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Yamaha launches the 04GEN – those MotoGP bikes don’t have wings, THESE are wings!
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In a motorcycle world that’s suddenly got a wing fetish – how about these for wings then? We’ve seen three cool concepts in the ‘GEN’ range from Yamaha so far and last night the factory unveiled a fourth installment – this see-thru-bodywork future scooter. Shown at the Vietnam Motorcycle Show under the corporate…
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Hundreds of Mitas tyres stolen – can you help find them?
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Gwynn Baraclough from Mitas Tyres has had hundreds of tyres stolen, and is asking for people to help keep an eye out for them. A delivery was made to the warehouse in Clacton on Sea, and while details are a little sketchy, the lorry was broken into and around 200 tyres were stolen. What the…
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TT hero Cam Donald pens punchy column on why he left Norton
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Aussie road-racer Cam Donald has penned a pretty ruthless column about his time riding for Norton at the past couple of Isle of Man TT events and it makes for some pretty interesting reading. Donald has written this for the Aussie outlet, trademotorcycles.com.au – an Australian bikers website that he’s a regular columnist for and…
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SEASON PREVIEW: 2016 British Superbikes is about to get underway!
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By Philip Wain The latest British Superbike Championship season is now upon us with the opening round taking place this weekend at Silverstone and with a winter that’s seen numerous changes, it’s arguably one of the most open seasons ever. Of course, we say this most years but we’ve got plenty of unknown quantities and…
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World Ducati Week 2016 tickets selling fast
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The ninth World Ducati Week, the international Ducati bike gathering that attracts thousands of Ducatisti from all over the globe is proving to be a popular even once again, with tickets in high demand. The event will take place from 1 to 3 July 2016 at the “Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli”. Ducati calls it…
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BMW to make mini-GS in 2017, bike based on G310R’s motor – CONFIRMED by BMW Boss!
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BMW is going to launch a mini-GS adventure bike (like the big 1200cc Adventure, above) based on the smaller G310R’s motor and the bike is likely to appear in 2017. The news comes direct from BMW top brass and confirms that the smaller-bike modular concept will spawn other models from the original 34bhp single-cylinder…
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Marc Marquez looking for another win this weekend in Texas
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Marc Marquez has never been defeated at the Circuit of the Americas which is where MotoGP rolls into this weekend in Texas and that’s a statistic he’s keen to keep as he seeks to extend his championship lead. It was a dramatic weekend at the Termas de Rio Hondo last Sunday, safety concerns forcing riders…
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Honda’s new sport headlight revealed for 2017 bike
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Honda has filed another patent, but this time its for a specific part of an upcoming model – and this one is sporty. The patent illustration is a very finished design for a headlight unit that looks pretty similar to the one bolted into the CBR250RR concept motorcycle shown at last October’s Tokyo Motor…
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Glorious new images of the Husqvarna 2017 cafe racer emerge. VERY pretty stuff!
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It was on October 5 last year that we brought you the exclusive quote from one of two managing directors of Husqvarna, Reinhold Zens that: “I can tell you that they will come as 2017 models,” – he was talking about the Svartpilen and Vitpilen cafe racer and scrambler models – and so here we…
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Exclusive: New Honda mini-Africa Twin for 2017 (official drawings)
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At last year’s Tokyo Motor Show Honda revealed a ‘concept’ CRF250 Rally, the small capacity Africa Twin, based on the current CRF250L. According to Honda this was just a concept, not planned for production at the time, but it was pretty clear from the start that this was always going to be a part of…
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