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Bike-mad Mum offers Ducati motorcycle for return of dog
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Julie Smith is offering her Ducati 750 Sport for the safe return of her daughter’s lost crossbreed, Harry. When Carli Ann Smith arrived home from work to hear her dog Harry was missing, so began the nightmare of desperate searching, with no happy ending yet on the cards. Now Mum is offering her bike if Harry…
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Kenny Roberts confirmed to attend Motorcycle Live
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Kenny Roberts confirmed to attend Motorcycle Live Three-time 500cc World Champion Kenny Roberts has been added to the list of racing stars confirmed to attend Motorcycle Live, which kicks off at The NEC, Birmingham this Saturday (28 November). Roberts – who will appear at the UK’s biggest bike show on the opening day – joins…
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Video: Lewis Hamilton’s limited edition MV Agusta Dragster
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In this video Lewis Hamilton talks about creating his limited edition 800cc MV Agusta dragster with their design team. The Dragster RR LH 44 features an Alcantara quilt pattern saddle, numerous parts made from Ergal (brake lever, handlebars, fuel filler cap, brake pump cover) and a special anodised red finish on the logos, frame, footpegs…
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Video: Getting too icy for riding your bike? Try snow biking
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It’s finally starting to get a bit chilly so we thought you’d appreciate this snow biking video. Never heard of snow biking? It combines snowmobiling and motocrossing – and it looks like amazing fun! Here’s how it works: take a regular motocross bike, take off the wheels, put a snowmobile track and a front ski…
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Pictures: HPnineT custom BMW from High Octane
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How cool is this? A custom café racer based on the BMW RnineT. The bike has been designed and built by the Dutch custom-bike builders High Octane Speed Shop. We reckon this looks like how a BMW built Thruxton might have turned out – and we like it. This is a one-off bike, unlike the…
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Video: iC-R smart helmet concept with HUD displays, cameras and more
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Video: iC-R smart helmet concept with HUD displays, cameras and more The iC-R (Intelligent Cranium) helmet concept takes the idea of a smart helmet to another level. It features not just one, but two rear-view cameras (with a 210 degree field of view), two Heads-Up displays (HUD) and a push-button tinted visor. It warns the…
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Video: Porsche 918 Spyder VS Yamaha YZF-R1
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Video: Porsche 918 Spyder VS Yamaha YZF-R1 Here’s a cool little video for a bit of Friday fun: Porsche 918 Spyder racing Yamaha YZF-R1 on track. It’s a short film showing the superbike and supercar going head to head, complete with a bit of high-speed wheelie action (from the R1 that is, not the Porche).…
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Pictures: New CFMoto bikes revealed in Milan
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Not everyone here in the UK has heard of CFMoto, but they are one of the largest Asian manufacturers of motorcycles, scooters, quads, boats and all sorts of engines. This week CFMoto revealed interesting new bikes from street fighters to tourers at the EICMA show. The touring oriented 650TK and 650TK-G share a twin-cylinder 650cc…
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VIDEO: Nicky Hayden testing WSB Fireblade at Aragon
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Here’s an awesome video of Nicky Hayden and Michael van der Mark out testing the WSB Hondas. The film of the testing program has just been made live by Honda and shows the riders getting to grips with the Fireblades at Aragon circuit in Spain. The video features interviews with the riders and the…
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SCOOP: The 2016 hybrid BMW R1200GS with INDEPENDENT front wheel drive and regen braking power system – launched at Milan
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Check out this amazing hybrid BMW GS launched at the Milan motorcycle show – it’s like nothing you’ve ever seen before. Like with most ‘hybrid’ tagged bikes, the GS gets a conventional petrol-powered motor (the stock unit) but this bike differs with the addition of a 7.6-kilowatt electrical motor which drives the FRONT wheel…
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