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Video: Jamie Whitham and Jenny Tinmouth in new TV series – and you can get involved!
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John L Matthews, film maker and director behind the critically acclaimed ITV film ‘Joey Dunlop – The Man Who Conquered the TT’, is launching a brand new TV show ‘Speed on a Shoestring’, hosted by TV pundit and former champion Jamie Whitham and British Superbike racer Jenny Tinmouth. Bigger Picture decided to launch the new…
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Video: Matt Black Custom Designs Create Yard Built XV950 ‘Playa del Ray’
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https://youtu.be/z7OYC6Zf-yE Yamaha heads down through southern Europe to a workshop just outside Malaga in Spain for the latest Yard Built creation. Tucked away in the sun soaked streets of San Pedro, Matt Black Custom Designs have been busy building their first ever Yard Built project. The result is a true showstopper, paying tribute to the…
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Funky Yamaha 3 Wheeler shown off in Bangkok
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Funky Yamaha 3 Wheeler shown off in Bangkok. Check out this cool addition to the Yamaha concept range. This is the 03GEN-x, one of two concepts being linked to the current Tricity three-wheeled bike from the Japanese manufacturer. According to Yamaha, this prototype is meant to combine the feeling of ‘traditional off-road styling…
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Yamaha’s Yard Built XJR1300 Skullmonkee Unveiled
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Yamaha’s Yard Built XJR1300 Skullmonkee Unveiled. How do you like this bruiser, one of the crop of motorcycles to come from Yamaha’s Yard Built project – this is Wrenchmonkees XJR1300 called: ‘Skullmonkee’. The 2015 Yamaha XJR1300 and XJR1300 Racer have drawn considerable attention in standard form already, with design updates inspired heavily by the custom world.…
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Video: XJR1300 Skullmonkee by WM
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https://youtu.be/qwLOrnd6i-s Thousands of custom motorcycle fans gathered at the Carreau du Temple in Paris today were given the first look at the latest creation to come from Yamaha’s ground breaking Yard Built project, the Wrenchmonkees XJR1300, ‘Skullmonkee’. The 2015 Yamaha XJR1300 and XJR1300 Racer have drawn considerable attention in standard form already, with design updates…
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Bike stars Plater and Cooper special guests at July IAM riding festival
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Bike stars Plater and Cooper special guests at July IAM riding festival. A brace of stars from the world of motorbikes are set to join riding enthusiasts from all over the country for the IAM Motorcycling Festival (Institute of Advanced Motorists) taking place in early July. The event takes place at the National Motorcycle Museum, Solihull…
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Video: The XJR 20th Anniversary Continues with it roCks!bikes Yard Built ‘CS-06 Dissident’
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https://youtu.be/nIMGmVLCIvY Portuguese custom builders it roCkS!bikes are no strangers to the Yamaha XJR, having caught the attention of the custom world with a number of amazing builds on both the 1200 and 1300, including ‘Stealth’ and ‘Sunburn’. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the iconic street bruiser they’ve turned their attention to the 2015 model…
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Josh Brookes smashes Snetterton BSB lap record
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Brookes annihilates lap record to set the fastest ever lap of Snetterton 300 Milwaukee Yamaha’s Josh Brookes proved he still had more in reserve for the final day of the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship official test at Snetterton; obliterating the existing lap record to set the fastest ever lap of the 300 circuit…
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Third wheel chair for BMW GS
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Third wheel chair for BMW GS. BMW’s R1200GS has been Europe’s best-selling motorcycle for the past two years and now Watsonian have developed a sports-touring sidecar specifically for the 1150/1200GS, in response to increasing demand from owners of the Bavarian adventure sport bikes. BMW use the boxer twin engine as a stressed member on both…
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Video: BMW Motorrad Concept 101 – The Spirit of the Open Road
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It might seem a bit on the futuristic side, and it has been co-designed with American design darling Roland Sands, but if the following quote is anything to go by then BMW are pretty serious about this as a direction for bikes to come: “The Concept 101 opens up a new chapter in the history of…
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