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MotoGP Jerez: Rossi wins in style “I think that this was the perfect weekend!”
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Valentino Rossi took a sensational first win of 2016 with a flawless performance at the Gran Premio Red Bull de España in Jerez. With the three biggest names in the MotoGP World Championship all starting on the front row of the grid, the Spanish GP was set to be a very special race. For Valentino…
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Moto2 Jerez: Sam Lowes takes first win of 2016 with perfect Spanish GP
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He may have had to fight in the opening laps, but once Lowes was ahead he was untouchable. Folger and Rins joining him on the podium. The sun blazed down on the thousands of fans gathered at the Circuito de Jerez to witness the Moto2 World Championship race at the Gran Premio Red Bull de…
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Moto3 Jerez: Binder destroys field and takes career first win from last
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An impossible charge through the field saw Binder take his first World Championship victory from Bulega and Bagnaia having started last. Drama began even before the Moto3 World Championship lined up on the grid as Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Ajo) was sent to the back of the grid, moving every rider up a position…
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Spy shots! Husky Vitpilen cafe racer snapped out in first tests on the road!
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Here are spy pictures of the Husqvarna Vitpilen cafe racer for the road as it’s put through its first set of road tests abroad. The bike is heavily drab with black bodywork and a temporary exhaust and silencer – the wheels are a far cry from the spoked versions (or the fatter-spoked mag arm wheels)…
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MotoGP: Suzuki’s new F1-style wings on the factory bikes and Aprilia gets Ducati-clone wings too!
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Two more teams have debuted racebikes in MotoGP with wings. The Spanish MotoGP round at Jerez happens this weekend and the Suzuki’s of Maverick Vinales and Aleix Espargaro have turned up with this (very F1 front wing stylee) winged fairing: We like it. Not as aggressive as the Ducati wings and they look like being…
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Around the World on ‘connected’ Yamaha Super Ténéré
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Here’s something a bit different: Hugo Scagnetti, supported by Telefónica and Yamaha, will ride 23,000 miles around the world in 80 days. That in itself isn’t the news though. The twist in the story is that he will be travelling on a special Yamaha Super Ténéré XT1200Z, dubbed Globalrider, equipped with the latest technologies Telefónica…
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Michelin boss: MotoGP tyre tore itself apart because of A: the track, B: the temperature and C: Scott Redding’s weight
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Michelin Technical Director Nicolas Goubert has talked about the recent tyre issues in MotoGP. And he says that – in part – Scott Redding’s weight was something to do with the tyre tearing itself apart in Argentina. Talking about the tyre issues suffered at the Argy round, where Redding’s tyre was graphically destroyed at…
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Imatra road race is back after 30 years
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Here’s one for your calendar this summer: The iconic Imatra road race is set to return after 30 years when the Finnish IRRC race is held on August 19-21, 2016. Between 1962 and 1986 the streets of Imatra city turned into a racetrack a total of 25 times and Imatra even held World Championship races.…
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Meet the official HRC Grom monkey bike racer that you can now buy
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Honda’s official racing company, HRC, has developed and put on sale a raft of tricked-up parts for the firm’s mini-bike, the Grom. A Grom in HRC colours with a couple of performance parts bolted to it is old news, but the fact that HRC has put on sale the host of hot-ticket options shows…
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Spada and Ron Haslam join forces
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Spada clothing has become the technical clothing partner to the UK’s premier motorcycle racing school, the Ron Haslam Race School, based at Donington Park circuit. The award winning Spada range is exclusively distributed by Feridax. Spada will be supplying exclusively made suits for the school based on their popular Curve Evo style race suit. The…
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