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MotoGP: Celebrate 70 YEARS of top flight racing and impress your mates with these FACTS and FIGURES.
Motorcycle Grand Prix is celebrating 70 years of top flight racing at this weekend’s Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya – and here are all of the number you need to know from the past seven decades. 929 – 929 Grands Prix have been contested since 1949; the equivalent of 3114 races across all categories.…
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MotoGP: Full SCHDULE for this weekend’s racing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
It’s time for round seven of the MotoGP World Championship – and this weekend the action is heading to the iconic Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. To make sure you don’t miss a second of on-track antics, here’s the full practice, qualifying and race schedule. HERE’S THE FULL SCHEDULE (all times in local time – GMT+2) Friday…
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MotoGP: Marquez’s NEW one-off Shoei X-Spirit III.
Marc Marquez has just unveiled a new one-off helmet design for this weekend’s racing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. To celebrate returning to his home circuit, multiple-time championship winner and current leader Marc Marquez has revealed a special, one-off version of his Shoei X-Spirit III helmet. Marquez has been on the podium at the Circuit…
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NEW GEAR: Ducati’s NEXT GENERATION adventure kit.
Ducati has joined forces with a range of top quality clothing specialists to create a range of seriously capable kit for your next adventure. To create its Atacama C1 jacket and trousers, Ducati has partnered up with Spidi. Designed by legendary helmet painter Aldo Drudi, and developed with the support of Ducati test riders, the…
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The price is right for the STRIKE. Lightning Motorcycle set to make ELECTRIC affordable. £10,000. 90hp. 180lb-ft torque.
WORDS: Alan Cathcart The past decade has seen an exponential increase in the availability, performance, range and recharging speed of electric-powered two-wheelers – but also in their price. EV Euro-leader BMW is charging customers a hefty $14,895 (£12,875) for its C-evolution E-scooter, while an American-made 2020 Zero SR/F with a 3kW charger starts at $18,995…
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Fancy a CRF850L Africa Twin? Japanese rumours have the bike on its way for 2021.
Right out of left-field comes this from our friends at top Japanese magazine YoungMachine – a CRF850L. Designed as a direct competitor to the F850GS from BMW, the Honda is rumoured to be a seriously pared-down version of the CRF1100L Africa Twin and is targeting the newer rider with an A2 licence-friendly version. Currently illustrating…
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GOTCHA: BMW’s new CRUISER caught out in Germany. Aint no hints about it. Don’t doubt this photo. It’s REAL and it’s coming.
We showed you this weeks ago – but it’s worth putting it up again – here’s a spy shot of BMW’s top secret big cruiser which appeared on German website Motorrad – courtesy of snapper Alen Tomovic. Motorrad has been saying for quite some time that there’s a big Cruiser coming from BMW – and…
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FIRST RIDE: Benelli 502C
The latest addition to the Benelli stable might come as something of a surprise to many motorcyclists, with it being totally at odds with the three cylinder superbikes and touring machines that have come before it. But the 502c actually has rather a lot in common with the side of Benelli’s product that is less…
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Yamaha unveils new ELECTRIC scooter. AND it comes with interchangeable batteries.
After joining forces with Gogoro last year, Yamaha has just revealed its new EC-05 electric scooter. Yamaha’s starting to get serious about electric. A couple of months ago it was announced that its joining forces with the biggest Japanese bike brands going to develop electric tech together – and last year, it teamed up with…
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WSB: Chaz Davies throws shade at Marco Melandri ahead of Misano (and why not?)
We like Chaz Davies. He’s a supremely talented racer with a good sense of humility and humour that makes him stand out in a racing crowd. So when he takes to Instagram to have a pop at Marco Melandri, we’re interested. Chaz’ post just keeps tensions nicely bubbling between the pair after the turn 5…
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Just announced: TT Isle of Man 2 video game
Game company Bigben and development studio KT Racing have just announced that they’ve made TT Isle of Man 2, the sequel to the official game of the world’s most iconic road racing event. Fans of the TT will have to wait until next year to get their hands on the game though. The companies have…
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CONFIRMED: Bajaj boss says that they ARE working with KTM to launch electric bike in 2022
In an interview with the Economic Times, the Executive Director of Bajaj Auto has confirmed that the company is working on a new generation of electric motorcycles and that the new platform will be developed with KTM (which will be in a position to market electric bikes in 2022). Rakesh Sharma, Executive Director of Bajaj…
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VIDEO: Here’s the first OFFICIAL glimpse of the Ducati V4 Streetfighter (but don’t get too excited…)
So it’s nice to see that everyone is starting to lose their minds about the Ducati V4 Streetfighter – the bike we first showed you in testing guise months ago with this photo: We then brought you these photos a couple of weeks later from DDG magazine which show the bike testing at a private…
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Aldi Germany is selling THIS electric scooter for 999 Euros. It does 30mph, range is 25 miles and costs one euro per 621 miles to run.
