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Road-going Ducati 1299 Panigale closes gap between MotoGP bikes
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Ducati test rider – Alessandro Valia – has been thrashing the 205hp Ducati 1299 Panigale round the Mugello track in Italy. The 1285cc engine is unique to the new machine, and helped Valia achieve a 1 minute 55.3 seconds lap time – pretty impressive when you consider that the lap record is 1 minute 47.157 seconds (Dani Pedrosa on a MotoGP bike in 2013).…
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Sydney to London… The Long Ride Home book review
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By Nathan Millward | £12 | www.nathanmillward.com | Reviewed by John Milbank When you spend all day reading and writing about motorcycles, for a book about biking to keep you awake at night it has to be something special. Nathan Millward’s account of his ride home – 23,000 miles from Australia to London – is…
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Success for Maria Costello in New Zealand
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Maria Costello MBE has returned from New Zealand to concentrate on her new season after taking a brace of top six finishes in the Classic Solos class at the Wanganui Cemetery Circuit in New Zealand. Costello had been invited to participate in the three-event 2014 Suzuki Series, held on two short circuits and one street…
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BMW R1200GS is UK’s biggest selling bike
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Following on from the great news regarding the increase in new motorcycle registrations, it’s been revealed that, yet again, the BMW R1200GS is the UK’s best selling bike over 125cc. During December, the machine was outsold by Ducati’s 899 Panigale, but over the year, the BMW still holds the title. With street bikes gaining popularity,…
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Motorcycle mirrors at a fraction of OE prices
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Internet parts specialist Wemoto continues to stock the UK’s largest range of top quality motorcycle mirrors from Vicma. Vicma makes original equipment mirrors for many European and Japanese motorcycle manufacturers such as Suzuki, Yamaha, Peugeot and Derbi. With over 70 years experience, Vicma is renowned for producing original equipment quality mirrors at the price of…
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Husqvarna Svartpilen and Vitpilen due in 2017
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Jonathan Balsvik, editor of Sweden’s Bike magazine has spoken to Reinhold Zens, one of Husqvarna’s MDs. He can now confirm that the two concept bikes – the black Svartpilen and the white Vitpilen – are due to go into production in 2017. MoreBikes.co.uk broke news of the two bikes when they were unveiled at the 2014 EICMA show. While we’re…
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Last chance to join an epic motorcycle adventure
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Adventure-seeking motorcyclists have until the end of January to sign up for a place on the ‘ultimate burn-up’ – a 12,000-mile ride overland from London’s iconic and world-famous Ace Cafe to China, arriving in time for the grand opening of the new Ace Cafe Beijing. Organised and led by motorcycle expedition experts GlobeBusters, an international…
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Indian Scout due in UK dealers next Saturday
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Indian Motorcycle, America’s first motorcycle company, today confirmed the official UK dealer launch of the 2015 Indian Scout, going live throughout the dealer network on Saturday 17th of January. Weighing in wet at 255kg – the lightest in its class – the 2015 Indian Scout will cost £10,399. Read our full review here: www.morebikes.co.uk/2015-indian-scout-review Boasting advanced technologies, design…
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Rider for Health raises half a million pounds for maternal health
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Riders for Health – an award winning social enterprise that is transforming access to health care for over 14 million people by giving health workers access to reliable, well maintained vehicles – has raised over half a million pounds as part of a UK government appeal. The money, which has been donated by supporters from the…
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Motorcycle sales are up (and you love the Ducati 899 Panigale)
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2014’s figures from the Motorcycle Industry Association (MCIA) show 101,277 powered two wheelers were registered – that’s an increase of 10% compared to 2013’s 91,908. Good news, though 48,000 of those machines were smaller, commuter-sized machines – it’d be great to see a proportion of those riders embracing the motorcycle lifestyle even more, and maybe progressing to some…
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