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  • MAG: Blanket ban on pre-1999 bikes in Paris ‘makes no logical sense’

    MAG: Blanket ban on pre-1999 bikes in Paris ‘makes no logical sense’

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    The Motorcycle Action Group (MAG) has hit out against Paris authorities following the announced plans to outlaw all motorcycles manufactured before June 1, 1999, between 8am and 8pm from the city. The measure, scheduled to begin on July 1 2016, will be enforced with a €35 fine from October 1.  The ban was agreed by the…

  • Podcast: Tommy Searle interview with Fast Bikes and Kawasaki

    Podcast: Tommy Searle interview with Fast Bikes and Kawasaki

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    Fast Bikes has been chatting with Kawasaki DRT motocross star Tommy Searle about his history with the green factory and the year so far. From a brilliant start to recovering from a horrible knee injury Tommy is back and firing on all cylinders. Here’s the chat. For more podcasts, visit our MoreBikes Podcasts page.

  • Suzuki patents reveal electric EXTRIGGER minibike is going into production

    Suzuki patents reveal electric EXTRIGGER minibike is going into production

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    Suzuki patents reveal electric EXTRIGGER minibike is going into production.   Suzuki has just filed for patents in America, China and Europe for this, the company’s electric sporty minibike – and the bike is expected to make up part of the 2017 line-up from the big S. Following hot on the heels of bikes like…

  • Video: BMW’s South African TV ad splashes stooges superbike style

    Video: BMW’s South African TV ad splashes stooges superbike style

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    Check out this amusing bit of video that’s running as an advertising campaign in South Africa. It’s to push the S1000RR superbike and it’s a combination of Candid Camera (remember that?) and good old outrageous speeding past a bus stop (remember doing that?). BMW Motorrad SA is behind the ad where the road alongside a…

  • Clutch of great 200cc specials appear in India – mini-Adventure and mini-Superbikes from dealers

    Clutch of great 200cc specials appear in India – mini-Adventure and mini-Superbikes from dealers

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    Here’s a couple of specials from Indian bike dealers that have caught our eye – mainly because they’re so well done. Both of these bikes are made from the TVS Apache 200 donor bike. The 12v power supply, upright fairing and various Adventure-type add-ons make the small-capacity bike a real looker in this pic snapped…

  • Yamaha recalls 15,072 small bikes over oil pump and front brake issues

    Yamaha recalls 15,072 small bikes over oil pump and front brake issues

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    Yamaha has recalled over 15,000 R25, MT25, R3 and MT320 bikes. So far, the recall is only effecting Japanese bikes, there has been no news concerning any European bikes in any of those ranges and if we hear anything about European stock being included in the recall we’ll let you know. The issues surround the…

  • So where is Guy Martin? Because he’s NOT showing on the live tracking system for the Tour Divide mountain bike event

    So where is Guy Martin? Because he’s NOT showing on the live tracking system for the Tour Divide mountain bike event

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    So where is Guy Martin? Because he’s NOT showing on the live tracking system for the Tour Divide mountain bike event in the USA. OK, so there’s probably a perfectly reasonable explanation for this – like his tracking unit has broken, or he’s already completed it but hasn’t shown up on the results or he’s…

  • Sam Lowes interview: ‘After Assen it’s my first ride on the Aprilia MotoGP bike!’

    Sam Lowes interview: ‘After Assen it’s my first ride on the Aprilia MotoGP bike!’

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    Sam Lowes interview: ‘After Assen it’s my first ride on the Aprilia MotoGP bike!’ Sam Lowes has been doing the PR-bit with the powers-that-be at MotoGP and has given this interview to them about his first upcoming official test on the Aprilia RS-GP MotoGP machine that he will be riding in 2017. It makes for…

  • Indian confirms MoreBikes story from a year ago with flat-track announcement

    Indian confirms MoreBikes story from a year ago with flat-track announcement

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    Indian has just confirmed the scoop that we told you about first – a year ago! The American firm has just said that it is going to go AMA flat track racing with it’s first full factory racing effort since the 1950s. And it’s going to do it with a new liquid-cooled motor. And here’s…

  • 2017 KTM 390 Duke snapped INSIDE the factory. First picture of next year’s bike!

    2017 KTM 390 Duke snapped INSIDE the factory. First picture of next year’s bike!

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    Here’s a first picture of the 2017 KTM 390 Duke – and the snap has come from an inside leak at the Bajaj factory near Pune in India. What we can see from the pic is that the bike is getting a split headlight face for next year, nicely aggressive and just what the segment…


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