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WSB: Sykes storms to Donington Park pole, Hickman surprises!
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A topsy-turvy grid sees a jumbled-up order as Tom Sykes takes a 49th career pole and heads an all-British front row! After the sun shone on Friday, unfortunately the typically inclement British weather turned nasty on the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship. A whole host of riders had their moments in the spotlight at the top…
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WSB: Sykes on top after mixed Donington Park FP1, Bautista outside top ten!
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Shocks and surprises trail in Tom Sykes’ wake after FP1, with four Independent bikes in the top ten; but where are the Ducatis? The 2019 MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship visits Donington Park this weekend, with the opening Free Practice taking place under sunny skies. With the first 50-miute session complete, it was a mixed…
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BMW unveils NEW R nineT /5 to celebrate 50 YEARS of the R50/5, R60/5 and R75/5.
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BMW has just unveiled an exclusive version of its R nineT to mark the 50th anniversary of its iconic /5 series motorcycles – in addition to celebrating 50 years of BMW Motorrad production in Berlin Spandau. BMW automobile production increased enormously in the 1960s, so the decision was taken to build BMW motorcycles in Berlin.…
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WSB: Peter Hickman set to REPLACE Markus Reiterberger at Donington Park.
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Peter Hickman is set to return to the World Superbike paddock this weekend at Donington Park – replacing a flu-ridden Markus Reiterberger for BMW. Reiterberger is suffering from a severe flu infection and high fever, and spent Wednesday night in hospital under observation – and that means that for this weekend’s Donington Park WSB round,…
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Pikes Peak 2019: Official statement from the organisers says NO SIGNS of mechanical failure with the Ducati V4 Streetfighter
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An official release from the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb Race Director and Race Safety Team has been made public. In it, the organisation says that it has inspected the Ducati Streetfighter V4 machine that Carlin Dunne was riding when he suffered a fatal accident on Sunday and found that there were no signs of…
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Automatically LOWER your bikes SEAT HEIGHT with Showa’s EERA Heightflex suspension. COMING for 2021?
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First unveiled at EICMA in November last year in prototype form, Showa’s new EERA Heightflex suspension system is a seriously cool bit of kit. And we’ve just heard that it could be available as soon as 2021. In essence, the EERA Heightflex is a shock absorber which (when fitted) will automatically lower the height of…
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VIDEO: Watch Alex Lowes getting to grips with the Yamaha factory 8-Hour R1. New Roberts-inspired helmet design for the Brit, too.
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Here’s the official video from the factory ahead of the Suzuka 8-hour race which runs on Sunday, July 28. Things to take away from this; firstly there’s the uber-cool Tech 21 Shiseido colours and logos on the 2019 R1motorcycle which ape this bike (below), the iconic 1985 FZR750 OW74 and, secondly, Alex Lowes’ Kenny Roberts-esque…
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£10 billion needed over the next decade to fix pothole ‘scandal’
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By Adam Rear An investigation by the Asphalt Industry Alliance (AIA) has found that councils need to spend a whopping £2,740,000 A DAY for the next 10 years to rid the UK of its sub-par road surfaces. According to council figures a pothole is fixed somewhere in the UK every 17 seconds. This is a…
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LOOK AGAIN: KTM’s 790 SMC caught out in road tests ahead of 2020 launch – it’s beefier! it’s quicker!
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We were the first to show you these images when we put them up a month ago, but it’s worth you seeing our gallery of spy shots once again – because this is going to be one of the bikes of next year to have a ride on. The KTM roadster is going up in…
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PIKES PEAK 2019: Carlin Dunne has died after accident during the time trial
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It was a major coup for Carlin Dunne, 36, to get the world’s first ride on the prototype Ducati Streetfighter V4 at the 97th Pikes Peak event, but the debut outing for the American rider on Italian machinery ended in disaster. According to witness reports (which have not been verified and therefore cannot be held…
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