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  • Preview: British Superbikes round two – Oulton Park

    Preview: British Superbikes round two – Oulton Park

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    Preview: British Superbikes round two – Oulton Park.   By Philip Wain The 2016 MCE British Superbike Championship heads to Oulton Park this weekend for round two and after an intriguing season opener at Silverstone three weeks ago, predicting an outcome is anyone’s guess. Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne (pictured above) currently leads the standings after a…

  • Video: Bloke falls asleep whilst riding a scooter… and drops it (naturally)

    Video: Bloke falls asleep whilst riding a scooter… and drops it (naturally)

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    We were sceptical about this the first time we watched this video of a guy in Thailand apparently falling asleep on a scooter – but having watched it a few times it’s starting to look pretty real to us. Have a watch yourself and see what you think. He’s weaving all over the place and…

  • Moto3 Jerez: Binder destroys field and takes career first win from last

    Moto3 Jerez: Binder destroys field and takes career first win from last

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    An impossible charge through the field saw Binder take his first World Championship victory from Bulega and Bagnaia having started last. Drama began even before the Moto3 World Championship lined up on the grid as Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Ajo) was sent to the back of the grid, moving every rider up a position…

  • Fancy being a Ducati ‘torch bearer’ one of seven people riding a relay around the world for the Italian bike maker?

    Fancy being a Ducati ‘torch bearer’ one of seven people riding a relay around the world for the Italian bike maker?

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    Ducati has sent us this information about a global relay-ride that the firm is holding which will see a Multistrada 1200 Enduro ridden around the world – cool enough – but what they are looking for are SEVEN riders from the general public who will make up the riding team. And you could be one…

  • Lorenzo confirmed to Ducati MotoGP in two year deal

    Lorenzo confirmed to Ducati MotoGP in two year deal

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    We brought you the news a fortnight ago that Valentino Rossi has confirmed to the world that the deal was done and now Jorge Lorenzo has confirmed publicly his switch to Ducati. The Majorcan will ride for the squad in 2017 and 2018. Lorenzo, born in Palma de Mallorca on 4 May 1987, has won five world…

  • This Saturday at Stafford: Barry Sheene’s 1975 Daytona crash helmet (yeah, that one, the smashed up one) is up for auction for £4k

    This Saturday at Stafford: Barry Sheene’s 1975 Daytona crash helmet (yeah, that one, the smashed up one) is up for auction for £4k

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    This Saturday at Stafford: Barry Sheene’s 1975 Daytona crash helmet (yeah, that one, the smashed up one) is up for auction for £4k. How do you fancy owning the most famous crash helmet in the motorcycle universe? Well you can do just that if you bid on Barry Sheene’s 1974 Bell racing helmet – the…

  • Brits Kyle Smith and Gino Rea bag 1-2 at Assen WSS

    Brits Kyle Smith and Gino Rea bag 1-2 at Assen WSS

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    Kyle Smith has won the WorldSSP race at the TT Circuit Assen, with the podium completed by GRT rider Gino Rea and Puccetti reigning Champion Kenan Sofuoglu in incredibly difficult conditions. It was Sofuoglu who got the best start, with PJ Jacobsen slotting into P2 off the second row, leaving poleman Krummenacher in P4 chasing…

  • Ride a KTM, go to the MotoGP – demo rides get you a chance to win Silverstone tickets

    Ride a KTM, go to the MotoGP – demo rides get you a chance to win Silverstone tickets

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      KTM’s annual Orange Days celebrations are happening in its official dealers from April 30 until May 8 and riders taking a demo ride during this dealer event have a chance to win one of five pairs of tickets for the British MotoGP at Silverstone on September 1-4. The Orange Days typically celebrate the beginning…

  • Tested: Pirelli Diablo Rosso III tyres

    Tested: Pirelli Diablo Rosso III tyres

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      WORDS: John Milbank, editor Motorcycle Sport and Leisure – PHOTOGRAPHY: Milagro   Price: Around £240 a pair What better way to test a tyre that’s claimed to be perfect for UK riders of sports, naked and sport-touring bikes than in the pouring rain? I’m sure that, in 20°C heat on a sunny Spanish race…

  • Suzuki MotoGP completes stand-alone one day test in Texas

    Suzuki MotoGP completes stand-alone one day test in Texas

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    Suzuki’s MotoGP pairing of Maverick Viñales and Aleix Espargaró stayed in Austin for one more day after the GP of The Americas to test updates for the factory GSX-RR machines and to review the data from the first three races. The first three 2016 MotoGP events provided plenty of feedback to the Suzuki factory race…


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