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MotoGP: FULL SCHEDULE for this weekend’s Austrian GP.
MotoGP, Moto2, Moto3 and MotoE racing is at the Red Bull Ring in Austria for the 11th round of the season – and with action kicking off tomorrow, here are all the times to keep on top of the racing action throughout the weekend. HERE’S THE SCHEDULE – To keep on top of all the…
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ROADS: Peter Hickman TOPS the timesheets for SUPERBIKE qualifying at the Ulster GP.
Peter Hickman topped the timesheets during the opening Superbike qualifying session of the Ulster GP. With the session called off due to bad weather, last year’s winner Hickman was the only rider who broke the 130mph barrier – lapping at an average of 131.237mph on his Smith’s BMW S1000RR BMW. Hickman was 4.763 seconds faster…
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GOTCHA! Triumph’s NEW Tiger 1000, 765 Daytona AND Thruxton R Black CAUGHT on VIDEO.
Yesterday we brought you spy shots of Triumph’s new Tiger 1000, 765 Daytona and Thruxton R Black – and today, German site Motorrad has got its hands of some exclusive footage of the bikes out testing. And here it is. Caught on camera during road tests in Spain ahead of the bike’s official unveiling –…
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LOOK AGAIN: Fancy looking at our exclusive mega gallery of the 2020 KTM 1290 Super Duke R (these are the photos we first showed you FIVE WEEKS ago?)
Do you remember when we showed you our mega gallery of the 2020 KTM 1290 Super Duke R back on July 2? Good stuff, wasn’t it? Our EXCLUSIVE photos – which we published more than a month ago – exposed everything you need to know about the big bike coming from the Austrians. It was…
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They’re up and running in France. First ‘noise’ cameras from the cops trialing on real roads and just one catches hundreds on it’s first Sunday ‘live’. Uh oh…
It was nearly two months ago that we first brought you the news that the UK is to undergo trails of the so-called ‘acoustic cameras’ in the UK – new tech where microphone-enables roadside tech can pinpoint vehicles with loud exhausts. Now the same technology has gone on live trial in France. Sited in the…
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USED & ABUSED: Yoshimura Quick Throttle Kit REVIEWED!
Want to go faster, quicker? Well look no further than a quick action throttle kit… I’ve got big hands, but grabbing a full rotation of a GSX-R 1000’s throttle seems a stretch beyond me. I had two choices; a wrist extension operation, or to treat my bike to a quick action throttle. I decided to…
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SPY SHOTS: Here’s the real photos of the 2020 Triumph Tiger caught out in testing. Whoa!
Whilst our spy snappers have been out getting shots of the 765 Daytona AND the Thruxton R Black – they’ve also grabbed this motorcycle too, and it’s a doozy. This is the heavily updated Triumph Tiger 1000. The radiator’s split, allowing the more streamlined bike’s downtubes to exit the engine in a more compact way,…
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SPY SHOTS: Here’s the real photos of Triumph’s 765 Daytona Moto2-for-the-road bike FINISHED, UNDISGUISED and out in tests!
So here we go then, these are the first photos (ain’t no drawings going on here) of the ACTUAL 765 Daytona from Triumph – the limited-edition motorcycle that will go on sale later this year and be a virtual Moto2 GP machine on the road. Caught during road tests in Spain ahead of the bike’s…
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SPY SHOTS: Here’s the real photos of Triumph’s 2020 Thruxton Black. Yep, we didn’t know about this either…
Whilst our band of snappers were out getting the Triumph Daytona 765 Moto2-on-the-road bike in Spain, they also bagged this – a new Thruxton model for the British range that’s been given the Triumph black treatment. In terms of the actual bike, the Thruxton Black looks pretty much the same as the current £12,400 Thruxton…
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VIDEO: Toby Price’s Finke Desert Double. Taking on Australia’s famous off-road race on TWO and FOUR wheels.
Toby Price has proved himself time and time again as a seriously capable off-road racer. With two Dakar wins to his name, the Australian is always on the lookout for his next big challenge. This time he’s had a go at Australia’s most famous off-road race, the Finke Desert Race – on both two and…
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COOL or FOOL? What do YOU think of this custom Royal Enfield?
