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SPECIALIST SPOTLIGHT: (almost) everything you need to know about Arai
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If you ride motorcycles, you’ll have heard of Arai Helmets. But do you know its history? Arai’s built a reputation for offering some of the best head protection available on the market. But how did it get to be the globally recognised brand it is today? Back in the 1950s Hirotake Arai created a helmet…
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The National Motorcycle Museum needs YOUR help. URGENT appeal to raise £500,000.
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The National Motorcycle Museum has launched an appeal to help its doors remain open. And YOU can help. Many businesses have been hit hard by the last few months, but The National Motorcycle Museum is in danger of not re-opening due to the losses they’ve incurred as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. That’s why…
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Royal Enfield’s off RACING. Interceptor 650-based flat tracker WILL compete in the American Flat Track series.
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Royal Enfield WILL compete in the American Flat Track race series – with its Interceptor 650-based FT bike that’s been built with the help of Harris Performance. We’ve seen custom Royal Enfield flat trackers doing the rounds for a few months now, but things are starting to get official. From next month, the Indian factory…
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Near Varna: ‘Leaving Essex for Eastern Europe’
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With his 50th birthday looming, Graham Field felt a need for something significant to happen so, on Midsummer’s Day, he embarked on what he expected to be an unadventurous European tour on a KTM motorcycle. He travelled through Bulgaria’s uncrowded and untamed snow-capped mountains and Black Sea beaches, Islamic Turkey, sun-baked and bankrupt Greece, mystic…
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LAUNCH RIDE: First impressions of Yamaha Tricity 300
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We’ve been out on the Yamaha Tricity 300, the latest three-wheeler; putting it through its paces on a mix of Leicestershire and Rutland’s finest roads. We’ve seen the lot, from single track B-roads covered with gravel through to fast sweeping A-roads and a bit of dual carriageway for good measure. We’ve just got back, and…
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Scotland releases timeline for resuming motorcycle training and testing
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Good news for learner riders in Scotland! Motorcycle training and testing will restart from July 22. The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) and the Scottish Government have announced that motorcycle training and theory tests can resume from July 22. And then a few days later, Module One and Module Two tests will resume on…
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MotoGP: Valentino Rossi expected to sign Petronas Yamaha deal at Jerez
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Italian media is reporting that Valentino Rossi has reached an agreement with Yamaha, and will be signing a deal to race with the Petronas satellite team. Alright, we’ve been telling you for months that this move has been on the cards. And now it seems like the deal is finally done. Rossi has reached an…
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PATENTS: Kawasaki’s two-stroke engine for a HYBRID motorcycle
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Kawasaki’s filed patents for a two-stroke engine, which’ll generate energy to power an electric drivetrain. What is motorcycling going to look like in the future? Are ever stricter emissions laws going to put a stop to petrol-powered fun – meaning we’re all going to end up going electric? Kawasaki’s come up with a plan to…
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MotoGP: The GP of the Americas has been cancelled. Racing to return to COTA in 2021.
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The Circuit of the Americas has confirmed that there will be no MotoGP racing at the circuit in 2020. In the last official calendar issued by MotoGP, there was a gap at the end of the season which opened up the possibility of GP racing outside Europe. There were four options; America, Argentina, Malaysia and…
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Royal Enfield’s Interceptor 650 is the BEST-SELLING bike in the UK. Well, it was last month…
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The Motorcycle Industry Association has just released its latest motorcycle and scooter registration stats – and there’s some good news for Royal Enfield. MCIA’s data confirms that Royal Enfield’s Interceptor 650 was the best-selling motorcycle in the UK, for June 2020. That’s quite a big deal – but not necessarily a massive surprise. Since the…
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