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Get your hands on a front fairing from Kevin Schwantz’s 1988 Pepsi Suzuki RGV500
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If you want to get your hands on a rare piece of motorcycle racing history, a genuine Suzuki RGV500 fairing from Kevin Schwantz’s 1988 French Grand Prix machine is up for sale on eBay. 1988 was a big year for Kevin Schwantz. To kick it off, he won the Daytona Superbike race with a broken…
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Ridden: 2018 Suzuki GSX-R125 & GSX-S125
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When I was 16 and rode around on my 50cc Suzuki S, all I dreamt about was a 125cc sportsbike. All the cool kids were riding them. There were Gileras, Hondas, Cagivas and all manner of other exotic – and oh-so-unattainable – bikes on the roads. But I never got one. The price of…
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Moto2: The Kalex Triumph gets out in first pre-season test. 1.3s off lap record
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We’ve already shown you the first dyno runs of the 765cc Triumph Moto2 enging wrapped in the exquisite Kalex chassis (you can see that again by clicking HERE) – and now the bike has stretched its legs in a first pre-season test at Valencia. Originally set for three days of action, the test had to…
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Launch ride: 2018 Honda GL1800 Gold Wing Tour
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There’s a long line of shiny new 2018 Gold Wings parked outside our hotel in Austin, Texas. A beautiful sight, but there’s something wrong with the picture – I can see my own breath. Usually it’s around 20C around here, but a freak cold snap has forced temperatures into minus figures. WORDS: Mikko Nieminen,…
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BAD ASS BOBBER
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A couple of issues ago we told you about Black Kat Kustoms, the brainchild of Tracey and Andrew Dyke from Shropshire, a leatherworking and bike building husband and wife team. Pictures: Simon Everett Despite the fact that they’re generally poorer than shit-house mice (like church-house mice, but with a much poorer diet), they’ve built, on…
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Behind the scenes of the new Vespa Electtrica
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Our friends at Motociclismo Italy have spent some with Antonio Cappellini, Vespa’s Product Development Manager, to find out about the new Vespa Electtrica. How long have you been working on this electric Vespa? “The project started in 2016, but was born as an evolution of the experiences acquired by the Piaggio Group since the days…
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TVS Zeppelin Hybrid unveiled at Auto Expo 2018
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TVS, India’s third largest two-wheeled manufacturer and partner to BMW, has unveiled its all-new Zeppelin Hybrid concept at Auto Expo 2018. In short, it’s a belt-driven hybrid motorcycle, driven by a 220cc single-cylinder endothermic engine, which kicks out 20bhp at 8,500 rpm and 18.5 Nm of maximum torque at 7,000 rpm – to which its…
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WSB stats for Phillip Island: First round fun
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Want to be an instant WSB ‘Expert’? Then do what they do and read this below. Boom – straight away you know more about WSB at Phillip Island on Feb 23- 25 for the season opener. Simple stuff. 324,6 – The fastest ever top speed recorded at Phillip Island is 324.6kph, set by Max Biaggi on…
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VIDEO: Racer gets run off the track and exacts revenge
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A video of a motorcycle race has gone viral after two riders were caught on camera in a furious battle – and it doesn’t end well for either of them. The clip shows a large crowd assembled to watch the racing, as two bikes round a corner close together. But, one of the competitors…
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60 years of Hagon at the Classic Dirt Bike Show
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The Classic Dirt Bike Show sponsored by Hagon Shocks, which takes place in Telford across the weekend of February 17-18 – is set to house one of the biggest displays of Hagon Shocks machines seen in one place. As part of the company’s 60th anniversary celebrations, the British suspension-specialist Hagon asked anyone with a Hagon-framed…
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