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BSB: Leon Haslam holds off Josh Brookes at Snetterton with the top eleven covered by less than a second!
Leon Haslam held off a hard-charging Josh Brookes to top the opening day at Snetterton as the Bennetts British Superbike Championship returned to the track with an incredibly close second free practice session as the top 11 riders were covered by just 0.993s! The session got underway in warmer conditions than earlier in the day…
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MotoGP: Hammer down: Jorge Lorenzo fastest, Marc Marquez 12th
Mugello race winner Jorge Lorenzo (Ducati Team) was the man to beat on the opening day at the Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya, ending FP2 top of the timesheets after setting a 1:38.930 – the only rider to step under the 1:39 bracket.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the…
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SAVE SOME CASH: £250 off accessory kits for Suzuki’s GSX-R1000 and SV650
Suzuki has launched a couple of new accessory packs that could help you save up to £250! Essentially, there’s a new sports pack available for the GSX-R1000R and GSX-R1000, and a café street pack for the middleweight naked SV650. The sport pack for both the range-topping GSX-R1000R and GSX-R1000 further enhances the racing look with…
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Anvil Motociclette unveils Indian Motorcycles flat tracker at the Wheels & Waves festival
Anvil Motociclette, the Italian custom bike builder, has unveiled its latest project at Wheels & Waves. It’s a flat tracker called Shrimp – built from the bones of an Indian Scout Sixty. The Shrimp pays tribute to one of Indian’s earliest heroes, Albert ‘Shrimp’ Burns, whose story started at the age of 14 and ended…
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Artist imagines a pair of Royal Enfield 650 Scramblers
Late last year, Royal Enfield unveiled a duo of all-new 650 twins at the EICMA motorcycle show – and now, render experts, Motosketches, has reimagined them as a pair of Scramblers. Admittedly, there’s been no official word from RE – and as far as we know, the Indian-based brand isn’t working on an off-road oriented version…
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MotoGP: Valentino Rossi tops opening session in Barcelona
Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) topped FP1 at the Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya, his 1:39.456 that was set on soft compound tyres was 0.347 quicker than second place Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team), who set his quickest time with a hard rear tyre. Third fastest in the opening session of the weekend was Mugello…
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MotoGP: Dani Pedrosa hits Barcelona saying: “I can’t say anything yet” about his future. Rumours of retirement still bubbling along with WSB and other things
So here we are them it’s Friday, the bottom of the ninth and all the bases are loaded. We’re very sure that phrase makes sense to our American cousins (does it? tell us). It’s Barcelona and it’s MotoGP. Honda man (but only a factory Honda man for the rest of this season after being…
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Classic Bike Trackdays heads to Castle Combe
We have received payment for the content in this article. Learn more. Since its opening in 1950, some of the most famous names in motor racing have left their tyre tracks around Castle Combe’s challenging tarmac… and now it’s your turn! Taking place across Friday 20th and Saturday 21st July, Classic Bike Trackdays is offering…
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Calling Suzuki RGV250 owners! Suzuki Vintage Parts has just added THESE to the parts list!
Now, we’re fully aware that this will only mean something to you if you own an RGV250 VJ22A (we do, and we’re very happy about this news) but here’s some great Thursday news. Suzuki has had these RGV250 VJ22A fork outers re-manufactured by the factory. They cost £375.58 inc VAT.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More…
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Do you ride an e-bike? Compulsory insurance could be coming to the UK
If you’re an e-bike rider, you might soon need an expensive insurance policy to ride it legally. That’s because the European Commission has proposed updated laws, which would mean you’ll need the same level of insurance cover as any other motor vehicle. Last month, the European Commission issued a statement, including a paragraph which clarified…
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Want to look like Deadpool? HJC unveils its latest Marvel lid – celebrating the release of Deadpool 2.