The scooter is called the eRetro Star and is now on sale in Germany Aldi stores until June 29th – or until the stock runs out. Normally costing 1,299 Euros, the scooter is powered by a 2000Watt wheel hub motor. it comes with the charger included in the price and takes between six to eight…
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WSB: Dramatic Race 2 at Jerez sees van der Mark win as Bautista crashes!
Michael van der Mark conquered Jerez ahead of Rea and Razgatlioglu as Bautista, Davies and Melandri all suffer crashes! In what was a thrilling Race 2 at Jerez, an uncharacteristic error from Alvaro Bautista (ARUBA.IT Racing – Ducati) at the start of Lap 2 saw the Spaniard suffer his first racing crash in WorldSBK. The…
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WSB: Bautista makes it 12+1 at Circuito de Jerez – Angel Nieto!
The Spaniard paid tribute to his legendary fellow countryman, whilst the rest of the field battled hard in his wake! The WorldSBK Tissot Superpole Race saw another spectacular performance by Alvaro Bautista (ARUBA.IT Racing – Ducati), who breezed to his 13th win in his rookie season. The Spaniard took his home win with a comfortable…
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WSB: Bautista takes home win in Race 1, Rea and Lowes clash!
The dominant Spaniard made it to 12 wins, whilst Alex Lowes was on the receiving end of a controversial clash with Jonathan Rea! On the opening lap, it was a frantic start as Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) took the holeshot and kept his advantage, despite Bautista trying to get around the outside. However,…
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WSB: Rea conquers Superpole in Spain, Bautista and Melandri in close company!
The Ulsterman was back on top, with less than a second covering the top ten! An entertaining 25-minute Tissot Superpole session for the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship saw Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) take a second pole of the season with a blistering lap, which became an all-time WorldSBK lap record at Jerez.…
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Motorcycle legal advice: What do I do if I purchased a dodgy second-hand?
I bought a ‘nearly new’ Suzuki GW250, which the dealer told me had just been serviced. The next day, I was sitting at traffic lights when the engine just stopped.
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Got a loud pipe? Government reveals plans for sound ‘snooper’ tech trials in the UK to target noisy vehicles
Road users who breach legal noise limits could end up with fines if trials of so-called ‘acoustic camera’ technology is successful. This news comes from the Department for Transport which has said that it will test the noise-detecting ‘cameras’ in a variety of locations around the country over the next seven months. According to the…
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TT 2019: RESULT Harrison take his FIRST big bike TT win with incredible Senior TT victory, Hickman limps home second with Cummins third.
Senior Race – 6 laps, 226.38 miles As it’s been for most races this week it was Manxman Conor Cummins who took off from number one position, the 2019 bridesmaid-so-far Dean Harrison was second with John McGuinness on the Norton third away. Ian Hutchinson started fourth from the line, James Hillier fifth, Michael Dunlop sixth,…
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TT 2019: Records tumble in SES TT Zero race
Michael Rutter smashed the lap record in Thursday’s SES TT Zero race, as he clinched his seventh TT race win. Beating Mugen team mate John McGuinness by 8.9 seconds, Rutter’s lap was an impressive 121.91mph. In the winners’ enclosure Michael told Manx Radio’s Chris Kinley that the race was anything but easy, saying he’d pushed…
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TT 2019: Dunlop grabs win number 19 in thrilling Lightweight TT
With Derek McGee out of contention following a spill at Greeba in qualifying, there was no number one on the startline for the postponed Bennetts Lightweight TT Race. Instead the honour of being first away from the line fell to Davey Todd on the Norton 650 machine. Davey’s team mate John McGuiness was away second…
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TT 2019: Change in schedule for tomorrow’s (Friday’s) Senior TT start time
Because of the impending weather doom that is storm Miguel (a big, bad blowy bugger that’s looking to ravage The Island), race organisers at the TT have pulled The Senior race forward by half an hour. That means that The Senior, the only race that will now happen tomorrow, will get underway at 10am instead…
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