Bank Holiday
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Bikers set to invade Hastings this May Day
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Celebrating 40 years of the Locksbottom to Hastings May Day Run, Swinton Insurance has teamed up with Bike1066 to run a family friendly festival of motorcycling over the bank holiday weekend, from 5-7 May. The Mayday Run was started in 1979 by a group of biking mates who needed a destination for the first ever…
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VIDEO: Essex Police defends ‘first use’ of stinger on motorcycle
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Essex Police has released a video defending an officer who used a stinger on a motorbike – for what is believed to be the first time on British roads – during the Southend Shakedown on Easter Monday. Scroll down to take a look at the video of the incident. . @CSuptNolan talks about our use of…
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Myth-busting advice from the DVLA for bikers ahead of the Bank Holiday weekend
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Almost 10,000 bikers were fined for putting untaxed motorbikes on the road last year according to latest figures from DVLA. Over the winter months, thousands of riders declare their motorbikes as SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification) – meaning they can keep their bikes off the road without paying tax. Recent figures from the DVLA show…
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Bennetts returns as British Superbike Championship title sponsor for 2018
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Bennetts, the motorcycle insurance specialist, and its online news channel BikeSocial, has announced a three-year deal as the title sponsor and official digital media partner of the British Superbike Championship. The association will mean the return of the familiar red and white Bennetts logo across all of the events, showcasing unrivalled branding and communications opportunities…
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WSBK: All the stats ahead of this weekend’s racing at Donington
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The WSBK world championship is heading to Donington over the bank holiday weekend – and in preparation for the action kicking off, here’s a bunch of facts and figures about WSBK racing at the iconic British circuit. – Donington set the stage for the inaugural Championship round back in 1988: Davide Tardozzi (Bimota) and…
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Video: Team Classic Suzuki At The Classic TT – Episode One
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Team Classic Suzuki has released this, the first of three videos documenting its success at this year’s Classic TT on the Isle of Man, where Michael Dunlop raced his XR69 to victory in the four-lap superbike race. The first video focuses on the build up to this year’s event, outlining the preparation that goes into the…
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BSB: Cadwell Park this Bank Holiday Weekend – going to be a MEGA-event so get yourself along to it
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This weekend has been tagged ‘Festival Weekend’ across the country and in British motorcycling there’s nothing bigger than the British Superbike round at Cadwell Park. So if you’re not sure what you’re up to over the Bank Holiday then get alone and let’s see if we can all jam up Lincolnshire with the biggest bike…
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BSB: Cadwell Park preview
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By Philip Wain The scenic Cadwell Park circuit in Lincolnshire is the next stop on the British Superbike Championship calendar and the ‘Party in the Park’ should certainly live up to its billing this Bank Holiday weekend. With its origins dating back to 1934, the circuit’s layout has remained almost untouched since 1962, the only…
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Video: Not safe for work (but funny) – How to Ride Bitch Part Two
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Here’s the follow-up video to How to Ride, Bitches – the wonderfully named How to Ride Bitch. Showing all bikers the right and correct way (naturally) for two dudes to share a motorcycle seat, the video is an exquisite example of method and the correct distance to establish between guys on a ride. Using such…
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Bridewell bags first BSB Superbike win
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Tommy Bridewell and Stuart Easton shared the victories in a dramatic, incident-packed third round of the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship at Oulton Park on Bank Holiday Monday in which Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne crashed out of contention in race two, handing the series lead to James Ellison. Bridewell led the opening race at the…
