separate patents filed with the USA patent office. The drawings are further, more detailed versions of the…
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OUT NOW! This week’s issue of the FREE weekly MoreBikes app. NOW on ANDROID, APPLE and KINDLE!
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Great news for anyone who loves motorcycles and wants a great FREE weekly episode of brilliant motorcycle news that cuts right to what’s going on in the world of two wheels. The MoreBikes weekly app is now available on Apple, Kindle AND Android platforms! We’re up to issue 106 of the free motorcycle news outlet and…
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Free Multistrada 1200 Enduro Experience coming to the UK!
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The Multistrada 1200 Enduro Experience is heading to South Wales from the 5th – 7th May as part of the Touratech Travel event in Ystradgynlais, near Swansea. It will be the first time that course has taken place outside of Italy, and UK riders will get the chance to try it for free! The Multistrada 1200 Enduro…
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TVS Akula (BMW S310RR) caught dyno testing!
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The upcoming TVS Akula 310 has been caught taking part in dyno testing in Indonesia. The 300cc mini-superbike has been made by TVS with some serious input from BMW – and will end up as the BMW S310RR. This is the second time in as many weeks that the TVS Akula 310 has been spotted…
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WSB: Manufacturer’s ups and downs at Assen – Which team should you keep an eye on in The Netherlands?
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Aprilia has won twice at Assen, with Eugene Laverty in Race two, 2013, and Sylvain Guintoli in Race one, 2014: which was the factory’s last podium finish here. Last year the best Aprilia results were provided by Lorenzo Savadori: sixth in Race one and fourth in Race two. The best result for BMW at Assen…
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Video: Estonian police don’t mess around – watch this as they ram a speeding biker and pillion off their bike… seriously…
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Holy Moly, here’s what the police report said: The rider was doing 124mph in places and had no motorcycle license. This happened last Friday night in Tallinn. Not quite like this in Norfolk on a speedy Saturday night, is it? What do you reckon, were the police in any way right to do this?…
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‘Moby Dick’ Brough Superior going on sale next month for £600,000!
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One of the most valuable motorcycles in the world is going to auction in Italy next month and it’s being estimated by the auction house to sell for nearly £600,000. The Brough Superior SS100, nicknamed ‘Moby Dick’ by Motor Cycling magazine in 1931 was known as: “The fastest privately owned machine in the world,” at…
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