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Video: Want to see a 125cc scooter hand it out to 1000cc superbikes on track?
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Ok, hands up with this video, it’s not new and it’s done the rounds before, but we figured that some of you might not have seen it. So we’re putting it up again (mostly because it made us smile when we re-watched it this morning). This is a Yamaha 125cc scooter taking on a group…
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Bridgestone announces return to world racing scene with WEC deal
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Bridgestone announces return to world racing scene with WEC deal. Bridgestone has announced that it will supply racing tyres to two teams in the FIM Endurance World Championship series (EWC). Both YART Yamaha Official EWC Team and the F.C.C. TSR Honda team will race on Bridgestone tyres for the next round of the FIM EWC,…
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SHARK launches new Zarco world champion helmet design
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SHARK launches new Zarco world champion helmet design. SHARK Helmets has released a limited-edition Zarco replica design on its flagship model, the Race-R PRO. The helmet is available in the UK now. In 2016, Johann Zarco became the first two-time Moto2 World Champion and the first French rider ever to take two World Championships.…
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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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