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Video: Riding the world’s most dangerous road on a 125cc scooter
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Karan Bir Singh is a 21-year old college student who likes bikes. So what does he do for kicks? Takes his mum’s Honda Activa 125 on one of the most dangerous roads in the world, the Killar-Kishtwar road in Jammu and Kashmir, that’s what! The automatic 125cc scooter isn’t built for any mountain passes, let…
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MotoGP: Bosses make changes to Austrian track amid safety fears
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MOTOGP bosses have made changes to in infamous Turn 10 at the Austrian circuit just in time for this weekend’s round of the championship. The changes come as the championship returns to the circuit for the first time since 1997, further adjustments have been made to the Red Bull Ring layout following a private test held…
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Bexhill MotoFest promises a stonking weekend of bikes, music and food
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Here’s one for your festival calendar this summer: the free Bexhill MotoFest. For the whole weekend of August 12-14th, genteel Bexhill-on-Sea on the south coast of England let’s rip to the roar of thousands of motorcycles and the high octane beats of great music as it becomes Biking-on-Sea for the annual Bexhill MotoFest. With highlights…
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Video: That first, brilliant pillion ride for your mate who LOVES it
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Here’s a great video that we haven’t seen around for a while. This is our mate Jamie Robinson, 250GP star and all-round top bloke, taking journalist Matt Farah out for his first fast pillion ride on a superbike. The bike is a Blade, but it’s hardly relevant. Just enjoy this video for Matt’s terrific, absolute…
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Rumours: Kawasaki about to launch a new cafe racer
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Our friends from TMC blog in Indonesia have uncovered what looks like an importer’s manifest (image above) that has something very interesting hiding on row 218: Kawasaki ZR900B! This could be a new street bike to sit between the Z800 and Z1000, or it could be a brand new modern cafe racer from the green…
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Fancy being famous in a Carole Nash charity calendar?
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Motorcycle insurance broker, Carole Nash, is searching for 12 faces to star in its 2017 annual calendar. Following the recent success of the firm’s ‘Biker vs Non Biker’ campaign, where bikers were rated as more attractive,Carole Nash is now looking for the 12 faces of its 2017 calendar. Both bike lovers and those with a…
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2017 Yamaha R6 image appears in Japan – looks AMAZING
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Check out this gorgeous image of the 2017 Yamaha R6 that’s been sent to us from sources in Japan. This comes to us from the same source that was the first to reveal the piggyback exhaust ends on the Honda CBR250RR. Our source had that information absolutely spot on – and now they have come…
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Guy Martin posts fastest ever Triumph speed – 274.2mph in Utah
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Triumph has released the speed figure it managed with Guy Martin at the controls in the Infor Streamliner during testing at the Bonneville Salt Flats yesterday – the twin-Rocket III engined enclosed bike did a best of 274.2mph. Previously Triumph has logged a best of 245.667mph with Bob Leppan clocking up an unofficial best of…
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Secret’s OUT: Kawasaki’s braking regeneration patent for it’s future range of bikes REVEALED
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Here’s the next phase of Kawasaki’s electric-engine programme – a complex motorcycle braking-regeneration electrical feed system that the factory has just patented. It is a set up that will be applied to all of the firm’s electric-powered vehicles coming in the near future. The idea has now been patented for the first time…
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Guy Martin Land Speed Record latest: pics from the first run are in – Guy’s verdict on the test: “Spot on”
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Guy Martin has said that his first ever powered run in the Triumph Streamliner world land speed record machine was “Spot on” and that being out in Utah at the famous Bonneville Salt Flats was, “Lush”. The Lincolnshire lad is undertaking the Land Speed Record attempt in the twin-Rocket III engine powered, 1000bhp Streamliner with…
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