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Car leasing company starts short term motorbike leasing plan
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Yorkshire based national car leasing company expands into short term motorbike leasing. A national short term car leasing company based in West Yorkshire has launched what it claims is the UK’s only ‘truly short term’ motorcycle leasing service as it continues to expand its business model. Cars on Demand, headquartered in Wakefield, has teamed…
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Record-breaking hat-trick for Farquhar at Tandragee
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Record-breaking hat-trick for Farquhar at Tandragee. Ryan Farquhar became the most successful rider in the history of the Tandragee 100 road races at the weekend when his hat-trick of wins moved him onto a career total of 20, overhauling Joey Dunlop’s long standing total of 18. Riding the IEG BMW, Ryan’s first win came in…
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World Superbikes at Imola – the riders with form (and those you can expect do well)
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World Superbikes at Imola – the riders with form (and those you can expect do well). Jonathan Rea is the most successful rider at Imola, alongside Carlos Checa, and arrives in Emilia-Romagna as a fan of the track and the winner of the last four races held at the circuit. As the only rider in…
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Preview: World Superbikes round five – Imola
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Preview: World Superbikes round five – Imola. Everything happening during the Motul Italian Round, on the track and at the circuit this weekend. It’s a guide. Beginning on Thursday (tomorrow) with a pre-event and the Open Paddock, the track action gets underway on Friday to kick off a weekend of on-track thrills and off-track entertainment.…
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Preview: British Superbikes round two – Oulton Park
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Preview: British Superbikes round two – Oulton Park. By Philip Wain The 2016 MCE British Superbike Championship heads to Oulton Park this weekend for round two and after an intriguing season opener at Silverstone three weeks ago, predicting an outcome is anyone’s guess. Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne (pictured above) currently leads the standings after a…
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Meet the all-paper classic Honda Monkey Bike kit you can own for £20-ish!
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If you’ve ever fancied an iconic Honda Monkey Bike then you can buy one for a little over £20 straight from Japan – yep, it’s paper and you have to make the model yourself, but it looks great! The UK price comes in at £21.56 and the kit is made by a company called Uplift…
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Indian riders get huge sunscreens put up at junctions to save them from the baking sun
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How about this for a feelgood biking story then? Officials in Nagpur, India noticed that motorcycle riders were getting too hot when waiting at junctions for a gap in the traffic during the nearly 40 degree heat in the midday sun (wow). So, to give the riders a helping hand, the powers that be decided…
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KTM announces official range of PowerParts for awesome 690 singles
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The model year 2016 KTM 690 Duke and 690 Duke R are the most powerful and technically advanced single-cylinder machines available. Although they boast a long list of new features and refinements, KTM knows its riders still need to modify their bikes and so a diverse range of official PowerParts are available. Both new Duke models –…
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Yard Built Heads to Turkey for a Tracker Style XSR700 by Bunker Custom Motorcycles
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With spring well and truly underway Yamaha heads to Istanbul in Turkey to collaborate with a new member of the Yard Built family, Bunker Custom Motorcycles. Brothers, Can and Mert Uzer are not your typical custom bike builders. Can is a top level skateboarder with the Vans Turkey Skateboarding Team, while Mert recently gave…
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Zenith reached: once this happens it’s game over for the hipster bikers, surely?
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OK, maybe the custom-thing isn’t actually over as such – but we’re all a bit open-jawed having seen these pictures. This was a 1996 Honda XR650L that’s been given a, quote: “More rugged and ready-for-anything aesthetic”. Umm… OK. It looks quite ridiculous to us, but someone out there loves it enough to have it built…
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