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Video: TV spot for the Indian bike that’s part battleship (really)
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Ok, maybe this video is a touch over the top, but it’s quite fun in its own way – and we thought you’d like to see it. This is the new TV advert for the Indian-made Bajaj V. Each bike is built with some metal from the aircraft carrier Vikrant which served in the 1971…
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Preview: WSS in Sepang
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Kawasaki Puccetti Racing rider Randy Krummenacher had led the WorldSSP Championship since the Swiss rookie crossed the line to take his first victory in the class, in Round 1 at Phillip Island. The race win on his first outing and a DNF for his teammate after a tyre issue took the pressure off a…
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VIDEO: Triumph Street Twin – 1,400-mile test in Scotland
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We put the Triumph Street Twin through its paces in Scotland. The smallest bike in the Bonneville range is designed more for towns and cities than the the Scottish Highlands, but it performed surprisingly well as a tourer. The test consisted of 1,400-miles covering everything from motorways to mountain passes, and whatever we threw at the bike, it handled…
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Preview: WSB Sepang – this coming weekend
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Set south of the city through the administrative capital of Putrajaya, the circuit is a perfect 5.5km test track for a motorcycle, taking in the two long straights separated only by the final hairpin, and the wider, sweeping corners that see side-grip tested to the limit. That’s not the end of the challenge in Sepang…
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Meet the Tamburini T12 Massimo superbike. 230bhp and exquisite loveliness.
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Two years ago Massimo Tamburini – the father of iconic motorcycles like the Ducati 916 and the MV Agusta F4, died. But before Tamburini passed he had one last design to give the tw-wheeled world and it’s now debuted in the flesh. The Tamburini T12 Massimo is a BMW S1000RR powered superbike which is…
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Preview: North West 200
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Preview: North West 200 By Philip Wain This week sees the start of the International road racing season with the traditional opener again being at the North West 200. And with the competition getting ever and ever closer, it should be a frantic, high speed encounter. Of course, recent years on the Causeway Coast…
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Video: Shocking moment a SUV driver takes out biker with battering ram move
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Check out this shocking video posted in the States. In the footage, a bunch of riders are riding along the freeway and moving in and out of traffic. Clearly, the SUV driver takes offence to something’s that happened and goes after one of the riders – using the two tonne vehicle as a battering ram…
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Mumbai police: You break our helmet law – you get a real crappy haircut from us!
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Mumbai police: You break our helmet law – you get a real crappy haircut from us! We love this story from the Motoroid lads in India! Police in Mumbai have been properly busy over the weekend cracking down on young riders who are riding around the Indian city without helmets. And from the sounds of…
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Lorenzo: “Everything has been almost perfect!”
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Lorenzo: “Everything has been almost perfect!” Jorge Lorenzo started the French GP from pole, led every lap across the line and went on to win by 10.6s to retake the championship lead. Lorenzo started the 28-lap French GP exactly as he had planned. As the lights went out he had a lightning start from pole…
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Vinales: “If Dani Pedrosa has signed then I’d think Yamaha would have told me!”
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When MoreBikes broke the story exclusively on Tuesday, a full hour ahead of other sites, that Dani Pedrosa was in talks to join Valentino Rossi at Yamaha in 2017 – we knew it would take a while for signatures on contracts to be put in place. But this afternoon things still seem up in the…
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