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Video: PGM V8 – The world’s most powerful production motorcycle?
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Out of Australia comes the new PGM V8 motorcycle, powered by two Yamaha R1 engines. Pat Maloney is the man behind the new PGM V8. Maloney is an Australian engineer who previously worked with the F1 Sauber team, and helped develop the three-cylinder Petronas engine for MotoGP that ended up in WSBK. He now runs…
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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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Honda CB750 – 50th Anniversary Celebration
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The first Honda CB750 was launched at the Tokyo Motor Show in October 1968 – and this year celebrates its 50th Anniversary. To celebrate, a special CB750 SOHC Celebration Day will be held at The David Silver Honda Collection museum in Leiston, Suffolk on Saturday 29th September 2018. To commemorate the special occasion, David Silver’s…
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VIDEO: Richard Hammond rides a TVS Star HLX across Mozambique for the Grand Tour Season Finale
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Famed for their four-wheeled TV endeavours, the chaps from the Grand Tour occasionally decide to opt for two-wheels instead – and in the season finale, Richard Hammond took a TVS Star HLX across Mozambique. For the Grand Tour season finale, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May decided to end world hunger (and by world,…
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Alaska to Argentina on an electric motorcycle?
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A team of three determined travellers are planning to undertake the longest ever expedition undertaken on electric motorcycles – hoping to ride from Prudhoe Bay in Alaska all the way to Tierra del Fuego in Argentina. The Expedition Electric team are aiming to travel 25,000 miles through fifteen different countries using custom-built electric motorcycles. It…
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Arai unveils its new Isle of Man TT RX-7V for 2018
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Arai has unveiled its new Isle of Man TT helmet for 2018 – adorning its full face top of line sports helmet, the RX-7V, with the iconic red and black TT graphics. The first Arai helmet to celebrate the TT was presented way back in 2007, marking 100 years of road racing on iconic mountain…
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VIDEO: Elbow down is so last year… it’s all about the ‘bars down now…
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Check out this video from Alta Motors showing its bikes being worked pretty hard. The film last just over a minute and a half and there’s a cracking bit of ‘bar sliding going on around the 30 second mark. We like it.
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VIDEO: Max Anstie and Gautier Paulin get to grips with the 2018 Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing MXGP machines
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Husqvarna Motorcycles has released an official pre-season video of the Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing MXGP team, showing team riders Gautier Paulin and Max Anstie getting to grips with their new rides ahead of the 2018 season. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhdawTNqSPM Following a solid debut season aboard FC 450 machinery in which he secured third in the 2017…
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Team Classic Suzuki to offer ride to Bandit Challenge champion
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Team Classic Suzuki and Suzuki’s Vintage Parts Programme have joined forces with the Bandit Challenge race series, and will offer this year’s champion the chance to race under the team’s banner in the popular one-make championship in 2019, racing its own Bandit 600. The team is currently building a bike to fit the class regulations – with support from the Vintage Parts Programme – and at the…
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Street Hawk (now a grandad) to jump 20 double-decker buses and break his own World Record
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Back in 1983 stuntman Chris Bromham leapt 196ft over 18 buses on a KTM495, breaking the world distance and obstacle records – and now the Street Hawk stuntman is hoping to go one better at the age of 61. Chris retired in 1997 after a 21-year career inspired by legendary stuntman Evel Knievel – but…
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