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  • BMW opens new Rider Training centres in Darlington and Edinburgh

    BMW opens new Rider Training centres in Darlington and Edinburgh

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    BMW has opened two new Rider Training centres in Darlington, County Durham and Edinburgh, Scotland – to bring the Bavarian brand’s top-quality road skills training to even more British motorcyclists. The new schools join established sites in Royston, Hertfordshire and Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire – and will offer the same comprehensive suite of training for those…

  • BSB: Glenn Irwin back on pole with Mossey splitting the Irwin brothers at Thruxton

    BSB: Glenn Irwin back on pole with Mossey splitting the Irwin brothers at Thruxton

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    Glenn Irwin scored his second consecutive pole position in the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Thruxton, lapping under the circuit record to hit the top of the times for the Be Wiser Ducati team, ahead of Luke Mossey and brother Andrew. Christian Iddon had initially set the benchmark in Q3 but a flurry of fast…

  • MotoGP: Zarco back at the summit in opening session

    MotoGP: Zarco back at the summit in opening session

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    The Frenchman leads Dovizioso and Marquez in FP1 as the top 13 are split by less than a second Johann Zarco (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) returned to the top of the timesheets for the first time since Q2 at Le Mans in the opening session at the Monster Energy Grand Prix České republiky, setting his fastest…

  • BSB: Peter Hickman grabs top spot from Bradley Ray with last lap surge in opening practice

    BSB: Peter Hickman grabs top spot from Bradley Ray with last lap surge in opening practice

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    Peter Hickman saved his best until last in the opening Bennetts British Superbike Championship free practice session at Thruxton this morning, regaining the position at the top from Bradley Ray on his final lap by 0.316s. In the blistering heat at the Hampshire circuit Hickman had been heading the times for the majority of the…

  • Want to ride a Yamaha NIKEN? Then get to Matlock tomorrow and Sunday for a go on the three-wheeler

    Want to ride a Yamaha NIKEN? Then get to Matlock tomorrow and Sunday for a go on the three-wheeler

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    We reckon you’ll have to move fast to book your place on this because the spaces available for a go on the MT-09-powered funkster aren’t going to hang around for long. The NIKEN Tour truck carries a large fleet of NIKEN bikes and customers will be taken for a test ride lasting almost one hour…

  • Team Classic Suzuki shows this one-off GSX-R1000R in super cool colours

    Team Classic Suzuki shows this one-off GSX-R1000R in super cool colours

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    Team Classic Suzuki has applied its eye-catching and standout retro livery to the latest in Suzuki superbikes, creating a replica GSX-R1000R. It’s a one-off at the moment – but if Suzuki gets enough feedback from interested parties… well, we’ve been told that it wouldn’t be out of the realms of possibility that something like this…

  • Japan-EU trade deal announced. Free trading cuts 99% of tariffs on Japanese goods INCLUDING motorcycles!

    Japan-EU trade deal announced. Free trading cuts 99% of tariffs on Japanese goods INCLUDING motorcycles!

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    It might be one of those stories that passed you by when we ran it last week – but the effects on the prices we pay for Japanese goods, including motorcycles, could be massive and felt for years to come. It’s the world’s largest bilateral free trade deal which has been announced by both the…

  • BSB: Josh Brookes storms opposition at Brands Hatch to score his first double win of 2018

    BSB: Josh Brookes storms opposition at Brands Hatch to score his first double win of 2018

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    Josh Brookes conquered the opposition at Brands Hatch to score his first double win of the 2018 Bennetts British Superbike Championship to celebrate the Yamaha R1 20th Anniversary in style with the McAMS Yamaha team and bolster his title aspirations. Brookes fired off the line into the lead ahead of Glenn Irwin and Richard Cooper…

  • BSB: Josh Brookes scored first victory of 2018 Championship at Brands Hatch

    BSB: Josh Brookes scored first victory of 2018 Championship at Brands Hatch

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    Josh Brookes scored his first victory of the 2018 Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Brands Hatch this afternoon, holding off Glenn Irwin to celebrate at the Yamaha R1 20th Anniversary event in style on the Grand Prix circuit. Brookes had launched off the front row of the grid to hit the front of the pack…

  • BSB: Glenn Irwin claims first BSB pole position

    BSB: Glenn Irwin claims first BSB pole position

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    Glenn Irwin claimed his first pole position in the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Brands Hatch this afternoon, launching the Be Wiser Ducati to the top of the times to hold off Josh Brookes in an incredibly close Datatag Qualifying. Irwin had topped yesterday’s free practice sessions and set the initial benchmark in Q3 after…


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