What do you reckon to this then? We’ve just spotted this custom Royal Enfield and we thought you should see it. Just look at the bloody thing. Created by Indian custom-house Maratha Motorcycles, the bikes been built from the bones of a Royal Enfield Classic/Bullet 500. Now there’s no accounting for taste, but we can’t…
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BSB: James Ellison out of Smiths BMW British Superbike team
James Ellison and Smiths Racing BMW have ‘parted company’ after the seventh round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Thruxton, yesterday. At the current point in the standings, Ellison is in 21st overall whilst teammate Peter Hickman is in 8th. Here’s the official comment from the team, make of this what you will: Ellison…
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Here’s the top 20 riders in this year’s Senior Classic TT – John McGuinness will be first away.
The top twenty seeded riders for the opening race of the Classic TT presented by Bennetts, the Bennetts Senior Classic TT, have been announced. As in previous years, the top twenty is made of a combination of regular TT front runners and Classic Racing specialists on a variety of single cylinder machines such as Norton…
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VIDEO: Ducati Multistrada V4 caught out testing. AND you can WATCH (and listen) to it in action.
We’ve been telling you that Ducati’s been quietly working on a new V4 Multistrada for a few months now, but we’ve not managed to get our hands on any concrete evidence that the bike is happening. Until now. Earlier this month, the fellas over at top German magazine Motorrad reported that they’d seen the V4…
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MotoGP: Marquez tallies 50 premier class wins with Brno masterclass
Reigning Champion becomes just the fourth-ever rider to do so in rain-affected Czech GP, two Ducatis join him on the podium It was another sumptuous Sunday ride for Championship leader Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) as he took victory in a start-delayed Monster Energy Grand Prix České republiky to become the fourth-ever rider to reach…
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BSB: Andrew Irwin claims first Bennetts BSB victory with stunning race one win
Andrew Irwin delivered an incredible performance in the opening Bennetts British Superbike Championship race of the day at Thruxton, claiming his first win in the series to become the sixth different race winner of the season to take Honda Racing back to the top. At the start of the race Peter Hickman launched off the…
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BSB: Top Gun: Redding claims Thruxton pole position by just 0.059s!
Scott Redding claimed his third pole position of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship season with a last lap dash in the final two minutes of the final Datatag Qualifying session as he snatched the top spot from Tommy Bridewell at Thruxton. The final stage of Qualifying was extended to 12 minutes when light rain began…
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MOTOGP: Marquez thrills to match premier class pole record
A sensational Q2 session sees the Championship leader take a huge gamble as Miller and Zarco complete the front row In an absolutely sensational Q2 session at the Monster Energy Grand Prix České republiky, Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) equalled Mick Doohan’s premier class pole position record of 58 after a slick tyre gamble somehow…
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BSB: Redding heads the pack into Datatag Qualifying at Thruxton
Scott Redding topped the times in the closing stages of the final Bennetts British Superbike Championship free practice session from Thruxton this morning; saving his best lap until the closing minutes to leap ahead of Danny Buchan by 0.189s. Dan Linfoot set the initial benchmark in the opening stages of the session but it was…
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MOTOGP: Marquez heads Viñales, Guintoli in mixed FP3 conditions
Championship leader fastest as the sun starts to dry the Brno circuit, automatic Q2 places decided by FP2 times Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) was the man to beat in a damp MotoGP FP3 session at the Monster Energy Grand Prix České republiky, his 2:04.279 was enough to beat second fastest Maverick Viñales (Monster Energy…
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BSB: Hickman holds the edge from Buchan and Brookes at Thruxton
Peter Hickman topped the times after the opening Bennetts British Superbike Championship free practice sessions at Thruxton today, launching the Smiths Racing BMW to the fastest time in the Hampshire heat as he bids for a place in the Showdown. Hickman had topped the opening session and with the times improving in the afternoon, the…
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MOTOGP: No rest for the wicked: ‘El Diablo’ ousts Marquez in FP2
The holidays are over and it’s the flying Frenchman who finds 1.7 seconds in FP2 to take Friday honours from the Championship leader Fabio Quartararo (Petronas Yamaha SRT) had been quiet for most of Friday’s action at the Monster Energy Grand Prix České republiky but a late flyer from the flying Frenchman saw his snatch…
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BSB: Go for a thrash around Thruxton on-board during Free Practice 1.
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