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  • Want to see Yamaha's plans for a carbon-fibre road bike that BRUISES when damaged and emits LIGHT from a wound to the frame?

    Want to see Yamaha's plans for a carbon-fibre road bike that BRUISES when damaged and emits LIGHT from a wound to the frame?

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    Here’s a design patent from Yamaha that’s going to blow a few minds – a carbon-fibre framed motorcycle that BRUISES when the frame is damaged, even if the bike falls over at a standstill. It might sound like a thought-pattern straight from the latest sci-fi blockbuster movie, but the truth of the matter is that…

  • Norton collapse: MPs raise question over pensions scheme

    Norton collapse: MPs raise question over pensions scheme

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    Questions have been raised in parliament over whether regulators should have got involved sooner in investigating the pension scheme set up by Norton Motorcycles and Stuart Garner. Norton owner Garner was a trustee of three pension schemes all of which were linked to the motorcycle company. And now MPs from the Work and Pensions Committee…

  • MotoGP: CONFIRMED USA round now rescheduled for November

    MotoGP: CONFIRMED USA round now rescheduled for November

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    Due to the ongoing Coronavirus outbreak, the Americas GP has been postponed. We told you that the USA round of the MotoGP championship was looking iffy after the Mayor of the state that it was being held in – Austin, Texas – declared a State of Emergency in light of the Coronavirus outbreak. Well, now…

  • MotoGP: Now the FIM President has waded in about Coronovirus fall out – double-header weekends, Portimão and racing in January is on the table!

    MotoGP: Now the FIM President has waded in about Coronovirus fall out – double-header weekends, Portimão and racing in January is on the table!

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    To understand why the MotoGP year is being pushed as far as – potentially – January 2021, it’s important to understand that the minimum amount of racing rounds needed for a series to be a World Championshiop is 13. 12 is a World Series. Bearing that in mind then, you can appreciate the somewhat desperate…

  • VIDEO: Honda’s 2020 Fireblade gets its taps opened up in Japan. Turn this up LOUD!

    VIDEO: Honda’s 2020 Fireblade gets its taps opened up in Japan. Turn this up LOUD!

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    Check this out, it’s a video from our friends at Japanese magazine Young Machine of their top-end test on the new Honda Fireblade. Riding the bike at the Japan Automobile Research Institute (JARI), specifically on the very high speed Yatabe test course, the bike was put through a series of high-speed runs with the test…

  • VIDEO: KTM’s 1290 Super Duke R goes full HOOLIGAN.

    VIDEO: KTM’s 1290 Super Duke R goes full HOOLIGAN.

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    KTM’s released a short film showing its 1290 Super Duke R in action – showing just what its new machine’s capable of on the road and track. There’s some top riding on show in the clip, as the bloke at the helm of the Super Duke R flicks between smooth and fast to downright outrageous…

  • Footwear Advice

    Footwear Advice

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    Given that it’s a motorcyclist’s legs and ankles that must support the weight of a heavy motorcycle on uneven, wet and challenging road surfaces, it’s important to wear a pair of quality riding boots.

  • MotoGP: Dorna boss Ezpeleta talks about the Coronavirus plans: 'We will race at Christmas if we have to and GPs run behind closed doors might happen!'

    MotoGP: Dorna boss Ezpeleta talks about the Coronavirus plans: 'We will race at Christmas if we have to and GPs run behind closed doors might happen!'

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    So here’s quite the set of quotes from Carmelo Ezpeleta, Dorna boss (basically the head honcho of MotoGP) about the impacts of the Coronavirus and how it will/could/might continue to disrupt the MotoGP calendar this year. There’s already been some upheaval in MotoGP plans with this weekend’s opening round of the MotoGP championship being cancelled…

  • MotoGP: Lorenzo confirms the wild card ride at Catalunya, as expected

    MotoGP: Lorenzo confirms the wild card ride at Catalunya, as expected

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    So who said that this was going to happen and that Jorge was itching to get back to a MotoGP race then? Oh yeah… that’s right. And it’s happened. Speaking on his social media channel, the former World Champ clearly can’t resist any more and after a couple of very positive, and quick, tests on…

  • Inside the April issue of Fast Bikes…

    Inside the April issue of Fast Bikes…

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    We’re riding Honda’s super-sharp Blade SP! Plus we’re duking it out with KTM’s 1290 Super Duke R in the April issue of Fast Bikes magazine. You don’t want to miss out!


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