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MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo: “I will be faster”
Yesterday at Sepang saw five time World Champion Jorge Lorenzo make his return to the track on a MotoGP bike when he stepped out on the Yamaha factory M1 as official test rider. As the former King bedded into the 2020 motorcycle, his lap times dropped with his best time putting him second fastest after…
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You REALLY want a Harvey Mushman T-shirt. You REALLY do.
Harvey Mushman wasn’t a real person – at least, not in the motorcycle racing sense (although there’s probably a few real Harvey Mushman’s around the world, let’s be honest. Hello, Harveys!) but he was iconic because Harvey Mushman was the pseudonym used by Hollywood legend Steve McQueen when he wanted to enter motorcycle races. In…
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Triumph + Bajaj deal to start off with SIX A2-friendly motorcycles that WILL be sold over here
More details are emerging, this time from France, of the ins and outs of the recent merger of Triumph Motorcycles and Indian bike builder Bajaj. The two companies announced last week that they were pooling ideas, designs and manufacturing to come up with a series of small-to-middleweight motorcycles, ranging in size from 200 to 750cc.…
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ADVERTORIAL: A Ride Less Ordinary: Harley-Davidson Low Rider S
There’s nothing ordinary about the Low Rider S, a machine with styling that represents a modern take on the iconic Low Rider motorcycles of the 1980s SoCal cruiser scene.
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MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo second quickest and bags 46 laps on first day of testing for Yamaha at Sepang!
So this is the third day of the pre-test test (with the two-day test at Sepang happening later this week) but it’s also the first day Lorenzo has been out on the factory Yamaha in his role as test rider. And check this out – he’s gone and bagged the second-best time of the day,…
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Triumph teases launch of NEW Street Triple R. And it’s happening on February 11. Save the date.
Triumph has just announced that there’s a new Street Triple R on the way – and we’re only going to have to wait another week to get our hands on all the details. Over the last couple of months, Triumph has released its Street Triple RS and S – so it’s not come as a…
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MUST DO THIS: Go Off-Road with Beta Motorcycle Experience Days
New for 2020, Beta Experience Days offer a challenging and safe introduction to off-roading, guided over dramatic terrain by top ‘Hard Enduro’ rider Wayne Braybrook. Aimed at road bike and Adventure Bike owners, this new Yorkshire based activity is backed by Beta UK and is fully equipped with a wide range of two and four-stroke,…
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SEVEN questions raised about the Norton Motorcyles COLLAPSE.
Norton Motorcycles has gone into administration, as it is pursued by HMRC for £300,000 in unpaid taxes read about this HERE. Whilst the dust on this news settles, we’ve had a dig through our news archive to see what the company has been doing over the past few years – and doing this has raised…
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MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo is out at the Sepang test today
It’s Tuesday so that means it’s the third and final day of the MotoGP pre-test test session at Sepang, and it’s the first day back on a works Yamaha for five-time World Champion Jorge Lorenzo. Out of retirement to take up the official role of development rider, Lorenzo will spearhead the rapid development of the…
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THIS WEEK! Ducati is unveiling the Superleggera. Project 1708 (it’s codename) unveiling on Feb 6.
This (notification image at the bottom of this article) has just appeared from Ducati. It’s the official unveiling of the Ducati Panigale V4 Superleggera (codename Project 1708) – the 2016 MotoGP on the road. It’s going to make 234bhp and weigh 152kg dry. It has HUGE wings for real MotoGP downforce and looks like it’d…
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Norton Motorcycles collapse. More information comes to light.
