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Carole Nash employees change names to ‘Jonathan Rea’ to celebrate WSB title
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Colleagues Eamonn Holt, David Rogers, Keith O’Donoghue, Sean Daly and Luke Nestor at specialist insurance brokers Carole Nash, which have been sponsoring Jonathan Rea for several years, have changed their names by deed poll to celebrate the 28-year-old’s world title, secured with two race weekends remaining of the 2015 season. Eamonn Holt, Team…
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Suzuki to restore original GSX-R750 at Motorcycle Live
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Suzuki will again be providing one of the main attractions at this year’s Motorcycle Live, with the restoration of an original GSX-R750F on its stand over the course of the show. As part of the 30th anniversary celebrations of the iconic range of sportsbikes, which will also see a display of some of the classic…
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VIDEO Trials on a roller coaster track!
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Now here’s something that we’ve all (probably) wondered what it’d be like to do – riding a trials bike around a wooden roller coaster. Red Bull rider, and French legend of trials, Julien Dupont got out for a lap of one of the world’s most scary wooden roller coasters, the Montaña Rusa at La Feria de…
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VIDEO Scraping the handlebars and riding out of it!
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Here’s a funky video to check out – scraping a bike’s handlebars during a bike limbo competition and then riding out of it! This is Alan Birtwistle scrubbing the handlebars during the Motorcycle Limbo display at Dirt Quake 4, held earlier this year at the Norfolk Arena in Kings Lynn. So we’re all to forget the elbow-down…
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VIDEO Prototype WSB R1 in testing action
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Here’s a nice little video that’s just been put out by Yamaha Racing. It shows the R1 undergoing very early pre-season testing ahead of the World Superbike campaign which starts next year. In 2016 Yamaha makes its return to WSB in the hands of Sylvain Guintoli and Alex Lowes, but Yamaha has now revealed…
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Video Watch a 210mph (almost) wheelie by Gary Rothwell
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Here’s a video showing stunt supremo Gary Rothwell taking his Holeshot Racing Suzuki 540bhp Hayabusa to a world record wheelie of 209.8mph. He was clocked at 209.8mph. Riding on Elvington airfield’s speed track and had to make two runs, with one wheel off the ground for the kilometre distance, with his average speed counting towards…
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VW ordered to sell Suzuki stake back to Suzuki
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It’s been a bad week for VW and it’s just become that little bit more depressing for the German marque after the London Court of International Arbitration delivered it’s long-coming verdict on VW splitting from Suzuki. The original deal was meant to allow VW to work with Suzuki in emerging markets but in 2011 it…
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VIDEO More great enduro Xtreme XL de Lagares action! WATCH THIS!
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Yesterday we showed you some incredible onboard footage from the Enduro race – Xtreme XL de Lagares. Today we’ve got more from the event for you to watch and this stuff goes through the day AND the night. Alfredo Gomez dominated the event, defending the title he took last year but in all reality, when…
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Crashed biker left in ditch after police county border confusion
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Three police forces have apologised to a crash victim left in a ditch due to confusion as to which force should attend the call. The biker crashed near Tilbrook, Cambridgeshire, which borders Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire, on Sunday. Despite a 999 call going in shortly after 16:00 BST, emergency services did not arrive until 18:40. The…
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VIDEO Honda’s Project 2&4 walk around
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Honda has released this video showing its Project 2&4 race car-motogp bike hybrid, the car was officially unveiled at the Frankfurt motor show. Basically, the car is a track car styled a bit like a F1 car but powered by the RC213V motor. What makes it all the more interesting than that is that Honda says…
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