Sports Bikes
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2001: Rossi ruffles feathers in the final 500cc year
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VJMC’s Steve Cooper looks back..The 2001 season might have marked the coming to an end of the 500cc era, but it always was going to go out with a bang. Honda’s sullen 2000 was forgotten as the motorcycle giant went for it big time. There were some seven riders on the fearsome NSR500 and another…
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VIDEO: How to Ride Silverstone GP Circuit – Track Guide
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Tim Neave returns to share more hints and tips on how to tackle UK tracks, this time he is riding Silverstone’s GP Circuit. The weapon of choice, BMW’s 50th Anniversary M 1000 RR, equipped with Dunlop’s GP Racer 212 tyres.
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Reserve Your Rocket! Kawasaki’s H2R can be pre-ordered NOW!
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Do you fancy owning one of the world’s very few limited-run supercharged production bikes? Now’s your chance, because Kawasaki has just opened the pre-order book for the 2023 version of its rare and raucous H2R. With power and torque rivalling top-flight MotoGP machines, the Kawasaki H2R (and to a lesser extent the marginally less powerful…
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Check out this hilarious spoof on the iconic ‘On Any Sunday’
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Based on the iconic Mert Lawill sequences from the 70’s hit ‘On Any Sunday’, this spoof video from Hoxton Moto is non-stop funny! Thumbnail – Sam Barham (www.sambarham.com) The film was released on YouTube in early October, with scenes filmed at the Malle Mile. It stars Dave Schofield as last year’s racing champion trying to…
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Big update for BMW’s S1000RR Superbike!
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The German firm has revealed its latest generation S1000RR superbike – and with improvements to the engine, suspension, chassis, aerodynamics, design and on-board technology, could this be the best one yet? BMW’s flagship sportbike has gone from strength to strength since it was first revealed way back in 2009. It gets better every time and…
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The Rider…
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When it comes to time served and sheer quantity of laps of the TT course to their name, Michael Rutter probably has more than any other competitor past or present.
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Mike Hailwood’s Grand Prix crash x-ray is up for auction
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The genuine x-ray from Mike Hailwood’s Grand Prix crash, alongside a copy of the new book Mike Hailwood in 100 Objects, is currently accepting bids on eBay.
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Foggy!
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Thirty years on from his first World Superbike race win, Carl Fogarty remains one of Britain’s best-loved bikers. So what made him so good on a bike and so beloved by race fans? And how did he manage to transcend the relatively niche sport of bike racing to become a household name?
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Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK Looking for Long-Haul Points Haul in Argentina
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The Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK team and riders Toprak Razgatlıoğlu and Andrea Locatelli head to Argentina for the first long-haul event of the 2022 FIM Superbike World Championship this coming weekend, from 21-23 October, at Circuito San Juan Villicum. Defending champion Razgatlıoğlu has a good record from the 4.276 km venue, finishing on the…
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Jonathan Rea, OBE! Congratulations
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Six-time FIM Superbike World Champion Jonathan Rea has added a further prestigious award to his impressive collection after he attended a ceremony at Buckingham Place in London to accept the Order of the British Empire (OBE) from The Princess Royal. Having previously been recognised for his sporting prowess with the Member of the British Empire…
