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VIDEO Perfect scale model H-D engine runs and revs loud
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Ok, so we’re just like you – we love motorcycles and motorcycle-related stuff. And this video just sits so right with us today. It’s a scale model (that works) of a Harley-Davidson Panhead engine. Made by modeler Ron Colonna (pictured below) as a one-off in his home model shop, the motor starts and runs on…
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VIDEO More Maddison KTM surfing action
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We were the first to bring you the Robbie Maddison KTM surfing video but the story behind the shoot might surprise you. For the ‘Pipe Dreams’ video DC shoes and Aussie riding superstar Maddison spent two and half years taking the plan from page to reality. The result was the four minute video that has…
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SCOOP Mini Suzuki V-Strom (a 250) is on the way
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More rumours from Japan about Suzuki’s 2016 line-up and this time they have the big blue company firing a 250 version of its V-Strom into the mix. Basically, the bike is the current Inazuma 250, using the same 248cc, liquid-cooled parallel-twin motor that kicks out 24.6bhp. The G-Strom 250 (as the Japanese journos are…
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Motorcycle Live 2015 tickets on sale today
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Tickets for Motorcycle Live 2015 go on sale today. This year’s show gets underway on Saturday November 28 at The NEC, Birmingham and run for nine days until Sunday 6 December 6, with four halls jam-packed with features that will see modern motorcycling come to life. Top of every visitor’s list is new metal and…
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VIDEO Robbie Maddison’s big surf riding motocross thing!
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Big jump legend Robbie Maddison has just released this new video, ‘Pipe Dream’ which is… well… him riding a motocross bike in huge Tahitian surf. There’s not much more to add to that other than, this is that cool it’s worth watching over and over. About as cool as it’s possible to be on…
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VIDEO SHOCK Canepa’s front brake grab and rival’s crash
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This is the shocking moment that a WSB rider,Althea racer Niccolo Canepa, reaches across and jabs a rival’s front brake on, causing the other rider to crash at Mugello during a test in 2013. The footage comes from a locked-off trackside camera. Yeah, we’re meant to say alleged and all that sort of stuff, but…
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VIDEO Gas Gas employees hang KTM-shirted mannequin in protest
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With the Spanish trails and enduro bike builder Gas Gas in liquidation, and the possibility that KTM may take them over, tensions are high at the moment. There has been some speculation about how the Gas Gas employees feel about an arch rival moving into their territory. Well, that was until now. Over the weekend…
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Max Biaggi gives away Aprilia secret plan for MotoGP and WSB
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The mighty Max Biaggi, multiple World Champion in Grand Prix and World Superbike, has let slip that Aprilia IS returning to MotoGP – and that the Italian factory has a very clear plan for the return to top-flight racing. Biaggi also said that the firm’s WSB participation in the superbike championship was not anywhere near…
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Cool concept BMW ‘Lightburner’ sketch is reeeaal purty!
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We like this. A lot. Oberdan Bezzi is a designer who’s worked for a lot of major places in motorcycling and he’s been doing some designs for ‘concept’ ideas. This one, the BMW S1000 Lightburner looks amazing to us. According to Bezzi’s blog, the bike is based around the S1000R but sits on a tiny…
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VIDEO: Dani Pedrosa screaming around on a supermoto
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Check out this pretty excellent video of Dani Pedrosa ripping the wotsit out of a supermoto bike. The whole video is very ‘arty’ in places, but don’t let that put you off – it’s well worth a watch. The lad can slide a supermoto around, no doubt about that.
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