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MotoGP test in Austria: Ducati strongest so far – Dovi, Iannone, Stoner top three at the moment, Rossi sixth
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The first day of testing at the Red Bull Ring in Austria for the MotoGP masses has proved the Ducati point we raised this morning when we brought you what Danilo Petrucci said about Casey Stoner. You remember that, right? How it was that Stoner wants to race at the MotoGP round at the track…
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World GP Bike Legends roar into the Silverstone Classic
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There are now less than two weeks until the star-studded World GP Bike Legends make their eagerly anticipated UK debut at the Silverstone Classic at the end of this month (July 29-31). The magical event features an unrivalled line-up of races featuring the full spectrum of four-wheeled motor sport history. Now the addition of two-wheeled…
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Ducati launches Taste of Joy app for Scrambler riders (looks pretty sweet for those up for some Italian miles)
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Taste of Joy, Ducati Scrambler’s App for motorcycling and street food enthusiasts. Over 150 addresses of Italian street food points, from north to south, offering typical cuisine and original menus Taste of Joy also provides countless motorcycling routes to explore The new Ducati Scrambler App also shows you where to find petrol stations in Italy…
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Yamaha R125 and R3 2017 illustration appears and is a stunner
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Yamaha R125 and R3 2017 illustration appears and is a stunner. Check out this damned-fine illustration made by the chaps over at moto-blast.org. They say that this is what the R15 could end up looking like when it’s given some styling tweaks ahead of being released as part of the 2017 line-up from Yamaha…
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Indian recalls 18,367 bikes over fire risk
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At the moment, this appears to be a USA-only recall (we say this because we’ve not had any notification through from Indian about UK bikes being affected), but as we have a lot of American friends who read MoreBikes, we had to tell you about this one. According to a notification from the National Highway…
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Austrian MotoGP: “Stoner is testing there because he wants to race there next month”
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Austrian MotoGP: “Stoner is testing there because he wants to race there next month.” There’s a hot rumour doing the rounds this morning that Casey Stoner is testing the factory Ducati at Austria today and tomorrow as a pre-cursor to him racing properly in a month’s time. Following on from the Sachsenring race last…
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More patents suggesting Honda Transalp is back
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We have just been sent these patent drawings that suggest Honda is planning to relaunch the Transalp, which was discontinued in 2012. Since its original launch in 1987, the Honda Transalp took the guises of XL400V, XL600V, XL650V, and XL700V. We’re not quite sure where in the current line-up this new model would sit as…
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MotoGP: Marquez pulls a master stroke in Germany
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Sunday didn’t get off to the best start for Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team), the Spaniard suffering a huge fall during morning Warm Up. He was declared fit for the race, but he’d clearly taken a beating in the fall. As the GoPro Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland got under way he seemed to be suffering,…
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Triumph Tiger Sport 2016 launch report – absolutely brilliant
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WORDS: John Milbank, editor MSL – PHOTOGRAPHY: Allesio Barbanti and Matteo Cavadini Thank you, Europe. Without your rules and regulations we wouldn’t have some of the world’s best engineers finding the solutions that bring us even greater motorcycles… The Tiger 1050 was launched in 2007, effectively carving its own niche as a ‘Sports Adventure…
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Spy shot: Honda’s City ADV Adventure super scooter is doing the city miles
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This picture of the Honda ADV City Adventure super scooter prototype out putting on the miles has appeared and gives us the best side-view yet of the bike that will be part of Honda’s 2017 line-up. The bike, first shown at last year’s Milan show as a ‘concept’ bike (shown below) is effectively a Honda…
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