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Launch ride: 2017 Yamaha TMAX DX
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Out of maybe twenty motorcyclists coming the other way, only two returned my waves. Why should they? Yamaha’s TMAX DX isn’t a ‘proper’ bike – it’s an automatic… pah; what soft biker is going to want that? And it’s got enough space under the seat for up to one full-face and one open-face lid. Or…
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Go to the Prescott Bike Festival on April 9! Advance tickets with money off are on sale right now!
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Iconic British manufacturer Norton will be the featured marque at this year’s Prescott Bike Festival, which takes place at the famous Gloucestershire Hillclimb on 9 April. The Norton Owners Club is set to stage a huge display, including parade runs, with two rare Nortons expected, the 1956 Manx 350cc Reverse Head, built by…
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Freddie Frith’s 1948 Velocette World Championship winning GP race bike headlining Bonham’s auction at the April Stafford Show
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The ex-Freddie Frith, World Championship winning 1948 Velocette 348cc KTT MkVIII Works Special Racing motorcycle will highlight the Spring Stafford Sale at the Carole Nash International Classic Motorcycle Show. That’s the world’s first 350cc GP championship winning bike up for sale. If you fancy going to the brilliant (and huge) Stafford Showground for the show then…
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Launch ride: 2017 Yamaha MT-10 SP & Tourer Edition
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Yamaha’s MT-10 is a stunning machine. Launched last year, the company was keen to stress that it wasn’t ‘just’ an R1 with wide bars, though given the fact that it uses the hyper-sports bike’s frame, swingarm, suspension and headlights, not to mention many of the crossplane crank motor’s main parts, you’d be forgiven for thinking…
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Video: FIRST ride of the Triumph Street Triple 765 – world launch report
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Here’s our in-helmet video review of the 2017 Triumph Street Triple 765. We’ve made it in one-hit, no editing, so that you can see what we really think of this bike during the first chunk of miles on the new Hinckley metal. Prices Street Triple S – £8000 – available April Street Triple…
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Aussie legend Troy Bayliss to headline April’s Stafford show
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Aussie legend Troy Bayliss to headline April’s Carole Nash-sponsored Stafford Show – April 22-23 – at Staffordshire County Showground… Oh yes! As if we weren’t looking forward to the Stafford show enough already, they’ve only gone and confirmed TROY BAYLISS as star guest. Troy, one of the nicest guys in racing, will be at the event to be interviewed by…
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Touratech unveils super-lightweight BMW R 1200 GS Rambler
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Think the BMW R1200 GS is too big and clumsy for real world adventure riding? Think again! Touratech has just released details of the R 1200 GS Rambler, a bike that weighs less than 200kg and looks like a proper enduro weapon. At this stage it’s a concept bike, but one that has been developed…
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Polaris parting company with Victory motorcycles
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Polaris parting company with Victory motorcycles. Polaris is parting company with Victory motorcycles. The parent company has announced that it will immediately begin winding down its Victory Motorcycles brand and related operations. Here’s what Polaris said in a press release on the ending of the partnership: “Polaris will assist dealers in liquidating existing inventories while…
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CES tech show Las Vegas: meet the airbag vest that’s so smart it phones for help after a fall
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It was a year ago that sport protection company In&motion launched an airbag vest for skiers that grabbed the company a CES Innovation Award. Now, at the hi-tech trade show currently being held in Las Vegas, the firm has launched a version of that tech for motorcyclists. This time, however, the vest is connected to…
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Dainese returns to the Space Race programme
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Dainese returns to the Space Race programme. How about this for some motorcycle-techy stuff getting out where no motorcycle-techy stuff has been before? Following the September 2015 IRISS Mission during which Danish astronaut Andreas Mogensen first tested SkinSuit, Dainese is returning to space protecting Thomas Pesquet, who has been on the Proxima Mission since…
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