Marking the release of the second Deadpool film – which tells the story of ex-special forces agent Wade Wilson – HJC has given its premium HJC RPHA 11 sports helmet a swanky new Deadpool paintjob. Looks cool, doesn’t it? Getting down into technical specifications, HJC’s RPHA 11 helmet is constructed from carbon fibre, aramid and…
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IOM TT 2018: William Dunlop reveals heartbreaking reason for withdrawing from last week’s races
Road racer William Dunlop has released a statement revealing why he withdrew from the 2018 TT races. The statement reads: “I just thought I would put a few words down about my recent withdrawal from 2018 TT races as I have a lot of good people around me and I felt this is something that…
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MotoGP: Dani Pedrosa to announce retirement at Catalunya GP this Thursday (rumour)
We brought you this story last week but given all the TT news that was happening around it, figured a few of you might have missed it. In case you did, here’s the hot-trot rumour going around MotoGP paddock right now… There’s been no official confirmation or denial so far from Dani Pedrosa or any…
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EWC: Video of Greg Leblanc manfully getting a mashed Fireblade back to the pits
Check out this video from the 8-Hour race at Oschersleben at the weekend. Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. The footage shows Honda’s Greg Leblanc stuffing this Honda Endurance Racing 111 very quickly near the end of the race.…
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Celebrity ‘Wall of Death’ TV Show coming to Channel 4 – presented by Guy Martin
Channel 4 is commissioning a new version of Guy Martin’s Wall of Death Live, which will see the Lincolnshire lorry mechanic and motorcycle racer showing celebrity contestants how to ride the Wall of Death. The show is based on Martin’s televised 2016 attempt — which saw him bag the Wall of Death world speed record,…
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AMAZING: When Zero RS electric bike meets Ducati Panigale… electric drool…
OK, so NOW we’re properly wanting one of these – it’s the outcome of a Zero RS electric bike and a Ducati Panigale – it’s absolutely beautiful. Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to subscribe, or Read FREE Online. Made to order by Hollywood Electrics,…
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FIRST LOOK: Inside the Bosch jet thruster system that’ll save a front end wipe-out. Apparently.
When we first brought you the jet thruster sytem being pioneered by Bosch a month ago we never thought that we’d get more of a view of weird set-up than the video and diagrams released by the company.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly newspaper. Click here to…
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WSB: Jonathan Rea STAYING with Kawasaki for another two years. He’s just signed a new contract.
It’s now confirmed that 60-times race WSB race winner Jonathan Rea is staying in world superbike – and with Kawasaki for another couple of seasons. The new two year contract will see his partnership with the Provec Racing squad stretch to five seasons.Article continues below… Advert Enjoy everything More Bikes by reading the MoreBikes monthly…
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WSBK: Phenomenal Lowes leads Yamaha one-two at Brno
Maiden WorldSBK win for the British rider in crazy Czech Race 2 Alex Lowes (Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team) took his first-ever MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship race win at the Acerbis Czech Round, in an astonishing Race 2 which saw championship leader Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) crash out early on. The thousands…
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WSBK: Unstoppable Rea grabs sweet sixtieth win at Brno
Reigning champion triumphs in Czech return and opens 81-point gap in title battle When the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship last graced the flowing hills of the Automotodrom Brno, Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) was a promising 25-year-old with 10 race wins to his name, no world championships, and still very much a diamond…
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WSBK: KRT one-two as Sykes again squeezes past Rea in closing stage
Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) extended his historic Tissot Superpole record at the Automotodrom Brno with a brilliant final lap. The MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship returned to the Czech Republic in the same way it did six years ago, in the last Saturday here: with ‘Superpoleman’ Sykes leading the way into Race 1.…
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IOM TT 2018: Hickman SMASHES lap and race record with 135.452mph in THRILLING Senior TT duel with Harrison. One of the best races EVER!
Right from the start of the race it was Dean Harrison who went fastest, quickly opening up a lead on the timesheets of 1.22 over Peter Hickman with Michael Dunlop 1.031s behind in third and James Hillier a further 2.596s off the leading trio. Dunlop’s early form was short lived however when an issue with…
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IOM TT 2018: Birchalls SMASH sidecar record with the first EVER sub-19 minute / 119mph lap and commanding TT win
EIGHT TIME TT winners, five TT wins in a row and a brace of records for the Birchalls proved that the pair were head and shoulders above the rest of the field at the Isle of Man TT for the second three-wheeler race of Race Week, Early on the second Sidecar TT of 2018 on…
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MotoGP: Yamaha boss Lin Jarvis: “Our policy has NOT changed. There will be no third official Yamaha in 2019”
Whilst some in the MotoGP paddock were quick to reckon on another factory Yamaha being made available in a satellite team for Jorge Lorenzo (how quickly that story was proved wrong with Lorenzo’s leap to Honda confirmed earlier this week) the truth of the matter is that there will be NO third Yamaha for next…
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