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Bridgestone to withdraw from MotoGP after the 2015 season
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Bridgestone, the Official Tyre Supplier to MotoGP™ since 2009, has agreed a one-year extension to its current tyre supply contract with series promoters Dorna to supply tyres for the 2015 season, after which the Japanese tyre manufacturer will withdraw from the role of Official Tyre Supplier. Bridgestone entered the MotoGP™ World Championship at…
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Colin Edwards announces retirement as MotoGP arrives in Austin
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Americans Nicky Hayden, Colin Edwards and Josh Herrin were joined by European MotoGP trio Marc Marquez, Valentino Rossi and Bradley Smith to preview the Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas on Thursday, with Edwards taking the opportunity to announce his retirement at the end of 2014. Edwards has been riding professionally for 22…
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TORQUING POINTS: Put a potato in your tank
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Alan Dowds explains… Picture the scene. It’s 2045, and you’re out for a ‘Sunday blast’ on your Royal Enfield Chennai 850 MotoGP replica (Enfield has won the last 10 MotoGP and WSBK titles in a row, but that’s another story…). The AI agent which runs the bike sends a message to the comms chip just…
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DUCATI Hailsham
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Ducati UK has opened another major new dealership, this time in East Sussex. Ducati Hailsham is part of the Sykes Motorcycles group, alongside Royal Enfield and Harley-Davidson outlets, and has taken on a brand-new unit in Hailsham, near Eastbourne. The store had a grand opening event last month, with Ducati legend Carl Fogarty as special…
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APRILIA: RS125GP
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Aprilia’s had a couple of decent results in MotoGP this year, and is celebrating with this special edition of the RS125 learner-legal supersports bike. The 2025 RS125 GP comes in the black/purple graphics of the factory team of Jorge Martin and Marco Bezzecchi, and comes with a quickshifter and single-seal cover. The days of derestricted…
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ROYAL ENFIELD: Flying goat
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It’s not often that you find yourself drooling at the chassis tech on an electric motorbike. But that’s just what we were doing at the ABR Festival last month, when we clapped eyes on this piece of work. It’s the Royal Enfield Flying Goat – a prototype EV bike, handbuilt by the firm’s R&D engineers…
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GARDNER Locks In with Yamaha for 2026–27 WorldSBK Assault
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Remy Gardner isn’t going anywhere – the 2021 Moto2 World Champion has inked a fresh two-year deal to remain with Yamaha Motor Europe through the 2026 and 2027 World Superbike seasons. After switching from MotoGP to WorldSBK in 2023, Gardner spent his debut year finding his feet. But by 2024, he was regularly inside the…
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JOIN IN with ‘The Big Ride’ for charity…
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Two Wheels for Life, the UK-based official charity of MotoGPTM is excited to launch an all-new event for 2025: ‘The Big Ride’. Set to take place on 16th August 2025, ‘The Big Ride’ is a brand new event for 2025 offering riders the chance to join big names from the world of motorcycling including Two…
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RIDDEN: Triumph Speed Triple 1200 RS
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A hooligan at heart, the latest Speed Triple 1200 RS comes brimmed with brains to help you make the most of its brawn… Who better to test it? Our own Bruce Wilson… It’s three decades since Triumph rewrote the rulebook and created the performance naked sector with their T309 Speed Triple. Since then, the iterations have…
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RIDDEN: Indian Baggers
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Indian’s a name that needs no introduction to the heavyweight cruiser scene, but its new fleet of Chieftain baggers is certainly worthy of some noise. Dave Manning tells us what we need to know… While circuit racing has been very distant from the world of laid-back, American-style cruiser motorcycles, there has been something of a tidal…
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