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MotoGP: Pedrosa fastest in the rain at Jerez
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Jorge Lorenzo (Ducati) was quickest out the blocks in a wet on a run of red sectors and laps, but it was Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda) who topped the session by the flag – by only 0.002 from LCR Honda’s Cal Crutchlow. Jack Miller (Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS) completed the top three. Championship leader…
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Free Multistrada 1200 Enduro Experience coming to the UK!
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The Multistrada 1200 Enduro Experience is heading to South Wales from the 5th – 7th May as part of the Touratech Travel event in Ystradgynlais, near Swansea. It will be the first time that course has taken place outside of Italy, and UK riders will get the chance to try it for free! The Multistrada 1200 Enduro…
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WSB: Manufacturer’s ups and downs at Assen – Which team should you keep an eye on in The Netherlands?
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Aprilia has won twice at Assen, with Eugene Laverty in Race two, 2013, and Sylvain Guintoli in Race one, 2014: which was the factory’s last podium finish here. Last year the best Aprilia results were provided by Lorenzo Savadori: sixth in Race one and fourth in Race two. The best result for BMW at Assen…
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WSBK: All the stats ahead of this weekend’s Assen round in Holland
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The Superbike World Championship is heading back to the Assen circuit in the Netherlands this weekend – and in preparation for the action packed weekend, here’s a bunch of facts and figures about WSBK racing at the iconic Dutch track. Assen has held 50 WSBK races over the years, and is second only to…
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MotoGP: All the stats ahead of this weekend’s Austin round in Texas
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– This is the fifth successive year that a MotoGP event has been held at the Austin circuit and below are a selection of facts and stats related to this event: – In total, there have been 29 previous Grand Prix events hosted in the USA: Daytona – 2, Laguna Seca – 15, Indianapolis –…
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Caught out! 17 pictures of BMW’s HP4 RACE carbon superbike out in final pre-sale tests in Spain
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This is the BMW HP4 RACE undergoing a batch of final testing in Spain. Our spy snapper caught the 999cc hyperbike being put through an extensive testing programme in the South of Spain yesterday and from our exclusive pictures it’s clear to see that there’s already been a few tweaks to the gorgeous all-carbon bodywork…
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Launch report: Yamaha SCR950
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Yamaha’s SCR950 is hampered by its marketing. Described as being: “Inspired by the street scramblers of the 1960s,” many journalists’ default position will be to thrust it straight into a pigeon-hole already swollen with the likes of Ducati’s Scrambler, Triumph’s Street Scrambler and BMW’s R-nine-T Scrambler. I’d consider the XSR700 to have more potential to…
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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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Lorenzo launches attack on Rossi and Yamaha
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Jorge Lorenzo has opened up about his time at Yamaha in a wide-swinging interview where the Majorcan claims that he wasn’t treated as well as teammate Valentino Rossi. In the quite astonishing interview for the website Marca the Ducati rider spoke about his former relationship with Rossi when the pair were racing for the Japanese factory: “Yamaha…
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Indian Motorcycle will SELL YOU your own racebike FTR750 flat tracker for just over £40k! (and who said a road bike of this thing won’t happen?)
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A while ago we first brought you Indian’s plans to go flat track racing in the USA, then we brought you the first look at the bike that came from those plans – the FTR750. The bike is gorgeous and looks like a proper weapon, at the time we told you that we’d heard many…
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