Following last week’s news that Norton Motorcycles has gone into administration, more information has come to light which indicates that the latest collapse of the iconic British brand was a long time coming. -Metro Bank has confirmed it has spent months working with Norton to find a solution before bringing in the administrators as…
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MotoGP: Alex Rins has signed for Suzuki for the next two years (apparently), expected to line up alongside Joan Mir
According to Spanish outlets, Alex Rins has already signed a contract for two more years with Suzuki, knocking Ducati interest to have him in its team on the head. With Maverick Vinales (Yamaha’s team leader for this year and next) and Fabio Quartararo (signed to stay with Yamaha this year and move to the factory…
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Suzuki’s new winter offer now has 0% finance on GSX-R1000R and Katana
Suzuki has announced its winter offers, which run until the end of March 2020 and include 0% APR finance on a number of key models in its current on-road range, plus £500 off its 125cc motorcycles. Suzuki’s headline offer of 0% HP finance over 48 months is available on the range-topping GSX-R1000R and GSX-R1000, the…
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Paul Ricard circuit is up for sale
It might be one of the legendary circuits in motorcycle racing folk lore, one that’s conjured up some of (if not THE) greatest 500GP races of all time, but Ricard is up for sale once again. Ricard’s general manager, Stephane Clair has confirmed the intent for ownership to change hands. He announced the decision by…
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TT 2020: Tickets on sale NOW for Hillberry – one of the best spectating areas on the Mountain Course
If you’ve already been to the Isle of Man TT races then you know that Hillberry is iconic. You get to see about half a mile of TT circuit from a proper seat and there’s options to watch the fast lads from either open air seating or a covered grandstand. The grandstand at Hillberry gives…
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WORLD LAUNCH: Suzuki V-Strom 1050XT
WORDS: Mikko Nieminen – Motorcycle Sport and Leisure magazine / PHOTOGRAPHY: Suzuki We can all agree that Suzuki’s flagship adventure bike has been in need of a bit of an update for a while now. What’s unlikely to be agreed quite so universally is whether the new V-Strom 1050XT now has all the bells and…
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CONFIRMED: Jorge Lorenzo is BACK at Yamaha MotoGP! He’s on the test team.
Ok, so this isn’t unexpected – there’s been rumours of this happening for a while now – but there is ONE line in this news from Yamaha that will raise more than a few wishful eyebrows. And that’s THIS line: So far, no wild card rides are planned for Lorenzo in 2020, but Yamaha is…
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MotoGP: Valentino Rossi and Yamaha agree to take time to decide future plans
A decision on whether the Italian will remain an active rider in the MotoGP World Championship in 2021 will be taken mid-2020 as the nine-time World Champion contests his 15th year of competition in a global series. Following yesterday’s bombshell news that Yamaha had, effectively, retired Rossi from the factory Yamaha number one squad in…
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Honda CLOSES two motorcycle factories in China due to CORONAVIRUS outbreak.
Following the coronavirus outbreak, Honda has announced that it will extend the closure of two of its Chinese factories in Tianjin and Taicang. Responding to requests from the Chinese authorities following the outbreak of the coronavirus, Honda has announced that it’s keeping two of its motorcycle factories shut until February 9th. The two Chinese factories…
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Norton Motorcycles has gone into administration
British motorcycle maker Norton Motorcycles has gone into administration. The company, based in Leicestershire has been reportedly struggling to pay a £300,000 tax bill and recently faced a winding-up order from the HRMC offices over outstanding amounts to pay. The administration order now puts around 100 jobs at risk at the company’s Castle Donington assembly…
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MotoGP: Valentino Rossi is OUT of the factory Yamaha squad next year. Replaced by Fabio Quartararo.
2019 Rookie of the Year Fabio Quartararo will join Maverick Viñales at Yamaha Factory Racing MotoGP Team in 2021 and 2022. The news means that Valentino Rossi will either stay on a Yamaha with factory backing in another set-up, switch to another manufacturer for 2021 or retire at the end of this season – and even the…
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MV Agusta’s President confirms “an adventure bike is coming”.
In an interview with Motociclismo.it, Timur Sardarov the President of MV Agusta has been speaking about the Italian factory’s plans for the future – and the big news is that there’s an adventure bike on the way. Speaking about the news the MV Agusta’s moving a part of its production to China, Sardarov confirmed that…
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FIRST RIDE: KTM’s 390 Adventure – a 2020 motorcycle for the masses, no matter what you want to do.
We’ve got the first ride on the small Adventure. Insiders say the Austrians had been coaxing their friends in Pune, India to make a small-capacity ADV, something that tied in with all their Dakar wins, but partners at Bajaj weren’t sold on the idea. The one thing you cannot accuse Bajaj of is not having…
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Honda and Kawasaki’s PATENTS for cameras and sensors on its motorcycles
Honda and Kawasaki have filed patents for sensors and cameras that detect possible risks out on the road. Patents filed by Honda and Kawasaki confirm that the next advance in safety equipment is much closer to becoming a reality. Kawasaki has already announced that it will be launching models equipped with radar technology – and…
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