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Spy Shots: KTM 390 Duke gets updated for 2017
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Spy Shots: KTM 390 Duke gets updated for 2017 These are the latest pictured of the next-generation KTM 390 Duke which is currently undergoing consumption tests in Spain. Pictures, grabbed by our top spy snapper as the bike was riding a twisty route abroad show that the small bike is undergoing a host of changes…
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Review: Squidgy custom earplugs from Ultimate Ear
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Reviewed by: Mikko Nieminen // RRP: £65+p&p // Sizes: Custom fitted // Colours: Red, yellow, green, blue, blue/red, clear I had been meaning to get custom earplugs made for years, but never quite got round to it. Something always got in the way. Then last year at Motorcycle Live in the NEC I bumped into…
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Suzuki adds TL1000S to vintage programme and lists on Ebay store
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Suzuki has added the TL1000S to its Vintage Parts Programme and has made it even easier for customers to order parts, with owners now able to order all available components through its own eBay store. The TL1000S is one of a number of iconic machines included on the store as part of Suzuki’s Vintage Parts…
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WorldSSP: Wildcard Wilairot fastest on Friday
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Local rider Ratthapong Wilairot tops combined times on the way to Tissot-Superpole session. Wildcard Thai rider Ratthapong Wilairot locked out the top of the timesheets on Friday in Buriram to outpace reigning Champion Kenan Sofuoglu and rival Jules Cluzel. In FP1, Championship leader Randy Krummenacher was the only rider to pass through the 1’40 barrier, while local…
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WSB: Van Der Mark tops Thai Friday
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Dutch Honda rider leads the sprint to Superpole in Buriram. A fastest lap of 1’34.770 saw Honda WorldSBK Team’s Michael Van Der Mark (pictured above) go quickest on the first day of the MOTUL Thai Round at Chang International Circuit in Buriram. Second fastest was Pata Yamaha’s Sylvain Guintoli, followed by Althea BMW rider Jordi Torres…
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GR Motosport’s 2016 racebikes stolen – squad offers ‘BIG reward’ for return
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Just weeks before the start of the domestic race season and GR Motosport has had all the squad’s racebikes stolen. The squad posted an appeal on Facebook saying: “We need everyone’s help please share ASAP we have had a break in overnight an all our race bikes have been stolen. “Please spread the word we…
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SCOOP: Audi’s light-up leathers SECRET plans to keep YOU safe (and looking… well…)
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SCOOP: Audi’s light-up leathers SECRET plans to keep YOU safe (and looking… well…) We’ve been sent this amazing patent application from Audi which has a set of leathers incorporating the same warning lights as on your bike – including flashing indicators on the arms and legs and huge brake lights on the back.…
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Suzuki confirms price for new SV650 – £5,499 all-in
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Suzuki has confirmed pricing for the new SV650 and announced its inclusion on the Suzuki Finance PCP scheme, with the sporty, naked middleweight coming with an RRP of £5,499, and available for £95 per month. Unveiled at EICMA in November, the SV650 has 60 changes to its V-twin engine and 70 new chassis components, increasing…
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Triumph Thruxton R world launch review
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WORDS: MSL Editor, John Milbank PHOTOGRAPHY: Alessio Barbanti, Matteo Cavadini, Paul Barshon and Friedemann Kirn We rode the Thruxton R, which starting at £11,700 is the pinnacle of the new Bonneville range; the Thruxton is a similar machine, though at £10,400 has more classically–styled right-way-up forks, and the same Nissin two-piston calipers and fixed…
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WSB in Asia – the facts ahead of this weekend’s round in Thailand
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WorldSBK has a long history of racing in Asia, with more than a tenth of the races in the history of the Championship having taken place in the continent: 70 out of the 696 run to date. Asia also hosted a WorldSBK race weekend in the first season of the Championship in 1988, that beginning…
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