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Paton announces plans for Moto2 assault
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Paton announces plans for Moto2 assault. Italian motorcycle builder Paton is going to return to motorcycle grand prix racing with a new Moto2 bike wrapped around a Honda CBR 600 engine in 2018 and then a 765cc Triumph triple engine for the following season. Paton is pretty well known in GP racing circles, largely for…
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Keanu Reeves sponsors 13 year old American kid’s road racing dream
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Keanu Reeves sponsors 13 year old American kid’s road racing dream. Let’s face it, Keanu Reeves is a genuine modern mega star. He’s also a life long biker and seems to be pretty much an all-round good egg. We like him for all these things. And now we like him for something else, too. The…
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Video: MEGA onboard comparison TT laps – Superbike v Superstock v Supersport
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Video: MEGA onboard comparison TT laps – Superbike v Superstock v Supersport. We’re loving this video from the Isle of Man TT lads which pits John McGuinness on his Superbike Fireblade, Dean Harrison on his Kawasaki ZX-6R Supersport bike and Ian Hutchinson on his BMW S1000RR Superstocker. It’s excellent and really shows how the different…
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VIDEO Epic 500GP Battles – Wayne Rainey versus Kevin Schwantz
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VIDEO Epic 500GP Battles – Wayne Rainey versus Kevin Schwantz. Check out this great video compilation of two heroes of Grand Prix 500 racing from the late 1980s and early 1990s – Kevin Schwantz and Wayne Rainey. This action is from a time when the bikes were fierce. 160bhp, 130kg of weight, no rider electronics…
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RAC tells biker to leave bike by side of the road – it gets nicked
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RAC tells biker to leave bike by side of the road – it gets nicked. OK, so we’re not sure that we would have done what the RAC advised a biker to do in this situation, but all the same there’s some shock to this story that’s emerged on the Evening Standard’s new site today.…
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MotoGP: Intermediate tyres now ruled out of bounds by Grand Prix Commission
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MotoGP: Intermediate tyres now ruled out of bounds by Grand Prix Commission. There will be no more intermediate tyres in MotoGP after a decision by the Grand Prix Commission. According to an announcement from series owners Dorna the decision to drop the half-way wet tyres was made after a consultation with both the Safety Commission…
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Ben Spies return: Now there’s a NEW Spies replica helmet out for 2017! Still think he ain’t looking into this comeback seriously?
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Ben Spies return: Now there’s a NEW Spies replica helmet out for 2017! Still think he ain’t looking into this comeback seriously? Last week we brought you the first news of a potential comeback to the global racing world by American Ben Spies. And here’s the latest twist in that most tantalizing of track-based tales……
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Jonathan Rea undergoes surgery to cure arm pump
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Jonathan Rea undergoes surgery to cure arm pump. World Superbike Champion Jonathan Rea has successfully undergone arm surgery to relieve compartment syndrome, a condition with which he has suffered for most of his racing career. Arm-pump, or compartment syndrome, is a condition caused by increased pressure in the body’s muscles. The pressure creates a decrease in…
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Ben Spies considering a comeback? Tweets suggest so. Yep.
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Ben Spies considering a comeback? Tweets suggest so. Yep. Ben Spies, the 2009 World Superbike champion, former AMA champion and MotoGP rider is up for a ride at next year’s Suzuka 8-Hour race. It might not seem like earth-shattering news at the moment, but this is a race story that’s got a lot of paddock-based…
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Isle of Man TT: Private promoter deal falls apart and the row moves to the courts
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Isle of Man TT: Private promoter deal falls apart and the row moves to the courts. Plans to have the Isle of Man TT races promotion run by a private company have fallen apart. The idea was for the promotion of the globally-famous road racing events of both the TT and the Classic TT to…
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